20 Feb GLOBAL CIVIL RIGHTS
This introductory course will explore the origins of universal civil rights in the USA with emphasis on historical events, a review of biographies, and the legacies of significant activists and changemakers from the USA and other countries. The course will present cases to examine the relationship between the causes triggering civil rights development and how these events have resulted to impactful social change and movements in the last decade in different regions of the world. The course intends to provide a theoretical background, a historical review of events, and a social analysis of movements that students can study by using varied resources for data collection and examination of influential media resources or independent documentation of these processes.
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PATRICE JUAH
Patrice Juah is an IE Foundation Humanities Prize-Winning Poet, Educator, International Affairs, and Communications Professional working globally to advance Girls’ Education & Social Emotional Learning, Youth Development, and Women’s Leadership.
Skills
1. Identify and define social justice and examine the cause of a social justice movement.
2. Examine the correlation between civil rights and social justice and understand the events that formed the civil rights movement.
3. Understand and evaluate the impact of 20th-century civil rights in the USA on civil rights movements globally.
4. Situate an understanding of civil rights and social justice in the context of the contemporary Black Lives Matter Movement.
5. Examine the interrelationship of human rights and civil rights campaigns and narratives globally.
Schedule
Which dates?
19-jan
26-jan
02-feb
09-feb
16-feb
23-feb
What day?
FRIDAY
What time?
15,30-17,00