3rd quarter: making change
What strategies and tactics do I want to use to make change? Should social justice activism seek power or disrupt it?
By now you've thought about what social justice is and what issues matter to you. You've been working to clarify your values and to discover what ignites your passion. This quarter is devoted to training for how to make change. Towards that end we'll examine our beliefs about power and courage. What are the strategies for achieving just change--Community service? Reform? Community Organizing? Rebellion? How essential is social media? We'll also examine case studies of social justice activism: health and inequality, Rwandan genocide, sex trafficking, and more. We'll learn more about challenging power and community organizing at our community organizer training during this quarter and hear from activists about their work.
By now you've thought about what social justice is and what issues matter to you. You've been working to clarify your values and to discover what ignites your passion. This quarter is devoted to training for how to make change. Towards that end we'll examine our beliefs about power and courage. What are the strategies for achieving just change--Community service? Reform? Community Organizing? Rebellion? How essential is social media? We'll also examine case studies of social justice activism: health and inequality, Rwandan genocide, sex trafficking, and more. We'll learn more about challenging power and community organizing at our community organizer training during this quarter and hear from activists about their work.