Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men and women.
- Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Student Organizations for Social Justice, an area within the Center for Student Involvement, strives to provide information and support to all groups and individuals interested in promoting progressive social change. Our office provides:

• Advising for social justice groups
• Activist portal
  

Social justice is the pursuit of justice and equity for populations, who are, currently and historically, marginalized, exploited, disempowered, or violated based on their social group membership. These manifestations of oppression are the pervasive existence of social inequality woven through social institutions as well as embedded within individual consciousness.

Rooted in civil rights movements of the past century this includes the rights of the following: people of color; people with diverse religions; women, people with disabilities; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people; the poor and working class; and younger and older adults. The pursuit of social justice inevitably involves working to dissolve the many "isms" of injustice and oppression.

• Privilege - a right, advantage, or immunity granted to or enjoyed by certain people beyond the common advantage of all others; an exemption in many particular cases from certain burdens or liabilities; a special advantage or benefit with reference to divine dispensations, natural advantages, gifts of fortune, genetic endowments, social relations, etc. 
• Diversity (Social or Societal Diversity) - difference in our community which includes race, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, all genders, sexual orientation, ability, religion and country of origin.
• Multiculturalism - when an individual feels comfortable and communicates effectively with people from any culture, in any situation, because they have developed the necessary knowledge and skills to do so.
• Education - Individual and group education is a vehicle for change.
• Ally - someone with power and/or privilege who engages consistently or continually in social justice opportunities, to promote celebration of self and others.  
• Advocacy - to be engaged in social justice work for yourself and others.
• Accountability/mutual responsibility - by accepting the consequences that result from our choices, we move beyond lip service to action and ultimately affect change.  
• Support - the work is difficult, ongoing and individual, resulting in varied challenges throughout the community.   Effecting change requires the active engagement of allies across the continuum.