Introduction
Chapter 1 — Overview
A — Social Action's Role in U.S. Experiment in Democracy B — US College Social Action C — Benefits of Social Action for Students Campuses, and Society D — The Vision: Bringing Social Action into the Classroom E — Overcoming Challenges of Teaching Social Action
Chapter 2 — Developing a Social Action Class
A — Academic Course vs Co-Curricular / B — Prerequisites C — Creating a Social Action Syllabus D — Teaching Style / E — Classroom Norms F — The Students G — Building Campus Allies and Community Partners H —The Role of Place / I —Each Semester vs Every Year (or Other Year) J — Maintaining Momentum
Chapter 3 — Launching Student Campaigns
A — On Your Mark: Preparing Students for the Road Ahead B — Students Choose Their Issue - GO! C — Group Dynamics, part 1-Setting the Tone (Get Set) D — Change Theory E — Building Power F — Social Action Campus Tour G — Research: Historical Overview, Power Mapping, & Target Analysis H — Group Dynamics, part 2 I — Strategy & Tactics J — Campaign Kickoff
Chapter 4 — Campaign Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
A — Timeline & Campaign Plan B — Campaign Implementation: "Series of Actions" Begins C — Campaign Execution & Case Studies D — Campaign Evaluation E — Day of the Final: Campaign Notebook & Group Presentation
Chapter 5 — Where to Go From Here
A — Next Semester B — Mainstreaming Social Action C — Social Action Internship Program D — Pipeline to Jobs & Graduate School E — Status of Current Campaigns F — Impact of Social Action on Former Social Action Students
Student Videos on Campaign Evaluation
What were the key suggestions you left for the next student group that might pick up your campaign in a future social action class.
What was it like to have an end of the semester project where you evaluated your campaign, rather than studying for a final or writing an essay.
Campaign Evaluation Worksheet
Cookie for a Call Flier (p. 122)
Low Level Heat
Post-it Notes for Student Homeless Alliance (SHA) campaign (p. 122)
These post-it notes were shown during SHAs tabling events, and were posted, so all could see.
They were also written down and presented to the campus President during their target meeting so she could see the social suffering of the student body.
The Matrix: “The Call”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwcljAGfs7Q
The Matrix: “Meeting Morpheus: The Red or Blue Pill”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDadfh0ZdBM