Be a Steward of Justice

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Every CJC Roo is a Steward of Justice! Students explore, learn, and serve through immersive courses and field experiences with victim services, federal agencies, police departments, the courts, and community-led initiatives. There are many ways you can contribute to justice, and we are committed to helping you identify how.

Justice Stewardship Styles

Whatever your style, there's a place for you as a CJC Roo! Each justice stewardship style includes:

A major map with a focus on suggested electives
Targeted field experiences, internships, and volunteering
Career options, career search tools, and areas for mentorship

Traditional steward

Driven by a desire to learn how the system works from a historical and contemporary standpoint
Focused on engaging within well established programs and building careers in known agencies

Advocate steward

Driven by a desire to reduce harm within the system and community, and increase support for victims
Focused on trauma response and services to those harmed and those who commit harm

Creator steward

Driven by a desire to learn how to enhance and expand the system from within
Focused on enhancing and building up current methods and community action

Policymaker steward

Driven by a desire to understand how systems work and change with informal/formal processes
Focused on creating systemic changes and/or developing policies to address inequalities

Activist steward

Driven by a desire to dismantle traditional systems and build new ways of responding to harm
Focused on creating alternative responses and engaging with social movements