part 1 (250 words)
There are Four Roles of Social Activism:
1- Citizen: Promotes positive national values, principles, and symbols, eg democracy, freedom, justice, nonviolence
2- Reformer: Uses official mainstream system and institutions, eg courts, legislature, city hall, and corporations to get the movement’s goals, values, and alternatives adopted into official laws, policies, and conventional wisdom
3- Rebel: Protester – Says NO! to violations of positive, widely held values. Is prone to nonviolent direct action and attitude; demonstrations, rallies, and marches including civil disobedience
4- Change Agent: Organizes people’s power and the engaged citizenry, creating participatory democracy for the common good, and promoting strategies and tactics for waging long-term social movement.
Find your role as social activist and explain why you feel your role is the most effective.
Part 2 (300 words)
(use your imagination and create a cool title)
Because we are emersed in a sociocultural milieu packed with many worthy social movements and initiatives, this assignment asks you to creatively, yet seriously, put together your own social movement. Again, though the topic can be humorous, the detailing and organization of your social movement need to be expressed based on both the data in the videos and your own personal inclinations and connections to your subject. Therefore, after careful viewing of the attached videos, design a new, never-before-heard of, social movement seeking social change for an important social issue of your own unique design and creation, i.e., Save The Roaches, Crocs Are Footwear Too, Legalize In-Class Marijuana Use, Make Education Free in the USA, End All Student Loans, etc., etc., etc. Again, though the topic may be humorous, your presentation needs to be based on the directives given in the videos. A MUST-WATCH VIDEO[S]:
Then, choose one of the four types of social movements for your summary and identify it as such at the opening of your synopsis.
1-Alternative movements are typically focused on self-improvement and limited, specific changes to individual beliefs and behavior. These include things like Alcoholics Anonymous, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and Planned Parenthood.
2-Redemptive movements (sometimes called religious movements) are “meaning-seeking,” focused on a specific segment of the population, and their goal is to provoke inner change or spiritual growth in individuals. Some sects fit in this category.
3-Reformative social movements seek to change something specific about the social structure. They may seek a more limited change but are targeted at the entire population. Environmental movements, the women’s suffrage movement, or the more contemporary “Buy Nothing Day”, which protests the rampant consumerism of Black Friday, are examples of reformative movements.
4-Revolutionary movements seek to completely change every aspect of society—their goal is to change all of society in a dramatic way. Examples include the Civil Rights Movement or political movements, such as a push for communism.
YOUR SOCIAL MOVEMENT MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:
1) A LOGO (a sketch of your own original design)
2) A MOTTO (of your own original design)
3) A CLEAR PURPOSE/ORIGINS
4) A TARGET AUDIENCE/WHO DOES IT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
5) WHO ARE ITS OPPONENTS
6) LONG-TERM GOALS
