Supervised individual or group study on topics and issues in Latin American & Latino/a Studies using an interdisciplinary approach.

This course bridges Labor Studies and Latin American/ Latino/a/x Studies by comparing the histories of realities of Latin American workers in the US and Latin America. Traces the parallel histories of Latin American and Latino workers and the ways in which politics, economics and social movements shape their experiences.

Mexican muralist Diego Rivera's work exemplifies the use of art to create an awareness of history and to promote social change in Latin America. This interdisciplinary class will explore the work of Diego Rivera and the Latin American cultural movements that developed to address relevant social and political issues.

The course focuses on Latin American social movements. Social movements relationship to rebellions and revolutions in Latin America and the emergence of transnational social movements will be analyzed.

Analyzes the impact of drug production and trafficking on Latin America, and the United States; evaluates past and current US drug policy and initiatives and law enforcement strategies; studies the link between transnational organized crime and the connection between drug trafficking, insurgency and terrorism in Latin America.

The course will examine the lives and experience of Latinas living in the U.S. using Ethnic Studies methodologies. It will explore how their experiences affect self-esteem. Major social and cultural issues and themes will be discussed and analyzed using a multidisciplinary approach.

Applies critical thinking skills to issues of race and ethnicity in the U.S. through articulation of key concepts in Ethnic/Latinx Studies.Topics covered include rhetorics of racism and popular culture by and/or about Latinxs. Critical analysis of the intersection of race and racism against Latinxs with other dimensions of difference such as class, gender, and national origins. Description and active engagement with anti-racist and anti-colonial practices related to rhetoric and pop culture.

Prepares students to advocate for improvements in their wages, working and living conditions in a variety of settings. Includes identifying issues, planning and campaign evaluation. Preparation for volunteer and paid work in union, community, and electoral activism.

Brings working peoples' voices to the forefront of society and social change movements. Explores communications campaigns, oral history projects, public speaking, media relations and labor and community arts programs. Special emphasis is put on students telling their own stories and those of their communities, workers centers and unions. Taking organizing deeper and further - into the heart and soul of workers lives.

Introduction to the role of the workers' advocate. Union, workers' center and government agency advocacy. Organizing for social, racial and economic justice. Employment rights laws. Shop stewards and union contract enforcement. Labor-community solidarity.