Recent Events
"Not My Life," March 26, 2012.
"The Red Market: Scott Carney," March 7, 2012.
"Undoing FGM," March 7, 2012.
Documentary screening: "The Reconstruction of Asa Carter," November 13, 2011.
Social documentary screening: "The Interrupters," October 27, 2011.
Sherron Watkins: "Enron: A Case Study in Whistleblowing and American Journalism," October 26, 2011.
"Representing Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness Trapped in a Nightmare: The California Prison Overcrowding Case," October 17, 2011.
Village by Village, Barrio por Barrio: Integrated Development in Nicaragua, September 19-22, 2011.
When Hope Ends in Slavery: Human Trafficking in Israel, September 13, 2011. (Event pictures.)
1st Annual SoJust Leadership Forum: "Journeys in Social Justice, Brandeis and Beyond," September 6, 2011. (Event pictures.)
Race, Class and
Crime in America:
A discussion with
Charles J. Ogletree
March 22, 2011
Reporting from Jerusalem:
Women, Journalism,
and the Middle East
with The Jerusalem
Report's Editor-in-Chief
Eetta Prince-Gibson
Lecture, March 21, 2011
Microfinance: Does It Work?
Panel discussion
March 10, 2011
"A Small Act"
documentary screening
Wednesday
November 17, 2010
Oscar-Winning Actor,
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Wednesday
November 10, 2010
Journalism Brown Bag Lunch Session with Edwin Vidal '77, Director of Operations for Castalia Communications, Friday, October 29, 2010, Hiatt Career Center.
Anna Badkhen, war-zone correspondent, Wednesday, October 13, 2010—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Acting Together on the World Stage," Brandeis launch of documentary, Tuesday, October 12, 2010—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Conviction" screening, starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell, Monday, September 27, 2010.
Paul Rogat Loeb
"How can you make your voice heard and your actions count?," lecture & book-signing, September 16, 2010—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Hidden in Plain Sight: The news media's role in exposing human trafficking," USUN / UNODC / Schuster Institute sponsored panel discussion, UN Headquarters, Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
"Slavery Today: Sex, Labor and Pornography," panel discussion, Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
"Building pathways to sustainable peace in Sudan: Why we can't wait" with Gloria White-Hammond, My Sister's Keeper, humanitarian activist," Monday, March 22, 2010—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Student Engagement with World Leaders," Monday, March 8, 2010—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery with E. Benjamin Skinner, investigative reporter and award-winning author, Monday, February 22, 2010—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Who's Counting? Women and the Media"
Brandeis University
Alumni Association
Faculty Lecture
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Public Lecture with New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Ethan Bronner "Covering the Middle East in 2010: A Report from the Field"
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
"International Criminal Justice: Developments and Reflections on the Future," Hassan Jallow, chief prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Monday, November 30, 2009—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Pray the Devil Back to Hell," documentary
Wednesday, October 21, 2009—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Talk to an Iraqi," Haider Hamza, journalist
Tuesday, October 20, 2009—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
"Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North"
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Lecture by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Hank Klibanoff: "The Race Beat—Then and Now"
Thursday, October 8, 2009
6th Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture featuring Maria Hinojosa
Mexican Feminist Journalist Activista:
The political responsibility of owning one's voice
September 17, 2009
*TMI: Social Justice in the Age of Facebook
September 10-11, 2009
"Free the Slaves,"
Kevin Bales, abolitionist
September 2, 2009—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
Events

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Calendar of events
Throughout the academic year, the Schuster Institute sponsors events that enrich and expand the academic curricula and offer students opportunities to meet up-close and in-person distinguished experts in the field of social justice journalism.
There are no currently scheduled events.
All events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC unless otherwise stated.
*For full description and calendar listings of SoJust events, please visit our pages dedicated to the Social Justice Leadership Series.