PROGRAMS
SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
Register today for our 2024-2025 Social Justice Leadership Institutes!
Introductory Retreat: October 19-20th, 2024 at Phillips Academy Andover
Advanced Retreat: February 22nd, 2025 at Cushing Academy
Introductory Retreat Early Bird registration ($475/student) goes through September 16th, 2024, and regular registration ($525/student) goes through October 10, 2024. Click here for more information and to register your school cohort for the Introductory retreat!
Advanced Retreat Early Bird registration ($400/student) goes through January 8, 2025, and regular registration ($450/student) goes through February 12, 2025. Click here for more information and to register your school cohort for the Advanced retreat.
Please note: participation in the Introductory retreat, or equivalent social justice leadership experience, is a pre-requisite for students registering for the Advanced retreat.
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Focused on racial and social justice, identity development, expanded political analysis, personal leadership skills and network transformation tools, the Social Justice Leadership Institute (SJLI) supports high school students to acquire a deeper understanding of how systems of race, class, gender and sexuality impact our lives and the lives of our peers.
This interactive retreat joins student leaders from top New England independent schools to learn, connect and take action with the support of our experienced multiracial staff team. The most powerful outcome of SJLI is the justice work that students bring back to their schools.
Students will get the opportunity to deeply explore topics of racial, gender, economic and queer justice, and develop skills around organizing and action on campus. Students will receive additional one-to-one coaching, networking opportunities with peers, and support to implement an action project around racial and social justice at their school.
What will students gain?
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An expanded understanding of how systems of race, class, gender and sexuality impact you and your peers.
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A set of organizing tools to address racism, anti-Black racism, classism, sexism, cissexism and heterosexism at your school
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Facilitation, public speaking and leadership skills to take increased leadership roles on your campus
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Access to a larger network of social justice leaders within independent schools in New England.
Becoming an SJLI host
We partner with independent schools to host this program, and hosting has many benefits, including a larger cohort of students in attendance and additional leadership opportunities for students. We typically host two Institutes per year in the fall adn spring. Past hosts have included Phillips Academy Andover, Governor's Academy, Concord Academy and Northfield Mount Hermon School. Please reach out if you are interested in becoming a host school for a future SJLI!
Contact Tara and Cynthia at tara@thecityschool.org or cynthia@thecityschool.org.
WHAT ARE SJLI PARTICIPANTS SAYING?
"My school tends to be really fake social justice-y and I thought that SJLI would be the same but it wasn’t in the slightest. I think that the facilitators did a really good job of making sure the content was productive."