CHANGE! is for faculty and students who develop a college course or co-curricular experience using social action. Social action occurs when everyday people band together to develop their power to change policy.
--Traces the history of college social action.
--Explores what needs to be considered before starting a social action class.
--Explains how students choose their campaigns and launch them, and how students plan, implement, and evaluate their campaigns.
--Guides students to persist to re-activate a campaign from a previous year, or join a community campaign beyond college
Scott Myers-Lipton, Professor of Sociology at San Jose 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.
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