CRGS 313. Community Activism

Develop organizational and activist skills, understand how social change occurs, link theory to concrete organizing practice in the community. Course blends critical analysis of organizing theories/methods with hands-on projects. [DCG-d.]

Participants will develop organizational and activist skills, understand how social change occurs, and link theory to concrete organizing practice in the community. Course blends critical analysis of organizing theories and methods with hands-on projects.

Resources

Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy by Rinku Sen (2003).

Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy Manual for Activists, 4th Ed. by Kim Bobo, Steve Max, & Jackie Kendall (2010).