SOCW-3050 : Activism and Advocacy

Social Work | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

About this Course

This course will focus on developing students' skills for pursuing social justice. Students will study principles of allyship, activism, organizing, and policy advocacy, and then assume the role of change agent as they conceptualize and engage in social change and activism. Students will develop the concrete skills for intervening in oppression both at the interpersonal level and at the community levels.