Why our society is injust

Social Justice

???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• …….• ……….• ………….

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…

What is social justice

………………………VIEWS…

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Role of change agents

It is critical and very important

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

Experiences of injustice

Sharing firsthand experiences………………………………

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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.

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…

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…

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

….Deciding my whereabouts….

In any Social Justice work….You will find yourself in…….

…………..in any of these groups

Working on Social Justice means……

Working together with……….

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…………..

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”

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…

Several Approaches to work on social justice…..

• Rights based Approach

• Policy driven Approach

• Market based Approach

• Education/Awareness creation Approach

• Enforcement based Approach