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Instructor |
| Boston
University, School of Social Work, MP781
Community Organizing
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MP
781 establishes the value base of community organizing
practice; presents the basic philosophy, goals, and
methodology of both social action and community
development approaches to organizing; considers the
use of self in the organizing process, including roles
and ethical dilemmas; examines and critiques different
organizing models; introduces organizational building
skills; and increases students’ abilities for
developing effective organizational leadership,
conducting action research, engaging in strategic
analysis, and implementing direct action tactics.
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Lee
Staples |
| Boston
University, School of Social Work, MP795
Applied
Macro Skills,
Groups
and Systems
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Applied
Macro Skills, Groups and Systems focuses on the
development and staffing of various types of task
groups in a range of settings. This course covers
theory, knowledge, and skills related to task group
development; leadership models; decision-making;
conflict resolution; coalition building; lobbying and
influencing legislation; electronic advocacy; press
and media relations; conducting effective meetings;
staffing governance boards; resolving common group
problems; and working with multicultural groups. The
course draws heavily from students' learning
experiences in their current field placements (as well
as employed positions, where applicable) and is
conducted as an interactive seminar.
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Lee
Staples |
| Brandeis
University, Department of Sociology, Soc. 92A
Internships for Community Action and Social Change
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The overall purpose for
Sociology 92a: Internships for Community Action and
Social Change is to help students learn how to become
agents of social change through a combination of
practical experiences in community based
organizations, readings from major approaches to
social change, and in-class reflection and discussion.
Students will spend 8-10 hours/week working in an
individually defined internship placement at a social
change organization. Students will meet weekly as part
of a seminar to reflect on their experiences in their
internship placements while progressing through
critical readings about different approaches to social
change. |
Tom
Shields |
| Brandeis
University, Department of Sociology, Soc. 147A
Organizations
and Social Change
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This course
introduces students to the study of contemporary
organizations as agents and objects of democratic
social change. Case studies are drawn from community
organizations, schools, police departments,
nonprofits, universities, government, unions, and
corporations. Students will be actively engaged in
presenting case studies and comparing different
approaches to building new forms of leadership and
problem solving.
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Carmen
Sirianni |
| Brandeis
University, Department of Sociology, Soc. 175B
Civic
Environmentalism
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This course examines the civic side of
environmentalism in the
United States
: the environmental movement and especially its
innovative community - and place-based forms of
protection and restoration. We look at a broad range
of arenas, including watersheds, sustainable
communities, environmental justice, ecosystem
restoration, land trusts, ecosystem partnerships,
community forests and farms. We examine environmental
regulation, but focus particularly on those areas
where community-based approaches are leading to
regulatory innovations. |
Carmen
Sirianni |
| Harvard
University, Kennedy School of Government, PAL 154M
Public Narrative: Identity, Agency, and Action
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Public
narrative is “action speech” – the discursive
form in which individuals, communities, and nations
construct identity, make choices, and inspire action.
Because narrative engages the “heart”, it can both
teach how we should act and motivate us to
act. Students will learn the practice of public
narrative based on psychological, philosophical,
religious, literary, sociological and political texts;
their life experience, and classroom exercises that
can equip them to engage with the emotional
foundations of values, choices and action. We will
explore the role of narrative in public life, how it
works, and why it works.
And we will focus on self-narrative, shared
narrative, action narrative, and narrative conflict
and development.
