<p>Seminar, three hours. Survey of the participation of women, trans women, and femmes of color (WTFC) in social movements for social justice. Examination of the roles of WTFC as grassroots activists, leaders, and visionary thinkers in those movements, and exploration of the construction of their political identity as a basis for contemporary organizing for social change building movements for justice. Through discussion, using readings and films as foundation, examination of the emergence and effectiveness of social movements for gender and racial justice. Examination of the experiences of WTFC in class struggles; labor movements; immigrant rights; disability justice; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer equality; and contact with the criminal legal system and incarceration. Exploration of how intersectionality impacts organizing and strategies for actualizing social change. Letter grading.</p>

World Arts and Cultures

School of the Arts and Architecture

World Arts and Cultures/Dance

WL ARTS 135 - Women of Color and Social Movements

Women of Color and Social Movements

To build the capacity for working with and respectfully critiquing the work of others

To hone the ability to research, write, debate, present and prepare work for publication

To better understand the power of women as they relate to social/political movements

To develop a thesis on power and theory of change engaging movements for justice

To critically interrogate how change is made and power is obtained by examining the life, words and impact of visionary and groundbreaking women of color

General Catalog

Women of Color and Social Movements

WL ARTS 135

5 units