GWS 2600Meditation and Activism

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Prerequisite(s): None Cross-listing: CPD 2600 Students in this course explore basic lay meditation techniques and how they can support various forms of social justice activism. It explores the centrality of the body in the workings of oppression and privilege and organized social change through readings and mindfulness exercises. Through this focus, we familiarize ourselves with the texts of environmental and racial justice activists, and feminists, queer, and other gender justice advocates who have integrated meditation and mindfulness in their academic and activist work. This course provides students an introduction to the literature on mindful anti-oppression work and basic self-care through simple meditation practices. Credit granted for only one prefix.