February 6, 2025

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CSU Pueblo panel discussion focuses on local social justice issues

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Pueblo leaders shared some of their insights on social justice Thursday during the “Social Justice and the Status of America Today” panel discussion at Colorado State University Pueblo.

Panel members discussed several issues impacting Pueblo including homelessness, education inequality and economic development. Panelist DuShante Carmon, grants and program manager for CSU Pueblo’s Institute of Cannabis Research, served as the evening’s guest speaker and spoke about the impact of economic inequities on the education and health of people of color.

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“Most of the time when we talk about social justice, we just think about minorities and the cops,” he said. “That’s actually not what social justice is really about. It talks about fairness and opportunities of fairness … economic sustainability is really hard for a lot of minorities around the country, because they don’t have the opportunities economically to compete with certain groups, or the privileged groups.”

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