Centering educational justice with youth, communities, educators, and schools through enduring reciprocal relationships.

The Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research (CRJ) centers Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in the work of racial and educational justice through community-school-university partnerships.

True to our unwavering commitment to racial justice and youth voice in education, our family of youth, educators, faculty, and community members engages in research and social action that contribute to intersectional liberation and tangible change across all educational contexts.

CRJ is a sacred space that offers professional development, programs, scholarship, media, events, and models for systemic change in education. We are a family of community members, youth, faculty, and students engaged in research and action across five interlocking areas of impact: racial equity, critical teacher education, youth leadership, fugitivity, and community engagement.

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