SOCIAL JUSTICE
Organization
De Colores
President
Amaan
Kerawala
Email
akerawal@lion.lmu.edu
Human Rights
Coalition
Gabby
Dematteis
gdematte@lion.lmu.edu
LMU College
Republicans
Natasha
Kumarage
natasha2291@aol.com
MISSION STATEMENT
De Colores strives to build community,
both amongst ourselves and with our
Mexican sisters and brothers. Through
these relationships, we grow and learn
first-hand about issues of social justice,
immigration and poverty. We become
immersed in the culture and lived reality
of our Mexican neighbors while striving
to embrace their great spirit and faith.
We try to encompass our lives with the
great spirit of the people, build
relationships with others, and help
create a better world by living out our
Jesuit education of the whole person.
The Human Rights Coalition (HRC)
strives to strengthen the LMU
community’s commitment to live out the
school’s own mission statement of
“encouraging learning, the education of
the whole person, and the service of faith
and the promotion of justice.” The HRC
does not take this often confusing and
misunderstood LMU mission statement
lightly. Rather, the Human Rights
Coalition is committed to discovering
and living out this vision to its fullest by
becoming people for and with others,
especially for the poor, voiceless,
marginalized, and those most in need in
our midst. The Human Rights Coalition
students strive to integrate their faith
and justice through weekly theological
and social analysis reflection sessions
and concrete actions throughout campus
and the larger community including with
Passion Magazine, the SOA/WHINSEC
National Protest, Campus Prayer
services, and collaborative efforts with
the LMU Lions Garden, the Cesar Chavez
Worker Appreciation Luncheon, and
other activities.
We want to unite college republicans at
Loyola Marymount University in pursuit
of sharing our beliefs and engaging in
intellectual debate and inquiry. We want
to give students the opportunity to
become more aware of current issues
and ways to become more politically
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involved.
LMU Students
for Justice in
Palestine
Alexander
Abbasi
alex.abbasi8@gmail.com
ONE at LMU
Kiara Cerda
kcerda1@lion.lmu.edu
Oxfam
America Club
at LMU
Allison
Goldberg
agoldbe3@lion.lmu.edu
Resilience
Alejandro
Vega
avega6@lion.lmu.edu
LMU Students for Justice in Palestine
(LMUSJP) is an organization
comprised of students, faculty, and
staff committed to the promotion of
human rights, communal liberation
and empowerment, and social and
economic justice for the Palestinian
people. As a group, we hope to
challenge and sharpen the minds of
our members and other individuals
on campus through regular dialogue,
debate, cultural celebration, and
democratic political movement.
To develop ethical leaders inspired by
the principles of LMU’s mission
statement – the education of the whole
person, men and women for others, and
the cura personalis. / To also foster the
personal growth of each members mind
heart and character. / To work with ONE,
a grassroots advocacy and campaigning
organization, to fight extreme poverty
and preventable disease, particularly in
Africa, by raising public awareness and
pressuring political leaders to support
smart and effective policies and
programs that are saving lives, helping to
put kids in school and improving futures.
ONE is nonpartisan and works closely
with African activists and policy makers.
/
In alignment with Oxfam America’s
mission and current campaigns, the
Oxfam Club at Loyola Marymount
University aims to construct and
carryout projects and initiatives focused
on alleviating poverty, hunger, and social
injustice on both the international and
local levels.
RESILIENCE at Loyola Marymount
University is a support network for
undocumented / students and allies
within the LMU community and across
diverse communities outside of / LMU.
RESILIENCE members collectively form a
camaraderie of people connected by /
shared experiences, struggles, and
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Save Darfur
Sheila
Koohpai
sheilamkoohpai@gmail.com
Students for
Labor and
Economic
Justice
Sophia
Pavlos
scpavlos@gmail.com
To Write Love
On Her Arms LMU Chapter
Joe Ward
joe.ward25@gmail.com
Underwings
Praxis
Joshua
Carranza
josh.carranza@gmail.com
successes. We are all-inclusive and
encourage people / from all backgrounds
to support immigrant students. We are
advocates for equal access to / education
for all, and for the advancement of
immigrant communities.
As humanitarians, we collectively raise
awareness to the LMU community about
contemporary human right issues,
specifically regarding the region of
Africa.
Students for Labor and Economic Justice
is a club on campus that advocates for
worker’s rights and spreads awareness
on the injustices that can happen in the
workplace. Our club highly respects the
integral role that the LMU campus
workforce plays in the development and
sustainability of our university. We show
our gratitude for all of their
contributions to our community by
fostering relationships between the
workers and the administration,
students and faculty.
TWLOHA University Chapters is a
network of student organizations on
college and university campuses that
exist to embody the mission and vision of
To Write Love on Her Arms. Through
organized meetings and events, each
chapter will serve as a voice of hope,
inspiration, and support for students and
their surrounding communities. In
addition, TWLOHA – Loyola Marymount
University Chapter will serve the LMU
community as a resource for mental
health education, advocacy, and
empowerment. Doing so, this
organization will simultaneously utilize
the three prongs of the LMU mission
statement: the encouragement of
learning, the education of the whole
person, and the service of faith and
promotion of justice.
The mission of Underwings Praxis is
to promote justice-oriented
education for students at Loyola
Marymount University through a
process of immersion and
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accompaniment with members of the
Dolores Mission community.