The Bonner Foundation and Scott Myers-Lipton, a Professor of Sociology at San Jose State University, will offer a series of training and support resources designed to grow the number of faculty and staff who integrate social action into an academic course or a co-curricular fellowship program.
Faculty and staff are invited to apply to join the 2020-21 Social Action Course Development Program. This course development program will feature monthly Zoom workshops from late October to early May during the 2020-21 school year. The Bonner Learning Community platform will also be used for sharing materials and online discussions and feedback.
Professor Myers-Lipton's book, CHANGE! A Student Guide to Social Action, will be used as a primary resource as faculty and staff focus on such topics such as issue development, leadership, recruitment, target analysis and power mapping, strategy and tactics, event planning, media outreach, facilitation, decision making, fundraising, negotiation, and evaluation. Read more about this model here.
If you are interested in participating, please respond to these questions in an email to rhackett@bonner.org and smlipton@gmail.com:
- What interests you about participating in this course development program?
- Have you taught social action before? If so, please describe. If not, have you had any experiences that will help you in teaching it?
