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Advocacy Week 2021 |
Advocacy Week: How to Get in Good Trouble*
Join Salem State University's Center for Civic Engagement for our annual Advocacy Week to learn from activists about social justice causes and to develop your own advocacy skills. Each event will include an activist speaker addressing a social justice topic and an Activist Tools for Change workshop with breakout sessions.
Advocacy Week 2021 is March 29 - April 5 and will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Use this form to register for all of the events you're interested in to ensure you receive the Zoom information.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday 3/29
Monday 3/29
9am - 11am
Mental Health
Eliza Williamson & Monica Luke, National Alliance on Mental Illness
Tuesday 3/30
1:40 - 2:55pm
Immigrant Rights
Elsabel Ricon, The Welcome Immigrant Network
Wednesday 3/31
1:40 - 2:55pm
Environmental Justice
Ella McDonald, Sunrise Movement
Thursday 4/1
12:15 - 1:30pm
Gender in Education
Anne McLeer & Maria Maisto, New Faculty Majority
Monday 4/5
1:10 - 2:25pm
Mapping Your Role in Social Change
Deepa Iver, Building Movement Project
This event is sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement, Education Club (SEAM), First Year Experience Office, Geography and Sustainability Department, Intersectional Feminist Collective, Political Science Department, Sociology Department, Student Government Association, and Sunrise Movement.
For more information please contact Samantha Giffen in the Center for Civic Engagement at s_giffen@salemstate.edu.
*This title is inspired by the late John Lewis, a civil rights activist and US Congressmen for Georgia. Find out more about his life, values, and achievements here.