Course Syllabus

"Solidarity is not a matter of altruism.

Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive or active collaboration in the oppression of others, and from the deep recognition of our most expansive self-interest.

From the recognition that, like it or not, our liberation is bound up with that of every other being on the planet, and that politically, spiritually, in our heart of hearts we know anything else is unaffordable."

-- Aurora Levins Morales, Medicine Stories

 

Note from Instructor on December 14, 2015: This syllabus is still under construction. Readings and assignment descriptions are still being updated. The basic structure for the class as delineated on the home page is set, and all of the assignments and materials you need for the first two weeks are available. 

Here is a video to orient you to the basics of the course, particularly those elements of the course you need to pay special attention to at the beginning of the quarter. (9:22) 

https://youtu.be/oZwaOpM-bNY

Course Description

This class focuses on what it means to work collectively across differences for peace, justice and freedom. Students will examine the idea and practice of solidarity in theological and political terms. Students will explore models of working across differences and building coalitions of various kinds, from both historical and contemporary, local and global examples. As solidarity implies working across differences of identity and power, students will interrogate their own social location and analyze dynamics of difference and power within the social change organizations and communities to which they belong.

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