Per its webpage:
“The Social Justice Institutes at Carlow University, guided and informed by the mission, history and traditions of the University as well as its founders and sponsors, the Sisters of Mercy, works to facilitate change by providing education for social justice. The Social Justice Institutes (SJI) also supports the University’s strategic plan by working with faculty research, securing partnerships for community-based learning and serving as a platform for community engagement.

The SJI strives to close educational, socio-economic and leadership gaps, especially those that disproportionately affect women.”

They also clarify that their approach “is rooted in a critical perspective that society is stratified in significant ways, including race, gender, class, sexuality and ability.” The critical social justice practiced by the SJI “sees inequality and works to rectify it.”