community action project

Hello all--

Several months ago I posted to this list, asking for possible
reading assignments to tie in with a community action project. 
As I described it at the time:
***
Seven instructors of "cultural diversity" classes at BGSU
(myself included) initiated a "community action project" in our
classes last semester.  The purposes of the project are to
combat students' feelings of being overwhelmed by and/or
powerless in the face of social issues related to identity (our
classes deal with identity issues such as gender, sexuality,
class, race, ethnicity, body size, age, ability, etc); and to
give students hands-on experience in creating and enacting some
kind of response to what they have learned.
 
Our students organized workshops and teach-ins, coordinated
drives, created websites, made videos, and invited speakers to
come to campus.  Overall, the project was a success, though we'd
like to encourage them to come up with even more direct action
approaches.
***

As always, the list came through with quite a few sources (which
I sent out to those who requested it; if you didn't receive it
and are interested, let me know).  Quite a few listmembers also
expressed interest in the action project.  At the time we didn't
have a website to share with you.  We now have a website up and
running for the Community Action Project.  It consists of two
basic parts: one targeted to our students, complete with
detailed guidelines; the other targeted to instructors who are
interested in what we are doing.  The student side is complete,
and we're finalizing the instructor side now.  If you would like
to see what we're up to, the site can be found at:

www.bgsu.edu/departments/wmst/faculty/ljordan/cap.htm

We would appreciate any thoughts/comments/questions you may have
about the project.  We've been looking at the same information
for so long that it's tough for us to see what's missing from
the site.  

Thanks and happy Wednesday,
Laurie


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Laurie Jordan
Bowling Green State University
starrylkj@yahoo.com

"Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because 
others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders 
progress."--Mahatma Gandhi

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