Social Justice Education for the Workforce  

For my leadership project I will be developing a toolkit to help educate the workforce on social justice issues. Over the last year I have come to understand the importance of academic research and the education it can provide individuals. However, I have also come to understand that most people within the workforce do not have time to read through academic papers to educate themselves and their employees. Realizing this inspired my project idea, as I now hope to create a bridge between academic research and the workforce. Creating accurate, accessible, and easily understood information for organizations to start understanding and advocating for social justice issues. The crisis facing Missing and Murder Indigenous Women and Girls is the topic I will be building the first toolkit around. Indigenous women are facing an epidemic of violence, which includes alarming rates of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and more. My hope with this project is to increased awareness on an acute crisis spanning our entire country, produce a resource that organizations can use to educate themselves on the issue and how they can help address it. Additionally, aid in the fight for justice for MMIWG and their families.