{"id":201,"date":"2018-01-27T02:03:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T02:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/multicultural-life\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T15:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:06:55","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice<\/strong> is named after Catharine Deaver Lealtad (Class of 1915), the first African American graduate of Macalester College and a talented doctor; and Esther Torii Suzuki (Class of 1946), a survivor of the Japanese internment camps during WWII and a six-year member of the Macalester College Alumni Board. The Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice is located on the first floor of Kagin Commons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lealtad Suzuki Center for Social Justice<\/strong> works in collaboration with Macalester students to build a transformative community. We do this through learning, reflection, engaging in dialogue, and action. We interrogate our lived experiences and center the voices of those marginalized in our society with the goals of building strong relationships, critical consciousness, and collective liberation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through participation in LSC programs, students will: <\/p>\n\n\n\n