| Course Description A consciousness raising analysis and evaluation of racism on individual, institutional, and cultural levels in the US. Expanding one's knowledge about racism, increasing personal awareness of one's own socialization and assumptions, and the application of this knowledge and awareness for individual and social change are emphasized. Course Objectives This course has basic learning goals of knowledge, awareness, and action. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: • discuss and have insight into their own emotional defensiveness as it relates to issues of race and racism. |
| Explore the personal, cultural and institutional dimensions of sexism and develop strategies to address this and other forms of oppression in your daily life. This 2-day course features participatory learning, videos, guest speakers and a lot of dialogue. Break down the barriers that keep us apart and empower yourself with knowledge to create social change. |
| This course is a consciousness raising analysis and evaluation of homophobia/heterosexism on individual, interpersonal, institutional and cultural levels in the United States. The primary goals of this short course are to expand one's knowledge about heterosexism and related forms of oppression (homophobia, biphobia, transphobia), increase personal awareness of one's own heterosexism and assumptions, and to apply this knowledge and awareness towards individual and social change. |
| Course Description: A consciousness-raising analysis and evaluation of ableism and its impact on individual lives, interpersonal relationships, and institutional and cultural entities in the United States. The course will increase knowledge about disability, including disability as difference/minority experience, and also challenge assumptions about disability and people with disabilities. The application of this knowledge/awareness towards individual and social change is emphasized. Course Objectives: This course has basic learning goals of knowledge, awareness, and action. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: A. Explain key concepts and definitions commonly used in the study of diversity, social justice, and ableism B. Make connections between ableism, racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression C. Demonstrate an understanding of able-bodies/mind privilege and power; internalized ableism; collusion; the role of allies; and empowerment D. Analyze destructive consequences of ableism and the fear of disability and people with disabilities E. Identify and discuss the costs and benefits of colluding with existing systems of power F. Identify personal actions to interrupt ableism on personal, cultural and institutional levels G. Envision a more accessible/inclusive future |
| Course Description: A consciousness raising analysis and evaluation of classism on individual, institutional, and cultural levels in the United States. Expanding one's knowledge about classism, increasing personal awareness of one's own classism and assumptions, and the application of knowledge and awareness for individual and social change are emphasized. Questions You'll Learn About in This Course: How do we learn and experience our class identity and the class system? What is classism? How does it affect people? Why is class an unrecognized issue? How does the class system create internalized oppression (classism)? What privileges and power do people in the top classes get? How do political economists explain the existence and perpetuation of the class structure? How is class related to race, ethnicity, and gender? What are the different classes in the U.S. today? How is the balance of power shifting? How do individuals, unions, and other organizations challenge class power and classism? How do I feel about class power and classism in the U.S. today? |
| Course Description: The course provides a critical understanding of transphobia within the context of diversity and social justice, and expands on one's knowledge, resources, and skills to explore, examine, and evaluate transphobia on multiple levels: self, interpersonal, community/societal, and systemic/institutional.The course allows students to establish a common language about trans identities, dispel myths and stereotypes about trans people, examine systems of oppression and privilege regarding gender identity and gender expression, explore effects of transphobia (including internalized transphobia), and develop strategies to identify and overcome transphobia through a variety of interactive teaching methods including music, video clips, short lectures, interactive exercises, small and large group discussions, and guest speakers. |
| A consciousness raising analysis and evaluation of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Arabism on individual, institutional, and cultural levels in the United States. Expanding one's knowledge about Anti-Semitism and Anti-Arabism, increasing personal awareness of one's socialization and assumptions, and the application of this knowledge and awareness for individual and social change are emphasized. |
| Break down the barries that keep us apart and empower yourself with knowledge to create social change. • IDST 80A: Racism (1/2 units) • IDST 80C: Sexism (1/2 Units) • IDST 80D: Heterosexism (1/2 Units) • IDST 80E: Ableism (1/2 Units) • IDST 80F: Classism (1/2 Units) • IDST 80G: Transphobia (1/2 Units) • IDST 81B: Anti-Aemitism/Anti-Arabism (1 Unit) |