Social Justice & Community Organizing

Social Justice & Community Organizing

Our goal is to deepen and broaden Social Justice and Community Organizing (SJCO) capacity in Charlotte.  We offer three paths for engaging with our social justice education programs:

Our early Greenspon Center social justice work achieved significant successes in the realms of affordable housing, criminal justice, and restorative justice. To learn about our past wins, explore the following: Our Past Wins & Work, Affordable Housing, Immigrant Justice, Criminal Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, and Environmental Justice.

Meet Our Social Justice Team

Rev. Vahisha Hasan
Holly Roach

Holly Roach

Scholar Activist & Program Director of SJCO Certification Program

Holly Roach Knight is a long-time social justice organizer and recent recipient of two master’s degrees, a master’s degree in social justice & community organizing from Prescott College, and a master’s degree in contemplative education from Naropa University. She studies conflict in social change and is developing a body of work around navigating harm and repair in the organizing process. As a systems thinker for social change, Holly challenges us to learn from our organizing and consider how interconnected we are.
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Rev. Vahisha Hasan
Laurita Ciceron

Laurita (Lo) Ciceron

Principal Investigator

The Listening Project

Laurita Ciceron is the Principal Investigator for The Listening Project. She graduated from the University College London with a Masters in Social Policy and Social Research. Lo Ciceron is a first generation Haitian American and a Charlotte native with a passion for research and social justice.

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James Lee
James Bradly Lee III

James Bradley Lee III

Certification Program Outreach

James Lee is a community advocate for the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center. Since 2019, James has worked with the Greenspon Center on a number of affordable housing initiatives as he works to expand access to affordable housing in Charlotte and prevent displacement in Grier Town, specifically, and in Mecklenburg County, as a whole.
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