Grassroots movements shaping human history - MPJC, HCOM 340SAt — Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC)
This project for Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC) involves research, conducting interviews, and creating podcasts that delve into various models of grassroots political organizing in movements that have addressed societal inequities. Topics may include class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other positionalities. Students may apply these models to contemporary problems of inequity. The service learning component connects students with community organizations in order to be participant observers in contemporary organizing strategies. Movements explored will encompass, but are not limited to: Disability Rights, Indigenous Rights and Self Sovereignty, Feminism, Civil Rights, Farmworker Movement, Black Power Movement, LGBTQ+ Rights, Creative Power Movements to Remove Authoritarian Regimes, and Environmental Movements.
Reserved for students in HCOM 340S.
The instructor will provide clear instructions for the project. Additional on-campus tutoring resources are available in the Cooperative Learning Center. Students with disabilities who require accommodations, please contact the instructor to discuss the arrangement of accommodations, advocacy, study, and time management skills, academic-related counseling, referral to on- and off-campus resources, and assistive technology resources and training.
Students will work in groups under the supervision of their instructor, with Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC) providing, if needed, a venue for in-person interviews, audio-visual equipment, and any other resources needed to fulfill the service learning project requirements outlined by the instructor. Catherine Crockett at MPJC will review and approve time logs, provide input as needed, and will attend the final presentation at the end of the semester.
Contact instructor Kristen La Follette for more information.
Reserved for students in HCOM 340S.