CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action

Syllabus, READINGS & VIDEO REFERENCES for sociology 164 — social action

The articles and videos linked below are referenced in CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action by Scott Myers-Lipton and CHANGE! A Student Guide to Social Action.

Syllabus for Sociology 164: Social Action
Social Action Log
Myers-Lipton, 2022 Silicon Valley Pain Index

Myers-Lipton, 2021 Silicon Valley Pain Index
Myers-Lipton, 2020 Silicon Valley Pain Index
Video: “Walk the Walk”

Student Reflection: Josh Barousse, Class of ’08
Myers-Lipton, CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action,
Ch. 1, Section A & B
Portfolio 1

Plato: The Allegory of the Cave
Portfolio 2

Student Reflection: Rochelle Jackson-Smarr, Class of ‘08
Video: Jo Ann Robinson, Women’s Political Council of Montgomery, Alabama (0-4:30)
Myers-Lipton ““Students for DMH and the Fight for Air Conditioning””
Lowman, “Students Get Heated Over Building Conditions”
Video: Saul Alinksy, “I’d Organize Hell” (2:38-8:32)
Video: Faint-In
Portfolio 3

Myers-Lipton, “Chicano Commencement”
Student Reflection: David Salinas, Class of ‘19
Portfolio 4

Myers-Lipton: Edwin Markham, “The Man with the Hoe and Tower Hall”

Myers-Lipton: “Japanese American Internment at Men’s Gym”
Notice: Headquarters Western Defense Command
Seib, “Uchida Hall was Once a Transfer Point…” (bottom of page 1, Spartan Daily)
Thompson, email
Baca, “The Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice” (click on 4 boxes)
Myers-Lipton: “Gaylord Nelson’s Earth Day & Burying of a New Ford Maverick”
Myers-Lipton, “Tommy Smith, John Carlos, and the Statues”
Walker, “It is Finished”

Student Reflection: Leila McCabe, Class of ‘12
Portfolio 5

Rodriguez, “A More Balanced Playing Field…”

AS, SJSU, Board of Directors’ Resolution
Student Reflection: Lucila Ortiz, Class of ‘10
Portfolio 6

Part 1
- Video: Student Homeless Alliance combine a march and a rally/press conference
- Franco, “Students Declare Housing Crisis”
- Mehta, “No Deal”
- DeRuy, “SJSU Students Blast University Leaders for Handing of Housing Crisis”
- Trujano, “SJSU’s New Housing Solutions”
- Student Reflection: Mayra Bernabe, Class of ’19
Part 2
- Rey, “Campus Safety: A Reason to be Worried?”
  Bradley, “Campus Safety and Statues Garden”
- Clark, “UPD to Expand Its Escort Program”, (bottom of page 1)
- CMS Info, “Students Auto-Enrolled in Alert-SJSU”
- Student Reflection: Natasha Bradley, Class of 2011
- Portfolio 7

Part 1
- Myers-Lipton, “Donald Williams Jr. and Students for Racial Equality”
- Murphy, “San Jose State Donor’s Alleged Remarks About Latinos Investigated”
- O’Connor, “University’s Officials Step Down...”
- Hernandez, “Sit-in for Racial Justice: Students Ask for Apology from President”
- Murphy, “SJSU Donor Did Makes Offensive Remarks about Latinos…”
- Student Reflection: Estelia Velasquez, Class of ‘16
- Video: SJSU Students Denounce Board Member's Alleged Racist Statement
SMITH, CARLOS, AND THE OLYMPIC PROJECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
- Bonk, “San Jose Statement”
- Leonard, “What Happened to the Revolt of the Black Athlete”
- Video: Fists of Freedom
Part 2
- How to Get Press to Your Event
- Ewing, “Anti-Sweatshop Groups Gain Steam”
- Morgan, “Groups Rally for WRC Support”
- AS University Affairs Meeting
- Parker, “SJSU Signs with Labor Rights Group”, p. 130-131
- Student Reflection: Austin Geiger, Class of ‘08, p. 132-137
- Yap, “Labor Rights Violations Suspected”
- Video: United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) kickoff
- Video: Gulf Coast Civic Works Project
- Portfolio 8

Campaign Plan & Frame
- Portfolio 9
- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Myers-Lipton, “Prologue: An Economic Bill of Rights”
- Video: FDR’s 2nd Bill of Rights

