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Veronica Terriquez
Veronica Terriquez (born 1971/1972) is a Chicana sociologist, professor, and social justice activist who since June 2021 has been director of the Chicano Studies Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Additionally, she is professor of urban planning, Chicana/o studies, and Central American studies. She is specialized in social inequality and civic engagement among racial minorities, although mostly under the purview of Latino studies. Biography In 1971 or 1972, she was born to undocumented Mexican immigrants in the United States. In 1993, she graduated from Alverno High School and earned $500 from the Avery Dennison Leadershio Scholarship to attend Harvard University. As a senior in 1996, she participated in a march on Washington D.C., a protest for various Latino issues. In a statement to the ''Boston Sunday Globe'', she lamented the Issues in higher education in the United States, lack of Latinos in higher education. She graduated from Harvard with a bache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Justice
Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fulfill their societal roles and receive their due from society. In the current movements for social justice, the emphasis has been on the breaking of barriers for social mobility, the creation of safety nets, and economic justice. Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation. The relevant institutions often include taxation, social insurance, public health, public school, public services, labor law and regulation of markets, to ensure distribution of wealth, and equal opportunity. Modernist interpretations that relate justice to a reciprocal relationship to society a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
