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Are you an agent of change? Whether you are interested in gender rights, education reform, reducing inequality, improving labor conditions, or disability and inclusion issues in the workplace, the ILR School will provide a foundation to understand these and other social justice issues. ILR students not only explore these and other social justice topics, but also learn leadership and conflict resolution skills required to address them in communities, companies, and countries throughout the world.

Outside of the classroom, our students directly impact social and political issues on and off campus by leading organizations like Cornell Amnesty International , the Women’s Caucus, and the Cornell Organization for Labor Action.

ILR Social Justice Stories

Faculty Spotlight: Evan Riehl, Associate Professor, Economics

Professor Riehl explores education and inequality.
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Faculty Spotlight: Evan Riehl, Associate Professor, Economics

Meet Eva Egeghy '26

Eva reflects on her experience with ILR's Buffalo High Road Fellowship.
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Meet Eva Egeghy '26

“Lead With Empathy” - Valeria Valencia ’23

Valeria Valencia ’23 Reflects on Term as First Latina S.A. President
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“Lead With Empathy” - Valeria Valencia ’23

ILR’s Worker Institute Helps Guide a Newly Energized Labor Movement

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Led by Patricia Campos-Medina ’96, MPA ’97, it conducts research and outreach on today’s rapidly changing employment landscape
Patricia Campos-Medina ’96, MPA ’97
ILR’s Worker Institute Helps Guide a Newly Energized Labor Movement

Two ILRies leading Outreach institutes are informing the national conversation around the historic union organizing shift.

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, and Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of ILR’s Worker Institute, have been putting their ILR education and experience to work in roles they now hold at the school.
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Two ILRies leading Outreach institutes are informing the national conversation around the historic union organizing shift.

Senior Joins Fulbright Program

Catherine St. Hilaire ’22, selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program! Read the story.
Catherine St. Hilaire '22
Senior Joins Fulbright Program