Social justice takes centre stage

The Social Justice Research Institute hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. The event focused on how social justice initiatives are implemented through art, archives and affinities. Tawiah M'Carthy, joined by fellow panelists Jonathan Brower and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, delivered a lecture on how he implements social justice acts in the form of art into his plays. The event also featured a panel including Kevin Hobbs, producer of Reflections on Water: The Welland Canal Play; Simon Orphana and Matt McInnes, who are working on a comic book and trading cards for the former City of Brightside in Hamilton; and Brock faculty researchers Natalie Alvarez, with a focus on combatting mental health initiatives for emergency responders, and Ronald Cummings, who is working with Caribbean In/Securities: Creativity and Negotiation in the Caribbean (CARISCC).