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About the Course

The course examines specific strategies for community organizing for social justice in a diverse, democratic society. It examines core concepts of social justice and practical steps for bringing people together to set goals and priorities, assess community assets and needs, develop action plans, and build support for implementation. It includes information on how to form core groups, build organizational capacity, and formulate strategy for reaching out to constituents and allies. Because each person learns in a different way, the course features a variety of learning activities, information on successful programs, individual instructions, and small group exercises, as well as hands-on materials for problem solving and program planning. You can use these activities with individuals, with a small group of people, or with several groups in a community campaign. The course draws upon work with people who are striving for community change in metropolitan Detroit, an area which is becoming both more segregated and more diverse. But it is designed for people who want to create change in communities, everywhere. If you were to take the course with ideas in mind, and conclude with plans in hand, then our purpose will be served....

Top reviews

AZ

Jul 9, 2020

Thanks to University of Michigan for this highly great course with the best Instructor, content, topics and above all, life changing lessons to apply for the implementation of Social Justice.

A

Jun 11, 2021

Hello guys who want to learning more about community organizing for social justice you can take this course .That is a very good course and you could very easily .

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By HASHIM K P

May 22, 2020

perfect

By Jaya P

May 23, 2021

Good

By Rangga P

May 18, 2021

Good

By Bhupendra P S

Aug 29, 2020

nice

By GLORIYA V

Aug 22, 2020

Good

By Martina S

Aug 13, 2020

Really enjoyed having a deeper understanding of the fundamentals in social justice work, loved hearing from community organizers on the ground. Found the lectures to be a little boring but was happy to have control to go back and review and read the transcript. Would recommend if you're looking to enhance your understanding of basic social justice organizing concepts and take inventory of your organizational skills.

By Maria R

Mar 17, 2023

I highly recommend this course to anybody interested in social justice, community organising and social work. It was a great introduction to the process and steps needed to take action with a group of persons sharing the same concerns. The testimonies of persons involved in community organising projects and in facilitating intergroup dialogue were very interesting and I learnt a lot from their experiences.

By Katie J H

Jun 14, 2020

I really like all the information in this course. But the instructor, Dr. Barry C talks wayyyyy to slow. I feel tired listening to him even though he's saying things I am interested in. It takes longer than necessary to say these things!

By Arci G

Nov 18, 2020

Overall, great course in its mission. However, i do feel that more in-depth information is needed in several areas of interest.

By FELICITY M

Aug 14, 2020

I loved it. I learned alot, not only from the course but also the discusson prompts within the course

By Irma R

Dec 13, 2020

I enjoyed it. It was a lot of good information explained in very simple terms.

By Michael K

Apr 25, 2020

This course provides a great introduction to social justice work!

By Deleted A

Jul 23, 2021

wonderful its useful to me

By TRIPATHI D

Feb 9, 2021

Excellent 👍

By Spencer E

Apr 19, 2023

Weeks 1-3 felt like a pretty good social justice course, and weeks 4-5 felt like an okay organizing course, but they felt disjointed. Week 6 was review. I felt like I learned everything from weeks 1-3 in my anti-racism courses already. I would have loved to see weeks 4-5 expanded into the whole course and made much more practical and tactical. I was hoping to learn the specifics of how to plan a town hall presentation, protest, social media campaign etc. And how to talk to targets (politicians) to gain support. I'd love to see a course where we actually build an action plan for a tactic as a final assignment.

By Laxmi A T

Aug 5, 2020

its a bit hard to stay interested because it is very obvious that the professors are reading from a teleprompter. The assignments are very easy but hardly engaging

By Titilayo A E

Jul 17, 2020

Excellent course