Types of Activism
Actively avoiding a company or service in an attempt to get the company to change a particular stance/policy.
Boycott
Name the victim of police brutality that we mentioned as the example for vigil activism.
George Floyd
A grassroots leader is elected by
No one
Name two identities someone can have that overlap
literally any combination
What are the last names of your facilitators?
Obviously this is class dependent
This form of activism is defined by voter registration drives, voter education, and providing access to information on elections.
Voting Activism
Provide an example of social media activism that was popular in the last year.
USC Ice bucket challenge, #freepalestine, #Fridays for future, or anything the facilitators can agree on
Name a community leader from any of the movements we mentioned in todays lecture
MLK, Bernie Sanders, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, Greta Thunberg, Caesar Chavez, or anyone else from the aforementioned movements that they can prove.
Define intersectionality
The overlap of social identities like gender, or race that impact an individual differently based on what identities of theirs overlap and how that individual is treated in society.
ENACT stands for
Enabling Activism
These occur often as a result of unfair or dangerous work conditions which date back to Ancient Egypt.
Strike
This famous speech by the abolitionist Sojourner Truth was given at the 1827 Women's Convention and pushed back against suffrage movements that left out black women.
"Ain't I a Woman?"
A grassroots leader does three broad things, name at least two
Represent the people, defend their people, and speak up for their people
Is the disability misdiagnosis rate higher for AMAB or AFAB people
AFAB people
What is the out of the classroom activity we are doing later this semester?
A panel of activists, community leaders, and more.
This form of activism often includes community gardens, food banks, and free healthcare clinics.
Mutual Aid
The Delano Grape strikes happened in response to the unfair working conditions for these groups
Filipino and Latino workers
The structure of a grassroots organization can be described as this term which means the largest group of followers is the most important
Bottom-up leadership
How many women live with a disability, percent or _ out of_ ?
1 in 5 or 20%
We focus of the UNSDGs for our end of semester, what is the full name of that project
Student Leadership eXchange (SLX)
__ on Washington, __ for Our Lives, and Gandhi's Salt __ are all name of this type of activism.
Marches
The Illinois college campus that hosted the 1962 housing desegregation Sit In's.
University of Illinois- Chicago
We mentioned lobbying today, but can what does it mean
Lobbying is an attempt to influence government officials, specifically for or against a particular policy or regulatory measure
On average, a disabled woman makes how many cents to a man's dollar
68 cents
Name at least two of the four types of activists we covered last module.
Citizen, Reformer, Rebel, and Change Agent