Social Justice

This journalism has been created by students who are covering issues in social justice as part of the Multiplatform Newsroom: Projects capstone courses at the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication.

Nnenne Onyioha-Clayton, Athens for Everyone event coordinator, and Rachelle Berry, a University of Georgia doctoral student and prison reform activist, discuss opposition to unpaid prison labor in Athens-Clarke County. (Photo/Raphaëla Alemán)

Use of Unpaid Inmate Labor Scrutinized in Athens-Clarke County

 On March 22, Athens for Everyone released a statement reaffirming their position against unpaid ...

Pregnant Women in Georgia Face the Opioid Crisis

Georgia’s number of confirmed cases of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a withdrawal condition babies may ...

Feminism In The Community: The Women & Girls In Georgia Conference

By Becky Burgess https://soundcloud.com/user-709466884/bp2-feminism-in-the-community   Every other year, the University of Georgia’s Institute of ...

Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities Hinder Probationers’ Success

By: Shannon Duffy Athens-Clarke County probation officers have discovered a new barrier to their ...

Black History Month Celebrations Highlight ‘Further Need for Change’

ATHENS, Ga.,– Organizers of Black History Month events here in Athens say the discussions ...

State NAACP Activists Gather In Athens

Starting today, members of the Georgia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ...

Social Justice Groups March on Athens City Hall

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=283LFQhPZCs&w=560&h=315] Athens, GA–Activist groups Athens for Everyone and the Athens Anti-discrimination Movement marched ...