Developing Social Justice Allies New Directions for Student Services, Number 110

by Reason, Robert D.; Broido, Ellen M.; Davis, Tracy; Evans, Nancy J.

• ISBN13: 9780787980771
• ISBN10: 0787980773
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-20
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The fiftieth anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision (1954) called us as student affairs professionals to reconsider and reaffirm our commitment to social justice. This issue is a call to action to student affairs professionals who are working as social justice allies, those with a commitment to make their college campuses a place where all community members are respected, validated, and fostered in developing their full potential. This issue encourages the development of ally attitudes and action in both students and student affairs colleagues. It first presents the conceptual foundation for social justice ally development and then covers in depth the strategies for the development of social justice behaviors in specific dominant group members. In each case, we have intentionally enlisted voices of authors who identify with the dominant and target groups on which the chapter focuses. This is the 110th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly report series New Directions for Student Services. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.

Table of Contents

Editors' Notes	1	(4)
Robert D. Reason
Ellen M. Broido
Tracy L. Davis
Nancy J. Evans
Antecedents Precursors, and Concurrent Concepts in the Development of Social Justice Attitudes and Actions	5	(12)
Robert D. Reason
Tracy L. Davis
The Development of Social Justice Attitudes and Actions: An Overview of Current Understandings	17	(12)
Ellen M. Broido
Robert D. Reason
Increasing Men's Development of Social Justice Attitudes and Actions	29	(14)
Tracy L. Davis
Rachel Wagner
Encouraging the Development of Social Justice Attitudes and Actions in Heterosexual Students	43	(12)
Nancy J. Evans
Ellen M. Broido
Encouraging the Development of Racial Justice Allies	55	(12)
Robert D. Reason
Tara C. Scales
Elizabeth A. Roosa Millar
Encouraging the Development of Disability Allies	67	(14)
Nancy J. Evans
Jennifer L. Assadi
Todd K. Herriott
Issues and Strategies for Social Justice Allies (and the Student Affairs Professionals Who Hope to Encourage Them)	81	(10)
Robert D. Reason
Ellen M. Broido
Index	91