SOCIAL JUSTICE
CONNECTING THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT TO SHARE OUR FUTURE
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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- Fredick Douglass
Justice is a concept that relies on retrospective analysis, righting a harm
that has been done. Social justice work must understand and recognize
the harm that has been done and work to remediate that harm. Our work has to start by recognizing and denouncing those social, economic, and political forces which exploit other human beings and impede their chances to fulfill their existence. These forces are deep-seated, very
powerful, and naturally highly resistant to change. This means that social
justice “work” must become synonymous with social justice “fight”.
This is the struggle of self-liberation from oppression and the quest for
universal human rights. Everyone should, therefore, engage in the struggle for social justice.
CLICK TO ADVANCE
At PIH, we see social justice work not as a set of clearly defined solutions
but rather as a call for a continuous effort to improve equity of opportunity in all aspects of life from access to health care to education, from employment to gender inclusion. Social justice, therefore, is defined within this handbook as the continuous push to create a more fair and equitable society in which every human being has the right and the opportunity to live a life with dignity and purpose. PIH’s social justice work is realized by creating a new universal standard of care and is anchored in a preferential option for the poor (“O for the P”). Since health sits at the base of any pyramid of human needs, we see our work in health as a cornerstone in ensuring the poorest communities have equal opportunity to fulfill life’s potential.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IS A TEAM SPORT - DR. JOIA MUKHERJEE
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Andrea Tibbetts
Created on November 12, 2025
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
CONNECTING THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT TO SHARE OUR FUTURE
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
CLICK TO ADVANCE
- Fredick Douglass
Justice is a concept that relies on retrospective analysis, righting a harm that has been done. Social justice work must understand and recognize the harm that has been done and work to remediate that harm. Our work has to start by recognizing and denouncing those social, economic, and political forces which exploit other human beings and impede their chances to fulfill their existence. These forces are deep-seated, very powerful, and naturally highly resistant to change. This means that social justice “work” must become synonymous with social justice “fight”. This is the struggle of self-liberation from oppression and the quest for universal human rights. Everyone should, therefore, engage in the struggle for social justice.
CLICK TO ADVANCE
At PIH, we see social justice work not as a set of clearly defined solutions but rather as a call for a continuous effort to improve equity of opportunity in all aspects of life from access to health care to education, from employment to gender inclusion. Social justice, therefore, is defined within this handbook as the continuous push to create a more fair and equitable society in which every human being has the right and the opportunity to live a life with dignity and purpose. PIH’s social justice work is realized by creating a new universal standard of care and is anchored in a preferential option for the poor (“O for the P”). Since health sits at the base of any pyramid of human needs, we see our work in health as a cornerstone in ensuring the poorest communities have equal opportunity to fulfill life’s potential.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IS A TEAM SPORT - DR. JOIA MUKHERJEE