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Marshall Ganz |
| Harvard
University, Kennedy School of Government, PAL 127M
Moral Leadership: Self, Other, and Action
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"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? When I am only for myself, what am
I? If not now, when?" - Hillel, 1st century Jerusalem sage (Pirke Avot). If we understand leadership as accepting responsibility to enable others to achieve purpose in the face of uncertainty, when is leadership behavior “moral”? Rabbi Hillel’s questions offer insight into this question by directing us to reflect on the interaction of self-understanding, our relationship with others, and action. |
Marshall Ganz |
| Harvard
University, Kennedy School of Government, PAL 177
Organizing: People, Power and Change
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Students learn to view social, economic, and political problems from an organizer’s perspective and to act on these problems using a “praxis” of organizing: “mapping” power and interests, developing leadership, building relationships, motivating participation, devising strategy, and mobilizing action to create organizations and conduct campaigns. Principles common to community, electoral, union, and issue organizing are emphasized. |
Marshall Ganz |
| Harvard
University, School of Law, LAW-42300A
Responsibilities of Public Lawyers |
Using
case studies on lobbying, public conflict resolution,
class-action litigation, community-based advocacy, and
lawyering for the government, this course will explore
the many tensions for public lawyers who advocate on
behalf of individual clients, who seek to represent
causes or the "public’s" interests or who
engage in legislative advocacy, community organizing
or alternative forms of problem-solving and
deliberation. In particular, we will focus on the
philosophical, ethical, strategic and identity or role
conflicts that confront
lawyers as professionals and adversaries but
also “public citizens.” |
Lani
Guinier |
| Lehigh
University, Department of Political Science, PS
326/426
Organizing for Democracy: A Democracy Workshop
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The major aim
of the course is to provide students with a hands-on
learning experience that simultaneously provides
community groups or potential groups with resources
that will enable them to enhance their
"voice" in the larger community.
It aims to be both a learn-by-doing practicum
in political organizing, American politics, and
democracy, and
a seminar exploring issues of community organizing,
democracy, empowerment, direct action, and the
relation between these and the American political and
economic system.
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Edward
P. Morgan |
| Tufts
University, Department of Anthropology, ANTH 183
Urban
Borderlands: The Somerville Community History
Project
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This course
integrates academic learning and experiential learning
in a community-based research project documenting
Somerville
’s Latino
community’s history of settlement and incorporation.
In this way, students will familiarize
themselves in a personal, experiential way with the
impact of immigration from
Latin
America
on US cities, and conversely, how Latino immigrants
are adapting to life in urban areas.
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Deborah
Pacini-Hernandez |
| Tufts
University, Department of Sociology, Soc. 111
(formerly Soc. 149)
Social Change and Community Organizing |
Methods and approaches to
grassroots community organizing in local settings.
Theories of community
and relationship to social change organizing Debates
about civic engagement,
democracy, and the role of
different kinds of organizing in building a
just and democratic society. Fieldwork in local
neighborhoods and community organizations, plus class
projects connected to organizing. |
Susan
Ostrander |
| Tufts
University, Department of Sociology, Soc. 130
Wealth, Poverty and Inequality |
Study
of socio-economic class, and intersections of class
and race. Emphasis on understanding root causes of
inequality from a sociological perspective. Some
attention to policies and approaches to alleviating
inequality toward a more just society. Focus on
U.S.
with some attention to global inequality. Students
have option of community experience arranged by
professor in local anti-poverty agency with
substantial written reflection, integration with
course materials, and analysis. |
Susan
Ostrander |
| Tufts
University, Department of Sociology, Soc. 184
Nonprofits, States and Markets |
As welfare states decline,
nonprofits are increasingly called upon to assume
responsibility for public needs and provide
opportunities for public dialogue and debate. Theories
of nonprofits and civil society, relationships between
nonprofits and government, nonprofit commercialization
and entrepreneurship. Capacity building, governance,
fundraising, accountability, and effectiveness. Option
of case study of local nonprofit
organization incorporating service. Course in
upper division undergraduate and
graduate seminar, cross-listed as Urban and
Environmental Policy 273. Prior
experience in a nonprofit is required.
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Susan
Ostrander |
| Tufts
University, Peace and Justice Studies,
PJS/IR
99 Internships
Transnational
Social Movements: Strategies
for Peace, Human Rights, Development, and Environment |
This
course combines an internship at a social movement
organization (SMO) with a weekly seminar discussion.
The objective is an experiential investigation
of SMO strategies and tactics as they interact with
state, intergovernmental and civil society actors
concerning transnational issues of development,
environment, human rights, and peace.
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Dale
Bryan |
| Tufts
University, Urban and Environmental Policy and
Planning, UEP 0261-01
Community Development, Planning, and Politics |
Exploration
of planning and community development, neighborhood
revitalization, and local politics. Provides an
overview of select literature, key issues, and debates
in community development. Opportunity to conduct
research about specific neighborhood-based planning
and policy issues. Guest speakers include
practitioners involved with community development
initiatives and projects in Boston and Massachusetts. |
James
Jennings |
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