What is a Social Justice Peer Educator (SJPE)?
The role of the Social Justice Peer Educator (SJPE) is to provide education, resources, and support to GU students regarding diversity, inclusion, and social justice. SJPEs work within UMEC and focus their efforts to provide support to the residence halls and throughout campus.
- Presenting a workshop on identity for a student group with a co-SJPE
- Hosting a panel on social justice leadership for your building
- Preparing an infographic for your block on how to confront bias
- Attending a training opportunity to further your social justice education
- Connecting with residents, RAs, RDs, & DICE staff about the issues that are impacting campus most urgently
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Meet this year's Social Justice Peer Educators!
Red Kwenda, they/them
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Major: Music Composition
Year in school: Junior
Focus: Intersectionality in Media, Sports Equity, Land and Environmental Justice, LGBTQ+ Rights
Contact Red: kwendam@gonzaga.edu
Kellyn Pattee, she/her
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Major: Political Science & Communications Studies
Year in school: Sophomore
Focus: Disability Justice, Reproductive Justice, Criminal Justice Reform
Contact Kellyn: kpattee@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Kendyl Eugenio, she/her
Hometown: Ewa Beach, HI
Major: Psychology
Year in school: Junior
Focus: Educational Equity, Health Justice, Racial Equity
Contact Kendyl: keugenio@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Noah Apprill-Sokol, he/him
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Major: Political Science & Sociology
Year in school: Sophomore
Focus: Voter Education, Sustainability Immigration Justice
Contact Noah: nappprill-sokol@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Syvana Arwood, she/her
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Major: Psychology
Year in school: Junior
Focus: Intercultural Education, Sustainability, Mental Health Awareness, Indigenous Rights, Reproductive Justice
Contact Syvana: sarwood@zagamail.gonzaga.edu
Abby Morioka, she/they
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Major: Psychology
Year in school: Sophomore
Focus: Mental Health Awareness, LGBTQ+ Rights, Gender Inequities, Disability Justice
Contact Abby: amorioka@zagmail.gonzaga.edu