Justice, Injustice, and Activism

Catalog description

In this seminar course, students broadly examine social movements including the relationship between the history of environmental inequalities and the environmental movement, as well as recent political movements that seek to rectify environmental injustices and develop new possibilities for a more equitable future. This course draws on the work of scholars, activists, and local organizers to bring attention to the ways that race, ethnicity, class, and gender have been absent and disenfranchised by historic and present efforts to resolve environmental problems. The discussion-based format prepares students to grapple with and consider complex and often conflicting perspectives about the environmental movement. Students apply the theory and practical skills learned in class to develop a grassroots campus campaign with a focus on campus sustainability issues that tie into the La Crosse Climate Action Plan. Offered Spring - Odd Numbered Years.