The Newman Institute is committed to:
- serving as a catalyst and resource for transdisciplinary teaching and advocacy on social justice issues
- pursuing rigorous theoretical and applied research on processes and conditions that create and sustain social justice
- maintaining and sustaining a community-centered focus on outreach to underserved populations in South Carolina
- preparing students in social work and other related disciplines to effect positive
social change around social justice issues.
About Us
The institute is located in the College of Social Work and directed by the I. DeQuincey Newman Chair. It was conceived in partnership with the university, the College of Social Work and interested community groups.
To learn more about the institute’s namesake, I. DeQuincey Newman, view his papers online through the University Libraries Digital Collections.
Visit us on Facebook and Twitter to view our calendar of events, take a poll or participate in interactive discussions on a variety of social justice issues.
Lecture Series
The I. DeQuincey Newman Lecture Series in Peace and Justice was established 2005 as a vehicle for disseminating research information to the community on social justice-related topics.
2022
Presenter: Kesha Hayes, MA, LPN, community advocate
Title: Resilience through Advocacy
2021
Presenter: Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator and New York Times bestselling author
Title: Virtual Town Hall with Bakari Sellers
2020
Presenter: Ibram X. Kendi, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University; New York Times bestselling author
Title: Live Discussion with Ibram Kendi
2019
Presenter: Gaby Pacheco, Director of Advocacy, Communications and Development, TheDream.US
Title: What google won’t tell you about immigration
2018
Presenter: Joshua Correll, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Title: Police and racial bias: Lessons from the lab to the street
2017
Presenter: Llewellyn J. Cornelius, Ph.D., LCSW, Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies and the Director of the Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights at the University of Georgia
Title: Why is the south the epicenter of the new HIV/AIDS epidemic? The role of barriers to health insurance in disparities to HIV care
2016
Presenter: Patrick J. Patterson, MSW, MPH, President, Global Partners for Fathers and Families Consulting, LLC
Title: 5 habits of good fathers that build strong families
2015
Presenter: The Honorable Anton Gunn, MSW, Chief Diversity Office of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health Center
Title: From public enemy to public good: An open discussion on social justice, activism, health disparities and leadership in the area of healthcare reform
2014
Presenter: Henrie M. Treadwell, Ph.D., Founding Director, Community Voices, Morehouse School of Medicine
Title: Passing the torch: Civil rights agenda for the 21st century
2012
Presenter: Robert Hawkins, MPA, Ph.D., New York University
Title: Poverty, rights, and everyday wrongs: Why social policy does not mean social justice
2006
Presenter: U. S. Federal Judge Matthew James Perry, Jr.
Title: Civil Rights in South Carolina
2005
Presenter: Congressman James E. Clyburn
Title: Rev. Newman and Civil Rights in South Carolina