ABSTRACT
While global literacy is essential to critically examining world issues, it is paramount to move beyond mere discussion of its importance to using it for the advancement of equity and social justice. This chapter refers to Robinson’s (2020) Critical Literacies Advancement Model (CLAM) as a framework that can be used for developing critical literacy skills referenced in universities’ strategic plans and mission statements. The intersections of global, cultural, and civic literacies are also presented, in addition to barriers to achieving global literacy, and an institutional leader’s effort as a model for awakening a university community. Readers are presented with thought-provoking questions concerning global literacy with the specific intention to equip college students for activism and promoting social justice.
