Activity/Methodology Table: Race, Poverty, and Social Justice

Activity/Methodology Table: Race, Poverty, and Social Justice

Chapter /

Discipline

/ Service Activity /

Methodology

/

Applications

/ Type of Partner / Size of Class /
Chapter 1:
Oden & Casey / Ethnic Studies / Public advocacy
Political education / Participant observation
Problem-based learning / Political science
Sociology
Community studies
Environmental studies / Youth advocacy
Cultural arts and
education
Freedom Bound Center, Inc. / 10–20 students
Chapter 2: Schulz / Communication Studies/ Rhetoric / Mentoring at-risk high school students
Tutoring Hmong refugees
Analysis of workforce safety and solutions / (Re)defining social justice
Hypo-testing definitions in classroom scenarios
Class presentation/reflection / Communications
Philosophy
English
Mass communications / “The Bridge” Hmong Resource Center
Local high schools
Salvation Army / 25–30 students
Chapter 3:
Popok / Composition & Rhetoric / Tutoring
Environmental
Lesson planning
Fundraising / One-on-one reciprocation
Writing / Education
Resource stewardship / California Conservation Corps
First 5 of California
Boys and Girls Club
Westminster Free Clinic / 20 students
Chapter 4:
Calderon & Cadena / Ethnic Studies
Multicultural Studies
Chicano/a & Latino/a Studies / Immigration rights
Grant writing
Community outreach
Historical research
Language class / Critical pedagogy
Project-based research
Ethnography
Social change service learning
Student-centered learning / Sociology
History
Marketing
Community organizing
Labor Studies
Informal economy / Day Labor Center / 12–24 students
Chapter 5:
Clancy / Engineering / Analysis of workforce safety and solutions / Problem based learning / Engineering
Chemistry
Construction
Manufacturing / Pomona Day Labor Center / Small teams
Chapter 6:
Stubblefield / Human Nutrition and Food Science / Nutrition education counseling and classes
Outreach to community health centers and community partners / Developing culturally competent health care
Health promotion in the community / Health education
Social work / Pomona Economic Opportunity Center / 10–15 students each quarter
Chapter 7:
Johnson & Chope / Political Science/
Public Policy, and Public Administration / Administrative assistance
Policy implementation / Policy analysis / Service providers and advocacy groups for homeless population / Government agencies and NGOs / 15–35 students
Chapter 8: Pable / Interior Design / Redesign of a homeless shelter / Problem-based learning / Interior design
Graphic design
Photography
Fine arts / Sacramento Salvation Army Community Services Center / Small teams
Chapter 9:
Chope & Toporek / Psychology, Counseling, Human Resources, Social Work / Individual counseling in community agencies / Case studies
Self-reflection exercises / Interviewing in human resources and counseling / Various community agencies working with human services / Up to 15 students
Chapter 10: Blosser / Mass Communication / Public service announcement
/documentary
Video production
International experience / Video
production / Fund raising
Information
dissemination
Television / Peruvian
NGO
Brazilian NGO / 12–28
students
Chapter 11:
Souza / Communication Studies / Design and facilitate diversity workshops / Critical pedagogy
Active learning / Education
Multicultural studies / Middle school students / 25 students
Chapter 12: Garcia / Raza Studies
Criminal Justice Studies / Critical analysis of systematic processes of social inequality in the justice system
Mentoring and tutoring
Activist participation in alternative ethnic community-based program building / Activist research
Mitigation
Social action
Social change
Community development / Juvenile and criminal justice
Social work
Counseling
Education
Advocacy
Community organizing / Prison Activist Resource
Center
Youth Guidance Center
Project Rebound
Public schools
Centro Legal de La Raza, Maldef S.F. Day Labor Program / 50 students
Chapter 13:
Chen / Asian American Studies/
Sociology / Recapturing Japanese American history in the San Fernando Valley / Oral history
Photograph collection
Video recording / History
Political science
Women’s studies
Ethnic studies / San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center / 10 students
Chapter 14:
Baird-Olson / Sociology/
American Indian Studies and Criminology / Tour guide at indigenous museum
Assisting with American Indian Film Festival
Assisting traditional healer with working with incarcerated youth
Preparing historical records / Social construction of knowledge
Talking Circles
Integration of affective and cognitive learning / Sociology/ Anthropology
Cross-cultural counseling
Political science/ history
Social welfare
Law / American Indian/First Nation agencies and organizations / 12–18 students