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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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The Justice We Imagine

The Justice We Imagine Vol. 3 | Social Justice Origin Stories

By Relando Thompkins-Jones
November 26, 2025

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This is Volume 3 of “The Justice We Imagine“, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. This series focuses on storytellers’ responses to three essential questions:  

When is true social justice possible?

What shapes our approach to the work?

Why does understanding and sharing our social justice origin stories matter?

As you listen to their responses, reflect on what your answers might be.

Visit the Weaving Our Voices section for more entries in this series, as well as other special series that bring the voices and collective wisdom of storytellers together.

Featured Stories in The Justice We Imagine Vol. 3

Bloom Where You’re Planted with Claire Downing

Education as an Act of Faith with Keith Edwards

Follow Your Innate Sense of Justice with Emely Medina-Rodríguez

Fighting Anti-Blackness: Loving Ourselves with Daily Practices of Self-Reflection with Nadia Brigham

Do The Hard Thing: Confronting Our Privilege as a Path to Justice with Angie Freeman

Using Intergroup Dialogue as a Catalyst for Social Justice with Kelly Maxwell

Marching to the Beat of Your Own Drum: Finding Your Rhythm with Chinyere Neale

Exploring Identity and Mental Health Through Comics, Anime, and Culture with Quincy M. Simmons

Reimagining Leadership and Finding Our Role in The Movement with Beca Velázquez-Publes

Jim Crow 2.0: How Anti-DEI Laws Are Rooted In Systemic Anti-Black Racism with Darryl B. Rice

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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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