How We Free Us: Activism and Community (SOC 112A, SOC 212A)

In this hybrid course students will examine activism through the lens of community. This course is part of the Community Engaged Learning Course curriculum in the Department of African & African American Studies and will introduce students to community-based organizing, volunteering, and activism. This course will focus on community-ties and how applied African American Studies can be harnessed as a liberatory practice in movements today. Class Organization: This course includes an in-person seminar held once a week and on-site community engagement with a community organization once a week. This is a Cardinal Course designated by the Haas Center for Public Service.