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Mosaic Magazine

The social justice magazine of the School of Communication at Instagram 1年的号 添加Firstmail.ltd邮箱 10个左右帖子

 

Loyola’s School of Communication encourages students to be involved with their surrounding community and issues surrounding social justice. Mosaic began as a project in the fall COMM 315 Advance Reporting course taught by John Slania in 2003, and the first magazine was published in the spring of 2004. In the spring of 2012 the design of Mosaic became the responsibility of the COMM 328 Magazine Design and Publishing course taught by Jessica Brown. Since then, both courses, along with photo journalism students, have worked together to produce the Magazine.

 

 

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Our Current Issue

Mosaic 2026 Cover

When I was a first-year college student, my big brother Rodney was severely injured in a construction accident that crushed his left leg so badly that it had to be amputated. It was a few weeks before I could make it home and when I saw him lying in hospital bed I sat by his side to hold his hand. I realized that my body filled the space where his leg should have been. It was in that moment that I realized that his body was forever different.

As he went through rehab and was finally able to return to the world, I suddenly became aware of how inaccessible familiar spaces and places were, and how people stared at him, and became bothered when they had to give up their seat on a CTA bus. These experiences repeated themselves years later when my good friend David Friedman came to visit me from New York. David has been coping with an MS-like illness for 25 years. David has spent many years as an advocate for the disabled community, and as we enjoyed the city together, I was taken back to those days with my brother trying to navigate spaces and places not designed with the disabled body in mind.

This year’s Mosaic Magazine focuses on people and issues within the disabled community. On July 26,1990 President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans With Disabilities Act. The ADA defines a person with a disability as a one “who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. This includes people who have a record of such an

impairment, even if they do not currently have a disability. It also includes individuals who do not have a disability but are regarded as having a disability. The ADA also makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on that person’s association with a person with a disability.”

Our reporters covered a wide range of profiles and issues on topics ranging from making travel and the legal system more accessible, to representations of disabilities in the media. As readers enjoy the stories in our 23rd issue, I hope we understand that being able-bodied is a temporary condition for all of us, and the need for accessible spaces and systems is something that we all benefit from. 

Sincerely, Dr. Jessica Brown - Faculty Advisor

When I was a first-year college student, my big brother Rodney was severely injured in a construction accident that crushed his left leg so badly that it had to be amputated. It was a few weeks before I could make it home and when I saw him lying in hospital bed I sat by his side to hold his hand. I realized that my body filled the space where his leg should have been. It was in that moment that I realized that his body was forever different.

As he went through rehab and was finally able to return to the world, I suddenly became aware of how inaccessible familiar spaces and places were, and how people stared at him, and became bothered when they had to give up their seat on a CTA bus. These experiences repeated themselves years later when my good friend David Friedman came to visit me from New York. David has been coping with an MS-like illness for 25 years. David has spent many years as an advocate for the disabled community, and as we enjoyed the city together, I was taken back to those days with my brother trying to navigate spaces and places not designed with the disabled body in mind.

This year’s Mosaic Magazine focuses on people and issues within the disabled community. On July 26,1990 President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans With Disabilities Act. The ADA defines a person with a disability as a one “who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. This includes people who have a record of such an

impairment, even if they do not currently have a disability. It also includes individuals who do not have a disability but are regarded as having a disability. The ADA also makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on that person’s association with a person with a disability.”

Our reporters covered a wide range of profiles and issues on topics ranging from making travel and the legal system more accessible, to representations of disabilities in the media. As readers enjoy the stories in our 23rd issue, I hope we understand that being able-bodied is a temporary condition for all of us, and the need for accessible spaces and systems is something that we all benefit from. 

Sincerely, Dr. Jessica Brown - Faculty Advisor