Social Justice Hero Presentation: White's Life

This research project will help you to demonstrate your understanding of the foundation of Catholic social teaching and help you to learn about a person, a social justice hero, who worked for justice and made a difference in the world. This project involves three components: researching the life of a person who worked for justice, creating a written and visual summary about the person, and giving a class presentation. Follow these steps in completing your project:

• Choose your social justice hero by selecting a person from the list. All students participating in this option must select a different social justice hero to research. Lottery will be held.

• Consult three sources to collect your information.

Ten profound bullet points explaining how the person worked for justice. The bullet points must answer the following questions:

- How does this person's life and commitment to justice demonstrate God's plan for human beings to be in a just and loving relationship with him and in just and loving relationships with one another?

- How does this person's cause correspond to the foundational principles for a just society as taught in the Principals of Catholic Social teaching"

- How did this person's life demonstrate that God calls us to live a life of charity and justice, balancing prayer and action in living the life of a disciple?

- How did this person's action in the world demonstrate the Circle of Social Action steps of awareness, analysis, and action can be used to address the unjust treatment of others in social structures

Finally, use a text to answer What can you do to help continue the hero's work in creating just and loving relationships?

The selected person is Ryan White