Storytelling for Social Justice

WRITING X 424.21E

Craft your passion for justice through urgent stories that address pressing social issues in this course.

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Winter
Remote
Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Identify urgent and important stories in your life and your community that only you can write
  • Develop work rooted in fact and experience while writing across genres and formats
  • Read published works that help you identify opportunity for your writing
  • Spark new work you can develop into complete projects

About this course:

Well-told, new narratives can change the world. Living in a time of rising movements such as Black Lives Matter, MeToo, DACA/refugee and immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and more, students are encouraged to uncover stories that are not included in our history textbooks. Through workshops, students gain access to pathways to explore personal history, family narratives and stories amidst their communities. Students read and produce compelling creative nonfiction—memoir, essays, literary journalism, blogging, audio/video recording, live performance and more—to share with larger audiences. Integral to the creation of new work is revision, peer feedback and literary work that serves as models. By the end of the course, students have begun a narrative in a format of their choice that they develop into a completed project in order to share with the larger community.

Winter 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Tuesday 6:00PM - 7:30PM PT
Available
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Instructor: Jessica M. Wilson
395420
Fee:
$720.00
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Location: Remote Classroom
ENROLL BY: Jan 17, 2024
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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. 

This course is held via video teleconference. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation.
Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 31, 2024
Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Book: The Beat of an Immigrant Chicano by Juan Cardenas
(Optional) Book: Queer Uprising, Acid Verse Literary Journal, Vol. 1 by Rosie Alonso
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Tue Jan 23, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Jan 30, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Feb 6, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Feb 13, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Feb 20, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Feb 27, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Mar 5, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Mar 12, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Mar 19, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Mar 26, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom

Spring 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Tuesday 6:00PM - 7:30PM PT
Future Offering (Opens February 05, 2024 12:00:00 AM)
See Details
Instructor: Jessica M. Wilson
396780
Fee:
$720.00
Remoteformat icon
Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. 

Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 23, 2024
Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Book: The Beat of an Immigrant Chicano by Juan Cardenas
(Optional) Book: Queer Uprising, Acid Verse Literary Journal, Vol. 1 by Rosie Alonso
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Tue Apr 9, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Apr 16, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Apr 23, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Apr 30, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue May 7, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue May 14, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue May 21, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue May 28, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Jun 4, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Tue Jun 11, 2024
6:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT
Remote Classroom

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