1st Edition

CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action

By Scott Myers-Lipton Copyright 2022
182 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action is for faculty, staff, and students who are interested in developing a college course or co-curricular experience using social action. Social action occurs when everyday people band together to develop their power in order to change policy. What distinguishes a social action class from other social change courses is that students are actively involved... Read more

Preface  1. Social Action -- An Overview  2. Developing a Social Action Class  3. Launching Student Campaigns  4. Campaign Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation  5. Where to Go From Here  Appendix 1

Biography

Scott Myers-Lipton, Professor of Sociology at San José State University, is the author of CHANGE! A Student Guide to Social Action, Ending Extreme Inequality: An Economic Bill of Rights Approach to Eliminate Poverty, Rebuild America: Solving the Economic Crisis through Civic Works and Social Solutions to Poverty: America’s Struggle to Build a Just Society. He is the recipient of the Manuel Vega Latino Empowerment Award, San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP Social Justice Award, the Elbert Reed Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara County, and the Changer Maker Award from the Silicon Valley Council of Non-Profits.