SOC 314 Community Organizing & Advocacy

Community organizing is the process of building a movement within a specific community (ie: civic, mission-related, social system or institution) in order to accomplish a specific goal while advocacy is an activity which aims to influence decisions making in order to invoke a specific change or law. This course will examine both the theoretical as well as the practical application of these interrelated activities. Students will learn the underlying theories that form the principles of community organizing and advocacy.