My definition of social justice is being able to act on an injustice that not only affects yourself and your community but also being the voice for an issue that is affecting the entire world. Social justice is an act, a civilized fight that requires dedication to the issue you’re fighting against and the people being greatly affected by it. The struggles we face trying to achieve social justice is acts of oppression and ignorance while trying to reach peace, equality, or simply a solution to the injustice. While fighting for social justice, there will be many people who don’t support your fight or simply don’t find it important while trying to convince or get those people involved can be a difficulty which is the ignorance. Most importantly, we sometimes face oppression because we can be a certain race or have a different economical background from those who are in “power”.
My vision for the struggle is to keep fighting no matter how long or how difficult the process may be. Little Village Lawndale High School Campus was constructed because we had fighters who dedicated their days to a hunger strike so teenagers can have access to a closer education in the community. This is not the only example, my first week at Social Justice high school consisted of juniors and seniors organizing a sit-in to get their principal, teachers, and AP classes back. Not only this but a day of silence and a walk out day to protest around the neighborhood about the educational injustices. Keeping in mind that this all happened not only in one week but on my first week of being a student at Social Justice High School. I walked in already experiencing the act of social justice. As I said before, the vision is to keep fighting this is what my peers did and they ended as the ones in power.
My vision for the struggle is to keep fighting no matter how long or how difficult the process may be. Little Village Lawndale High School Campus was constructed because we had fighters who dedicated their days to a hunger strike so teenagers can have access to a closer education in the community. This is not the only example, my first week at Social Justice high school consisted of juniors and seniors organizing a sit-in to get their principal, teachers, and AP classes back. Not only this but a day of silence and a walk out day to protest around the neighborhood about the educational injustices. Keeping in mind that this all happened not only in one week but on my first week of being a student at Social Justice High School. I walked in already experiencing the act of social justice. As I said before, the vision is to keep fighting this is what my peers did and they ended as the ones in power.