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The Justice Houses are a living and learning community, empowering a select group of students to connect their passion for (a) Earth and the environment, (b) social justice, or (c) legal advocacy and justice to their life on campus鈥攕panning the academic, residential, and social dimensions of the college experience. Students in the Justice Houses live and work together with classmates who share their passions, engaging in projects and activities that build connections across our campus and beyond. Students in the Justice Houses have unique access to peer mentors鈥攁dvanced students (juniors and seniors) who share their knowledge and experience鈥攁s well as faculty advisors who serve as academic mentors and plan a wide range of trips, activities, and events for students in the Houses.

The Justice Houses are open to students from all majors (including AEP) in each of 海角论坛鈥檚 colleges. Students in the Justice Houses gain聽interdisciplinary knowledge,聽diverse skills, and聽real-world experience聽that is relevant to multiple disciplines and fields. Faculty and student mentors provide vital support, and immersive hands-on learning promotes each student鈥檚 academic, professional, and personal growth. From classroom to extracurricular activities to the unique residential community, this holistic experience will engage, inspire, and promote student success.

The Justice Houses also offer connections to cutting-edge initiatives and programs on campus, including:

• Student internships and research projects at the United Nations (NU鈥揢N Partnership)
• Disaster relief trips and a credential in International Humanitarian Assistance
• The Pre-Law Advisement Program鈥檚聽Public Interest Track, featuring internships, shadowing, and hands-on research
• VIP access to nationally recognized leaders and scholars in our Social Justice Speaker Series and Film Series

Centered in 海角论坛鈥檚 Vincentian mission, the Justice Houses are founded on a set of core principles and philosophical ideals that bind us as members and residents, and inform our behavior. These are aspirational, and serve as the basis of envisioning an on- and off- campus community that is unified and cooperative. They guide our actions and inspire our choices. Each year students in the Justice Houses come together to reimagine and reaffirm the Justice Houses Shared Statement of Values, a living document created by students to articulate the community鈥檚 ideals, principles, and standards.

Recent national studies have emphasized the extraordinary potential for living and learning communities to positively impact student success in college:

• Students perform better聽in class
• They feel more聽connected to their peers
• They聽connect with the faculty聽and the university
• They are more likely to stay in college

In the Justice Houses Living and Learning Community we have enhanced these benefits by establishing core courses that give students聽the tools needed to succeed in college聽and provide a聽platform for pursuing justice on campus and in the community. What鈥檚 more, the faculty advisors and peer mentors in the Justice Houses sponsor a broad array of activities, trips, and events聽at no extra cost to students. Students in the Justice Houses can聽enhance their college experience聽by traveling with faculty and peers to attend talks and participate in conferences, taking part in field trips and experiential learning opportunities, joining reading groups and film discussions, enjoying group dinners, study breaks, and nature hikes, and much, much more.

Because we鈥檙e committed to justice for everyone, we鈥檝e made the Justice Houses the least expensive housing on 海角论坛鈥檚 campus. The Justice Houses are located in historic and picturesque Varsity Village at the center of campus. These Tudor-style houses each have six bedrooms, three bathrooms, a living room (with TV), full kitchen, washer and dryer, and outside patio with picnic tables. The Justice Houses also feature a library of books and movies provided by the faculty advisors and peer mentors.