WGS 4990 - Capstone: Feminist Organizing 3 s.h.

This course will explore the historical, social, and political contexts that have shaped feminist organizing and activisms for social justice, examining the challenges associated with envisioning, promoting, organizing, and instigating change across a range of gender issues. A central focus of this course will be acquiring the necessary skills to intervene in unjust discourses, wherein individuals and groups can address both the structural or systemic changes affecting the underlying conditions and circumstances in society that contribute to injustice, in addition to improving the actual day-to-day lives of people most impacted by the particular injustice through small and large-scale interventions. A-E Only. Offered every two semesters.
Prerequisite(s): WGS 1000 , WGS 2900 , and WGS 3100 .