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Connecting Campus + Community for a More Just and Equitable World

Loyola’s Center for Community, Service, + Justice (CCSJ) connects campus and community for a more just and equitable world.

Inspired by Loyola’s Jesuit Catholic educational mission and identity that calls for a dynamic integration of academic excellence, social responsibility, and faith that does justice, CCSJ is committed to reciprocal collaboration with community partners and to involvement with people who are marginalized. CCSJ aspires to place a shared emphasis on the engagement of Loyola students and faculty and the pursuit of positive community impact in Loyola’s immediate York Road neighborhoods, throughout Baltimore City, and the world.

CCSJ Aims:
1. Engage Loyola students and faculty to serve, learn and lead for a more just and equitable world.
2. Build capacity for positive change in our local York Road community.
3. Animate Loyola’s mission through measuring, highlighting, and communicating our work internally and externally.

CCSJ Values:
Through CCSJ and York Road Initiative programs, policies, operations and culture, we value:

• Anti-racism, as racism affects all other structures of inequity.
• The dignity of all people and our common home by practicing love in action with our neighbors.
• Local community power, wisdom and relationships.
• Collaboration, education and connecting through relationships to promote positive collective social impact.
• Dismantling systems of oppression, transparent and inclusive decision-making processes and the equitable distribution of power and resources.

Commitment to Racial Justice:
Inspired by our mission to connect campus and community for a more just and equitable world, Loyola’s Center for Community, Service, and Justice (CCSJ) strives to become an anti-racist organization. We will pursue this commitment by investing in our capacity to think critically about the role race plays in our relationships, programs, and organization and we acknowledge that we will be personally and professionally challenged in this work. Please read our commitment statement which has been uploaded to this site. Additionally, please join us in utilizing CCSJ’s social and racial justice databases on our website which is available to all: https://www.loyola.edu/department/ccsj/resources

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