We live in a hurried world, and because of COVID, it has become isolated as well. Many of us are currently cut from our communities and feeling a sense of powerlessness in the face of so much injustice and pain going on around us.
In times like these, we turn to Ignatian spirituality, specifically to the idea of being “contemplatives in action”. The Ignatian way asks us to Stop, Rest and Reflect, Go Back to Work, and Repeat! Being a “contemplative in action” means that your active life feeds your contemplative life and your contemplative life feeds your active life.
We found that I-LEADers were engaging with their reality through social media, following social justice issues closely through Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok, but they rarely took time to stop, rest, and reflect so challenged them to take time to create their own social justice poster, creating visual artwork combining various images to convey diversity or social justice issues, concerns, or themes related to their interest and preoccupations.
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- Ni Una Menos: gender Justice in Mexico
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- Peace is the way: Peace and reconciliation in Colombia
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- The little becomes a lot: community and solidarity in Ecuador
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- Food Justice: agriculture and environmental rights in Ecuador
We invite the USF community, friends, and partners to join in on our activity to take a breather from our busy lives and to take time to create your own Social Justice poster, you can upload it to Social Media and tag us (@ArrupeUSFCA) as well as Favianna Rodriguez (@Favianna1) and the SF Museum of Modern Art (@SFMoMa).
If you want you can follow Favianna Rodriguez’s tutorial, and using her art (you can download it here)
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