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Community Uplift . NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS SUMMER ACADEMY Wednesday JULY 2, 2014. TEACHER INTRODUCTION. Community agreements . Being PREPARED is being RESPECTFUL Respect to other people’s beliefs and opinions One Mic Rules of Discussion – No D-Bags Listen and Understand - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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COMMUNITY UPLI
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N E X T GE N E R A T I O
N SC H O L A R S S
U M M E R
A C A D E M Y
W E D N E S D A Y J ULY 2
, 20 1 4
TEACHER INTRODUCTION
COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS • Being PREPARED is being RESPECTFUL• Respect to other people’s beliefs and opinions • One Mic• Rules of Discussion – No D-Bags • Listen and Understand • Be Open-Minded • Add on to someone – Help them out • Step-Up Step Back• Snaps
AGENDA – DAY ONE• Introduction to Community Uplift
• Review of Syllabus • Unit One: What Makes a Social Movement• Unit Two: Movement Within History• Unit Three: Analyze to Build a Movement
• Introductions to Each Other • What brought you to NGS?
• What are Social Movements? • Collective Definition • Why are they important?
• Close Out• Homework, Next Class, and Check-Out
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY UPLIFT • What are we uplifting?
• Why do we need to transform communities?
• What tools do we need in order to make change?
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY UPLIFT• Social Movements beginning in the 1960s – Beyond Martin
Luther King Jr. • Analyze intentions behind leaders and organizations• Identify motives behind movements and what policies are
revealed• Purpose of Social Movements
• Why do movements happen? • Who drives them forward? • Are they successful?
• Build Skills to Build Movements• Analyze your own communities • Identify policies and political decisions that affect you• Work collectively for social change
REVIEW OF SYLLABUS Unit One: What Makes a Social Movement? • Analysis of the Civil Rights Movement• Understanding Activist Rhetoric
Unit Two: Movement Within History • Identifying social issues through history• What about our history?
Unit Three: Build a Movement• Analysis of immigration and education policy • Final Exam
WHO ARE WE? What brought you to Next Generation Scholars?
How do we define “Social Movement?”
Is Next Generation Scholars part of a “movement?”
CLOSE OUTHomework for Monday, July 7th
“We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords”
• Written by a Cuban-Puerto Rican activist in New York who participated in the Young Lords in New York in the late 60s.
Questions to Answer: 1. What triggered Mickey’s involvement? Why? 2. Define, in your own words, what an “activist engine” is. 3. Make a list of historical events that he illustrates in the
chapter.