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

4 credits · Undergraduate

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.