Why our society is injust
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This document discusses social justice and approaches to working on social justice issues. It notes that social injustice is experienced by many in society through being deprived of rights. Achieving social justice is possible by comparing different places on measures of justice and defining social justice in one's own context. Working on social injustice requires clarity of purpose, strong organization, resources, communication, and integrity. Systemic and structural changes are needed rather than quick fixes. No single group or organization can achieve social justice at scale; it requires social institutions and networks of organizations working together.
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Why our society is injust
- 2. ???why is our society INJUST??? • All might have experienced it • All might have seen it around us • The feeling of failure of the institution • People are deprived to their rights • ……. • ………. • ………….
- 3. If not this group, and those who have got all the privilege • Still the answer would be same because people are informed. This group is not a unique group but most of the population feel so. One variable why we all feel similar is age… because it is young…. There is a desire to change…
- 4. What is social justice …………………… …VIEWS… ……………………
- 5. Role of change agents It is critical and very important
- 6. Is it possible to have Social Justice???? The confusion will be there for the remaining time/s as well But on a scale if you compare nations, states within nation, cities within states, neighborhood within cities you will find that there is one better placed on the parameters as defined than the others So its possible, the point is that at what scale we are looking at An it also depends on how we Defining social justice in your own situation will be very important
- 7. Experiences of injustice Sharing firsthand experiences……………………………… ……………………………………..
- 8. Defining a problem statement for Social Injustice • Recognize that there are groups in society and therefore one root cause lies in relationships. • Another point is relationship with technologies.
- 9. Working on social Injustice requires ingredients • Strong sense of clarity of purpose… (The effective ones are those who have short term goals…) • Strong element of organization… (Organizations ARE needed to deal social Injustice…) • Resources are very important… • Communication… (“You Cannot NOT Communicate”) • Integrity…
- 10. Difference between solving Problem and solving Issue Solving a problem is good but it should not be ameliorating (Quick relief)… For social justice you need to be Systemic and Structural… Scale: at least 400million poor people… one cannot talk about local examples… cannot limit action to civil society initiatives… Civil society initiatives are not going to solve the issue… then who??? If u want to work on changing at scale: government and market…
- 11. Debate…. MOTION: “HIGHER EDUCATION AND GLOBAL EXPOSURE ARE PRE-REQUISITES FOR CHANGE-AGENTS TO PURSUE SOCIAL JUSTICE GOALS” In the beginning the first speaker from both the groups present their thought the next speakers can counter the points of the other speaker Voting at the end of the debate to decide whether the motion is upheld or downed
- 13. In any Social Justice work…. You will find yourself in……. …………..in any of these groups
- 14. Working on Social Justice means…… Working together with……….
- 15. Scale and Complexity…………. Natural outcome for this would be……………. • Complexity of the situation and • Scale at which the solution is delivered Always… Compare scale with scale & Complexity with complexity Every complex problem will have complex solution…………..
- 16. How to deal with it????? • Evolve social Institutions Social Institutions are the networks….. Because…. No single organization can bring social change at scale…. A Social Institution is an “organization of organizations”
- 17. What will be as important as action to scale up….. • Impact (on “x” axis) • Documentation and Communication (on “y” axis) • The progress curve will move rapidly…
- 18. Several Approaches to work on social justice….. • Rights based Approach • Policy driven Approach • Market based Approach • Education/Awareness creation Approach • Enforcement based Approach