Transformative Justice: Merging Theory and Practice

• In Event: Roundtable: Multi-Racial Coalition Building Between Scholar Activists

Abstract

This paper will discuss the ways in which activists scholars can serve as campus leaders in creating organizations that reflect contemporary criminal justice issues. This paper will trace historical intellectual activism of nineteenth-century Black Club women and compare and contrast their efforts with those of modern activist scholars. Lastly the role of Black sororities in shaping social justice will be explored.

Author

• Nishaun Battle, Virginia State University