Week 6 – Community organizing (7/13)
Course Access Dates: Students from 5/6/2023 until 8/10/2026; Faculty from 12/7/2022 until 8/10/2026
Section outline
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What is power? And how do we increase the power of a group of people?
Read:
Garza, A. (2020). Chapters 3-5: First Lessons, The First Fight, and Unite to Fight. In The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (pp. 47-94). One World.
A Primer on Community Power ,Place, and Structural Change. (2020). USC Dornsife Equity Research Institute.
Submit by 11am:
1) Response blog #5: What most resonates with you from Alicia Garza’s story? How does she frame the work of community organizing? In what ways have you been involved in organizing in your life? (250 words)
In class:
Speaker: Awad Bilal, Tenant Organizer, Latino Economic Development Center