Taming the Madvocate Within: Social Justice Meets Social Compassion

Viray, Sydnee; Nash, Robert J.

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“…Misconceptions about the nature of compassion (e.g., that it is equivalent to pity) may make it seem antithetical to true solidarity with those who are oppressed. Existing work in this area suggests that a central component of social justice action is feeling for the suffering of others as a motivator of efforts to help alleviate that suffering ( Viray and Nash, 2014 ). In this way, social justice efforts can be viewed as embodying compassionate acts aimed at supporting or advocating for those who suffer from social inequities, and “allies” include members of a dominant social group not directly experiencing suffering from such inequities but who perform acts of compassion based on their empathy for those who are ( LeBlanc et al, 2022 ).…”

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Compassion as a tool for allyship and anti-racism

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Racist systems, policies, and institutions subvert the quality of life for minoritized individuals and groups, across all indicators, from education and employment, to health, to community safety. Reforms to address systemic racism may be accelerated with greater support from allies who identify with the dominant groups that derive advantage from such systems. Although enhancing empathy and compassion for impacted individuals and groups may foster greater allyship with and support of minoritized communities, little work to date has assessed the relationships among compassion, empathy, and allyship. After reviewing current work in the area, this perspective offers insights into the utility and specific components of a compassion-based framework that can be used to combat racism, using findings from a survey study in which we investigated the relationship between validated psychometric measures of compassion and allyship with minoritized communities. Several subdomains of compassion, as measured among individuals identifying as non-Black, correlate significantly with levels of felt allyship with Black or African American communities. These findings inform recommendations for compassion-focused research, including development and testing of interventions to promote allyship, advocacy, and solidarity with minoritized groups, and support efforts to undo longstanding structural racisms that have patterned inequality in the United States.

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“…Social justice advocacy is compassionate work but can be derailed by the "us vs. them" paradigm. Viray and Nash (2014) assert that . .…”

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Leadership in Turbulent Times

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When our global world collided in 2020 due to the double pandemic (Addo, 2020;Starks, 2021) about COVID-19 and racial unrests, higher education institutions like P-12 schools in the United States faced uncertainties about the impending impact of these crises. In addition, global protests for racial justice following the brutal murders of George Floyd, Breanna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and escalation of racial discrimination against noncitizens and people of color in many places around the world (Addo, 2020;Starks, 2021) depicted a collective rage about social injustices that plague our society. This collective rage is reminiscent of Fannie Lou Hamer's (1964) declaration in her fight for equal rights, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired." So, the world was transfixed by the unrest and as the aunt of nine nephews who range in age from 13 to 26 years old, I carry the fear like so many others, society's perpetual devalue of their humanity and dignity. The increasing racial discrimination despite progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) gave rise to scrutiny on human relations in the higher education workplace.Across the nation, higher education institutions are still contending with the impact of COVID-19 and the challenges exacerbated by it. The pandemic brought disruption such as grief, financial difficulties, and changes to daily lives. It also revealed the systemic effects of oppression on health (Garcia, 2022), rising need for work-life balance (Kirby et al., 2023), and mental health and general well-being support (Kirby et al., 2023). The collection of chapters in this edited book draws attention to the unpredictable changes in higher education workplaces and the people who were, are, or wish to be there (Hays-Thomas, 2022). It also brings to the forefront the need for civility in efforts to dismantle systemic barriers that continue to permeate our higher education workplace. The chapters also chronicle through conceptual and empirical work the complexities of creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace in higher education. While raising critical issues, they

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2021

Sexual Orientation Equality in Schools

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Taming the Madvocate Within: Social Justice Meets Social Compassion

Abstract: Th ough social justice work often evokes strong feelings, Sydnee Viray and Robert J. Nash argue that advocates must move beyond anger in order to be eff ective. Here are some ideas how.

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