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Social Justice Origin Stories

Storytelling, reflections, educational resources, and conversations on what moves us to work for equity, social justice, and collective liberation. A growing community.

Social Justice Origin Stories

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Design Decisions

Social Justice Origin Stories Passes Its First 100 Subscribers on YouTube!

By Relando Thompkins-Jones
June 5, 2025

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I’m taking in each one of these milestones as they come.

Social Justice Origin Stories recently passed 100 subscribers on YouTube, and I’m so grateful to each and every listener.

This project is rooted in the belief that our stories are powerful and can be a means for transformation.

Whether you’ve watched one episode or every single clip, you’re helping to build a community that values truth, justice, and connection.

We’re just getting started, so if you’re new here, hit that subscribe button, tell people across your friend groups and networks about Social Justice Origin Stories, and let’s grow together.

Remember:

There’s power in storytelling, and lived-experience is experience.

There’s room enough for all of us to do this work. There are many ways to contribute, and our contributions don’t need to be the same. We can enter and remain engaged in the work using the gifts that are special to us, while supporting others in using theirs.

We have the capacity to grow and change for the better when exposed to new information and experiences.

We believe in our inherent worth and capabilities, and we possess the power to inspire and create change in ourselves and others.

We can transcend the status quo to imagine and design more equitable and humanizing systems.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Ubuntu!

Relando Thompkins-Jones (He/Him) MSW, CDP

Founder, Host, Producer: Social Justice Origin Stories

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Relando Thompkins-Jones

I'm a macro social worker, social justice educator, strategist, and storyteller who leverages media and education to advance equity and social justice within people, organizations, and communities. I started Social Justice Origin Stories because I believe in the power of storytelling and making our experiences accessible to others, because I believe in the liberatory effects of social justice education, to support justice-seekers in finding community and feeling less alone given the relentlessness of oppressive systems, and to be a resource of support and reflection for those who are thinking through how they could best contribute to the work. We need all who can, to do what they can.

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