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Assignment:

Find a social movement that is trying to address an issue that differently effects people based on one or multiple identities we have discussed this semester (race, class, gender, sexuality, citizenship, ability status, etc.) Find a website connected to or describing the work of the organization or movement.

In your own words, answer the following questions. Us the numbers below to answer the questions.

1) NAME of the movement of organization and ISSUE that it is addressing.

2) WEBSITE you are using to complete the assignment.

3) WHAT is your social movement/organization trying to accomplish? (What specific changes is it trying to make, what policies is it advocating for, etc.)

4) WHO is the social movement/organization targeting? Who is the movement/organization trying to get to make a change (in policies, behavior, actions, laws, etc.)?

5) HOW is the movement/organization working to create this change? What have their strategies or actions been? What strategies and actions have been successful? What resources have helped them to be successful?

6) WHY should people agree with them? How does the social movement/organization frame their issue? What arguments are they using to convince their target as well as potential allies of the rightness of their cause?

7) Were there any political opportunities that helped your movement have success or appeal? (Anything happening in society at that moment that added to the power or interest in the movement)?

8) Finally, in a couple of sentence, connect your movement's/organization's goals to bell hooks essay on the beloved community that is assigned for this week.