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Gary Haugen's The Good News About Injustice

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When Gary Haugen’s The Good News About Injustice, was assigned in class for reading my first thought was “is there really any good news about injustice?” The truth is, Haugen’s book was very challenging to me. In the book are stories of wrongs\injustices that Haugen had seen firsthand. “As an investigator in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Director of the United Nations genocide investigations in Rwanda, and president and CEO of International Justice Mission, in Washington D.C., you can be sure that the stories he tells are well documented and credible” (Leo). Although this book is filled with real stories of international and domestic injustices, Haugen does gives us hope at the end of each chapter. That hope …show more content…

We also helped set up transition camps for graduating students with disabilities to better adjust to the outside world. When I entered college, there was a committee at Union that was working on helping students with disabilities go to college and transition easily. The EDGE Program launched during the fall 2015 semester here at Union University. EDGE stands for: Employment Training, Daily Living Skills, Godly Focus, and Educational Focus. This program provides an inclusive college experience for students with documented intellectual\developmental disabilities who have graduated high school. I joined this program as a mentor for two students, one who has intellectual disabilities and the other who has intellectual and developmental disabilities. I help my mentees to be a part of Union’s community academically, socially, and residentially. The ultimate goal of the EDGE program is to prepare individuals to work in a job setting by strengthening academic, social, communication, technological, and vocational skills. This program also helps to expose student without disabilities to student with disabilities, lessening the gap between the two. This helps combat injustice in schooling and also gives people a chance to overcome stereotypes. College is an appropriate option for students with disabilities who are independent in their functioning. They will feel more confident if they understand the changes they will encounter in the college environment and know that they are prepared to handle them with the help of fellow

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