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What we are about.
Communiversity: A university of the community using social justice advocacy to make structural, systemic, and social change through education and empowerment.
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Law and Policy Reform
There’s enough resources for everyone. Injustice is inequity. Our Law and Policy focus seeks change on every level.
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Racial Justice
We confront identity-based discrimination that places higher value on privileged groups of people to the detriment of others.
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Anti-Poverty
Our focus is on a Beloved Community where people are free to pursue a purpose and a passion that will enrich all humanity.
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Public Education
We can transform communities by engaging and connecting the people and organizations that define the community.
Authenticity in the Law
Register here for a free copy of our “Authentic Leadership in the Law” ebook!
We take a law, policy, and epistemological approach to social justice advocacy, combining history with innovation. Our museum provides a historical context, our research center provides the data, and our trainings and programs provide the change.
SJAP’s San Gabriel Valley Museum of Cultural History and Race Relations (“The CHaRR”) roots its approach in historical accuracy. We have a right to our own opinions, but not our own facts. Sharing facts and history means we are a collective history.
“The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us to control, not society, but ourselves -- a much more important thing; it prepares us to live more humanely in the present and to meet rather than to foretell the future.” -Carl Becker
We seek to shift the context of the daily experiences and quality of life for all marginalized people.
Program Highlights
Law and Policy Practice
T.R.U.T.H. & Reconciliation
Advocates Academy
Innovative courses designed to take advocacy to the next level. The Advocates Academy is an inspiring educational resource for any advocate.
Organizational Trainings
Culture, governance, systems, and management training for organizational leaders looking to enhance their leadership and advocacy.
Speaking Engagements
Community Programs
The formula for transformative community-building is Transparency, Relationships, Understanding, Trust, Healing, and Reconciliation.
We practice on the frontlines of change through a law and policy practice designed to not only make change this generation, but in future generations as well.
Community dialogues, rallies, and programs that challenge the members of the community to connect on a deeper level together.
Engaging and thought-provoking speakers, presentations, and exhibits that will enhance your view of social justice.
SJAP President, Thomas Allison, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in public administration on leveraging networks in asset-based community development.