STUDENT CAMPAIGNS and CONNECTION TO 2nd BILL of RIGHTS

RIGHT TO A JOB: GULF COAST CIVIC WORKS PROJECT (2010)
- Myers-Lipton, “The Right to a Job”
- Diroy, “Lousiana Winter Project Seeks National Awareness for Gulf Coast”
- Goldston, “Forgotten in Louisiana”
- GCCWP Website (click around, make sure to view Summit Agenda)
- Lieurance, “Students to March for Katrina Anniversary”
- ACT letter to President-elect Obama
- Tilove, “Unlikely Allies Back House bill for Gulf Coast Jobs”
- GCCWP Video: Fox News Coverage of Louisiana Winter 2007
RIGHT TO A LIVING WAGE: RAISE THE WAGE, SAN JOSE (2010-2012)
- Myers-Lipton, “The Right to a Living Wage”, Book Chapter 2
- Myers-Lipton, “CAFÉ J and the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage”
- Noguchi, “Measure Sets Sights on Wage Increase”
- SJ Mercury News, Readers’ Letters
- SJ Mercury News, Internal Affairs
- Seipel, “Minimum-wage Hike Measure Heads to Ballot”
- Guevera & Krenak, “Higher Min Wage in SJ Will Help”
- Mendoza, “Student Class Project Leads to Minimum Wage Jump”
- Mungia, “Students Push for Faster Wager Increases”
- Student Reflection: Elisha St. Laurent, Class of ‘12
RIGHT TO A GOOD EDUCATION: FIGHT FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (2011)
- Myers-Lipton, “The Right to a Good Education”
- Myers-Lipton: “Re-Establishment of Equal Opportunity Program (EOP)”
- Student Reflection: Chris Temblador, Class of ’11, “Students for EOP”
- Patterson, “Many March to Celebrate Black History Month…”
- Lanham, “Protest Yields Support for Student Equality” (bottom of Spartan Daily, page 1)

RIGHT TO A DECENT HOME: STUDENT HOMELESS ALLIANCE (1992-present)
- Myers-Lipton, “The Right to a Decent Home”
- Myers-Lipton, “National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Month”
- Myers-Lipton, “Student Homeless Alliance and the Push for Emergency Beds on Campus”
- Jimenez, “Students Demand that SJSU Fix Homeless Response…”
U.S. CASE STUDY: ACT-UP (1990)
- Reader: DeParle, “Rude, Rash, Effective, Act-Up Shifts Aids Policy”
- Myers-Lipton, “Graduate Schools For Social Action”
- Video: United in Anger (from the 0-4:22 minutes, and 21-34 minutes).
U.S. CASE STUDY: OCCUPY WALL STREET (2011)
- Hammond, “Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street”
- Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
- Kina, Prichard, and Swann, “Anarchy in the USA: 5 Years on and the Legacy of Occupy…”
- Video: “Consensus: Direct Democracy at Occupy Wall Street”
U.S. CASE STUDY: BLACK LIVES MATTER (2014 - present)
- Reader: Lowery, “Black Lives Matter: Birth of a Movement”
- Belton, “Leaderless or Leader-ful?”
U.S. CASE STUDY: NRA (2013)
- Reader: Higham & Horowitz, “NRA Tactics: Take No Prisoners”
- Han, “Want Gun Control? Learn From the NRA”
U.S. CASE STUDY: PARKLAND STUDENTS (2018)
- Reader: Grinberg & Muaddi, “How the Parkland Students Pulled Off a Massive...”
U.S. CASE STUDY: SUNRISE MOVEMENT (2018 - present)
- Witt, “The Optimistic Activists for a Green New Deal”
- Video: “Inside the Sunrise Movement”
- Video: “The Matrix” (Not Quiet Fitting In); “The Call”, (meeting Morpheus) and The Blue or Red Pill
- Potfolio 10
HERO’s and SHERO’s JOURNEY / FINAL REFLECTIONS
- Myers-Lipton, “Dr. King’s Legacy for Today”
- Video: “The Matrix” (Not Quiet Fitting In); “The Call”, (meeting Morpheus) and The Blue or Red Pill
- Harry Potter
- Luke Skywalker from Star Wars

Final Presentation & Campaign Binder Submission

Additional Resources

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY: IRAN & SAUDI ARABIA ACTIONS (2018)
- Kenyon, “In Iran Protests, Women Stand Up, Lift Their Hijab, For Their Rights”
- Barker, “Saudi Arabia's Women Can Now Drive – But Activists Jailed”
Public Narrative
- Marshall Ganz Article on Public Narrative
  - Online course on Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action
- Video: James Croft, Harvard student
Campaign Videos
- Walk the Walk: documentary on Sociology 164 student campaigns (trailer)
- NBC coverage of 2018 press conference/rally of the Student Homeless Alliance
- Gulf Coast Civic Works Project student march
- A picket held in San José by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) as part of their 2008 Justice for Janitors campaign
- Occupation at UC Santa Cruz as part of OCCUPY (news clip)
- Accountability Session: People Acting in Community Together (PACT), a local affiliate of the PICO National Network (now Faith In Action): (PACT in SJ)
- Student alumnus reflection from 2014 campaign of Students for Racial Equality and video of the campaign kickoff event
- Student Homeless Alliance used Poverty Under the Stars to educate the community
- Students Against Sexual Harassment victory celebration
- Videos: Other Campaigns
- Barack Obama, 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention