Mission

The Justice Center strives to enliven the human heart through education that centers Christ's justice.

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Vision

By enlivening the human heart, The Justice Center aspires to strengthen the faithfulness and fabric of our global society.

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Strategy

The Justice Center is achieving its mission and vision by offering online, competeny-based curriculum, convening groups of people for conversation and study, and through the deft use of educational technology and media.​

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Educational Point of View

The Justice Center intentionally seeks out the voices of those who have traditionally been marginalized to be included in our formal curricula and other educational offerings.

 

This means that our learning partners (students/enrollees) should expect to engage the ideas of those who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC), women and those who do not identify as male, those who are LGBTQ+, those who are differently abled, and those who are not from western-European countries.

 

The theological perspectives (historical and current) of white, straight, cis-gendered men from North America and Europe, traditionally accepted as normative and dominant voices in Eurocentric theological discourses, are welcome in this learning environment in so far as their contributions can be placed in conversation with the voices of diverse
others. They are not privileged however, except in the context of taking ownership and responsibility for dismantling systems of white supremacy and other forms of anti-Black oppression and racism.

The learning environment we strive to create at The Justice Center is deeply rooted in a community-centered culture, a legacy of our African descended cultures. This is a culture that values "both/and" thinking and understands our collective responsibility to one another as co-learners is foundational for the learning experience of our learning partners.

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Philosophically and in practice, we believe that authentic learning is relational, lifelong learning. We are all - always - learning from each other. Every learning partner at The Justice Center has something to teach, and every person whom we engage to help provide content or facilitation has something to learn. This is why we have adopted the nomenclature of Cohort (or Course) Facilitators and Learning Partners rather than the more traditional terms "faculty" and
"students."

 

We recognize that our educational effort is far more about the journey of learning together and integrating our learning into our lives in active ways than it is about an "end-product" traditionally known as "a grade." Having said that, we are also committed to ongoing assessment as we ask the question in every course we offer, "Of what use is this experience to the learning partner, and what competency can the learning partner demonstrate as a result of investing his/her/their time, money and intellectual labor in this course?"

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