Community Organizing for Just.

Catalog description

How should one respond in the face of social injustice? What strategies should groups adopt in organizing to make positive social change? What kind of foundation is useful and prophetic for promoting justice? This course will consider the framework, methods, and practices of faith-based community organizing for responding to social injustice. Students will examine theological and sociological roots of faith-based community organizing as a response to injustice. Students will also integrate course learning with a community organizing action project.