Learn about the Racial Justice Institute’s mission, history and direction.
RJI creates and inspires racial justice. Building from Georgetown’s values and historical experience with slavery, RJI activates the resources of the university and collaborates with an expansive range of partners. Working across boundaries, RJI catalyzes innovative social change through scholarship, interventions, and transformative strategies.
Founding the RJI is one of the ways that Georgetown has sought to transform the systems and institutions that uphold inequities in health, wealth and opportunity through research and scholarship. The University’s Catholic, Jesuit values undergird all that we do.
Learn More About the RJI’s Origins and Foundational Values
The founding directors of the RJI lead the institute’s interdisciplinary work that pushes the frontiers of knowledge about race, equity, and action.
Meet the RJI’s Founding Directors
The Racial Justice Institute works with local and international partners to help bolster its efforts towards racial justice and raise the voices of Black, Indigenous, and people of color across communities and nations.
Meet Our Partners