Justice a t the most basic levels brings to mind questions of what is right\, what is wrong\, what is fair\, and what is not? However\, a more nuanced examinat ion asks us to look at systemic reasons for why something is deemed right o r wrong\, or just or unjust\, and it asks us to understand the root causes of issues in order to better address them. Various movements and organizati ons have taken up ‘justice’ in their work\, and we are seeking to explore w hat justice means in these different contexts. How do different communities practice or understand justice? Does justice look different depending on w ho it is applied to? How does justice relate to power and privilege structu res?
As awareness of social d ivisions and disconnection increases\, is it possible to turn to the idea o f justice as a way to recognize and express mutual respect or to advocate f or change? Join us on Wednesday\, March 23rd\, as community leaders and par tners engage in dialogue about what justice means to them in their work\, w hat it looks like in their communities\, and why the term ‘justice’ serves them and their movement.
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Ritica Ramesh (she/her)\, Project Coordinator for the Access to Responsive Justice Proje ct at CGSHE
Ritica Ra mesh (she/her) is the Project Coordinator for the Access to Responsive Justice Project at CGSHE. She has spent the last six years conducting rese arch and writing on the histories of the prison-industrial complex\, imperi alism\, and abolition. As an organizer\, she believes in an anti-carceral f uture and is passionate about working at the intersection of theory and pra xis to explore culturally-informed and survivor-centric approaches to navig ating harm and abuse that do not reinforce existing inequalities.
Manvi Bhalla (she/her)\,Climate Justice Advocate and Ph D student
Manvi (she/her) has over 12 year s of experience as an intersectional community organizer. She co-founded Sh ake Up The Establishment\, a national nonprofit dedicated to climate justic e and political advocacy\; is a member of the Canadian Coalition for Enviro nment and Climate Justice\; and is co-founder of missINFORMED\, a nonprofit dedicated to the health of women and gender-diverse peoples. Alongside lec turing on environmental justice\, Manvi is a published health researcher wh o has worked at Hospital for Sick Children and Universities of Guelph\, Wat erloo and Dalhousie. Manvi has an Honours BSc in Biomedical Science from Un iversity of Guelph and an MSc in Public Health and Health Systems from Univ ersity of Waterloo. Her MSc research investigated barriers towards climate action within the public health sector. Presently\, she is a PhD student at University of British Columbia\, alongside being Climate Policy Lead and a part of the Climate Justice Research Collaborative at UBC Climate Hub.
Xhopakelxhit\, Coast Salish and Nuu-Chah Nulth Matriarch
Xhopakelhit is a Coast Salish\, and Nuu-Chah-Nul th Matriarch\, medicine maker\, water protector and traditional midwife. Sh e is also the author of the world-renowned Ancestral Pride Allyship Zines. Xhopakelxhit has been directly involved with indigenous resistance for thre e decades\, and her work has spanned organizing\, film-making\, and trainin g. Her workshops have received many accolades. As an Indigenous woman and t he topics are too numerous to count she has extensive experience with race relations and breaking down racist colonial history in Canada.
< p>Meenakshi Mannoe\, Criminalization & Policing Campaigner at Pivot Legal Society < /p>
Meenakshi Mannoe is the
Criminalization & Policing Campaigner at Pivot Legal Society. She is a raci
alized settler and daughter of immigrants\, living on unceded Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory
. Meenakshi is a member of the Vancouver Prison Justice Day Committee and D
efund 604 Network. Her work prioritizes abolitionist praxis that is based o
n a worldview beyond prison and police violence.
This e vent is an installment in an event series hosted by ORICE titled\, “What do es this really mean?” featuring one word or phrase per session that is comm only used but may not be fully understood or is understood in different way s by different communities. Complex and contested global events and issues can be hard to engage with or simply overwhelming when trying to wade throu gh a sea of jargon. Through these events\, we hope to engage with dialogue to understand how different communities or movements define them and how th is understanding is translated into action in different spaces.< /p> CATEGORIES:Featured News Events LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) GEO:49.268821;-123.200129 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/events/event/allyship-what-does-this-rea lly-mean-copy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20220313T100000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR