Week 2: 9/8 – Start with Self: Exploring the Arc of Social Justice

The reflections will be read by Dr. Bailey. Each Personal Reflection will focus on at least one of the Four Pathways to Justice: Forgiveness, Cultural Humility, Courage & Compassion, and Radical Love. You will write about each Pathway at least once over the course of the semester, but you may write about them in any order you choose.

Reflection #1 - Please offer a Personal Reflection (2-3 page max) on at least one the Four Pathways, with the option to tie it to anything from conversations in class and/or any of the readings.

Introduce Praxis, CEL Sites, and CEL Agreements

Total Page Count: 40 required (+7 recommended)

Required Readings

Bailey, D., & Spath, S. (2026, Aug 3). Reflections. Community Dialogues for Action. https://www.cda-sji.org/reflections (2 pages)

Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books. 

• Ch. 1, The Journey to Racial and Restorative Justice, p. 1-16 (16 pages)

Harro, B.  (2013). The cycle of socialization. In M. Adams, W.J. Blumenfeld, C. Castañeda, H.W. Hackman, M.L.Peters, & X. Zúñiga (Eds). Readings for diversity and social justice. (pp. 45-52). New York: Routledge. (8 pages)

• Please note that the article contains a complex diagram. The alt-text is included in a separate Word document.

Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

• Hope is a Discipline. p. 26-28. (3 pages)

Lorde, A. (2020). Age, race, class and sex: Women redefining difference. Sister outsider. New York, NY: Penguin, p. 104-114 (11 pages in PDF)

• (also available as the first chapter of Part 5 in the eBook: Arthur, J. (1995). Campus wars: Multiculturalism and the politics of difference (1st ed.). Routledge.)

Recommended

Tatum, B.D. (2017). “Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” and other conversations about race (Revised). Basic Books.

• Ch. 2, The Complexity of Identity, p. 33-39 (7 pages)