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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING (SSI 230)

Term: 2023-2024 Fall

Faculty

Nasreen Latif
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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM (9/6/2023 - 12/22/2023) Location: MAIN 3 330

Description

Prerequisite: ENG 101 Eligible

Topics included in this course are theories of community organizing; assessment and use of various organizing styles and campaigns to fit specific cultural and situational needs; analysis of economic, social, and ethnic interests; targeting different constituencies; strategizing, developing and meeting time-lines; fund raising; coalition building; and leadership skills development. Students are required to apply community organizing skills in an actual community organization.