EWS 4750 - Communities and Culture (3)

Explores social and cultural issues impacting local communities. Communities of color have always had an investment in self-representation shaping their image for public consumption, and for building and strengthening community as a catatylst for social change. Topics include demographics shifts, ethnic tensions, multi-ethnic coalitions, urban poverty, immigration, environmental inequality, and sustainability, and how these issues intersect with community organizing and civic engagement. Explore community resistance in and through environmental justice, food justice, prison abolition, immigrant rights, popular culture, music, literature and theater.

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Standing.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once