Advancing Racial Justice - bmc.AFST.B234.001.F26

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• Select section Syllabus and Books for the Course

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  • Select activity AFST B234 Syllabus - Fall 2026

    

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    Required Texts and Course Materials

    • Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books.
    • Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    Other course materials are organized week by week within the Moodle shell, via hyperlink or as PDF or Word files. Additional materials may be added to the course to support the co-created learning throughout the semester.

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• Select section Praxis Resources

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  Praxis Resources

  • Select activity Clearances - Instructions

    

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    The Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) components of the course may involve working with children/youth. Therefore, students in the course need to obtain following clearances:

    • PA Child Abuse History Clearance
    • PA State Criminal Background Check
    • FBI Fingerprinting

    Please follow the provided instructions carefully and then click on the link below if you are ready to submit your clearances to the Civic Engagement Office. Make sure to save a copy of your clearances in your personal files.

    Note that you will also be responsible for submitting your clearances to your hosting community partner if they request them. 

    If you have any concerns about obtaining clearances, please contact your course instructor.

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  • Select activity Praxis CEL Sites for ARJ Course

    ARJ is partnering with three sites at two organizations for the Praxis Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) component of the course.

    Neighbors Helping Neighbors on the Main Line

    SELF, Inc 

    • Ife Wellness
    • Luzerne
  • Select activity Intro to Praxis - Slides

    

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  • Select activity Praxis Travel - Reimbursement

    

    Praxis Travel - Reimbursement URL

    Please use your College provided Septa pass for Praxis travel. If that is not possible, please reach out to your Praxis Coordinator for guidance.

    Please save and scan all your receipts and use the Praxis Form on the website to request reimbursement.

• Select section Week 1: 9/1 – Introductions and Class Culture

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  Week 1: 9/1 – Introductions and Class Culture

  • Select activity Introductions and Overview of Syllabus

    Total Page Count: 37 required

    Required Readings 

    CDA Main Website (1 page)

    • The Four Pathways Framework

    Combahee River Collective. (2001). The Combahee River Collective statement (1977). In J. Ritchie & K. Ronald (Eds.), Available means: An anthology of women’s rhetoric(s) (pp. 292–300). University of Pittsburgh Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqnj.50  (9 pages)

     

    Freire, P. (2001). Pedagogy of freedom: Ethics, democracy, and civic courage. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 1998. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brynmawr/detail.action?docID=1352132.

    • Ch. 2, There is No Teaching without Learning, p. 50-64 (15 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • Forward by Naomi Murakawa, p. xvii-xx (4 pages)
    • Editor’s Introduction by Tamara K. Nopper, p. xxi-xxviii (8 pages)
• Select section Week 2: 9/8 – Start with Self: Exploring the Arc of Social Justice

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  Week 2: 9/8 – Start with Self: Exploring the Arc of Social Justice

  • Select activity Personal Reflection #1 Due - Email to Dr. Bailey or bring a hardcopy

    

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    The reflections will be read by Dr. Bailey. Each Personal Reflection will focus on at least one of the Four Pathways to Justice: Forgiveness, Cultural Humility, Courage & Compassion, and Radical Love. You will write about each Pathway at least once over the course of the semester, but you may write about them in any order you choose.

    Reflection #1 - Please offer a Personal Reflection (2-3 page max) on at least one the Four Pathways, with the option to tie it to anything from conversations in class and/or any of the readings.

  • Select activity Introduce Praxis, CEL Sites, and CEL Agreements

    Introduce Praxis, CEL Sites, and CEL Agreements

    Total Page Count: 40 required (+7 recommended)

    Required Readings

    Bailey, D., & Spath, S. (2026, Aug 3). Reflections. Community Dialogues for Action. https://www.cda-sji.org/reflections (2 pages)

    Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books. 

    • Ch. 1, The Journey to Racial and Restorative Justice, p. 1-16 (16 pages)

     

    Harro, B.  (2013). The cycle of socialization. In M. Adams, W.J. Blumenfeld, C. Castañeda, H.W. Hackman, M.L.Peters, & X. Zúñiga (Eds). Readings for diversity and social justice. (pp. 45-52). New York: Routledge. (8 pages)

    • Please note that the article contains a complex diagram. The alt-text is included in a separate Word document.

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • Hope is a Discipline. p. 26-28. (3 pages)

     

    Lorde, A. (2020). Age, race, class and sex: Women redefining difference. Sister outsider. New York, NY: Penguin, p. 104-114 (11 pages in PDF)

    • (also available as the first chapter of Part 5 in the eBook: Arthur, J. (1995). Campus wars: Multiculturalism and the politics of difference (1st ed.). Routledge.)

     

    Recommended

    Tatum, B.D. (2017). “Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” and other conversations about race (Revised). Basic Books.

    • Ch. 2, The Complexity of Identity, p. 33-39 (7 pages)

     

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  • Select activity Lorde - Age, Race, Class and Sex (from Sister Outsider)

    

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• Select section Week 3: 9/15 – Moving to Self AND Others: Cultural Humility

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  Week 3: 9/15 – Moving to Self AND Others: Cultural Humility

  • Select activity Moving to Self AND Others: Cultural Humility

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    Be sure to connect with your CEL Site supervisors!!

    Total Page Count: 45 (+ recommended 28 min podcast)

    Required

    Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books. 

    • Ch. 2, Ubuntu: The Indigenous Ethos of Restorative Justice, p. 17-29 (13 pages)

     

    Fisher-Borne, M., Cain, J.M. & Martin, S. L. (2015). From mastery to accountability: Cultural humility as an alternative to cultural competence, Social Work Education, 34(2) 165-181. doi:10.1080/02615479.2014.977244. (17 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • So You’re Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist, p. 2-5 (4 pages)
    • Everything Worthwhile is Done with Other People, p.176-186 (11 pages)

     

    Recommended

    Biewen, J. (Host), & Kumanyika, C. (Contributor). (2017, March 1). How race was made. (Season 2 “Seeing White,” Episode 4) [Audio podcast episode]. In Scene on Radio. Center for Documentary Studies. https://sceneonradio.org/episode-32-how-race-was-made-seeing-white-part-2/.  (28 min)

• Select section Week 4: 9/22 – Racial Injustices

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  Week 4: 9/22 – Racial Injustices

  • Select activity CEL Agreement Due by midnight, Sat, 9/27

    

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  • Select activity Your CEL Agreement will be read by the Teaching Te...

    Your CEL Agreement will be read by Dr. Bailey, Sarah, your CEL Site Supervisor(s), and the Sr. Associate Director of Praxis. The purpose of these forms is to facilitate positive and proactive communication that supports student learning objectives and the successful completion of CEL projects. Students are welcomed and encouraged to reach out to the course instructor and/or course community partner at any time throughout the term for additional support around learning or CEL projects.

    Please submit the CEL Agreement via email to Dr. Bailey, Sarah, your CEL Site Supervisor(s), and the Sr. Associate Director of Praxis (Liv Raddatz - lraddatz@brynmawr.edu).

    Please also upload your Praxis CEL Agreement here

    Name your file: AFST 234_Student Name_CEL Agreement 
  • Select activity Racial Injustices

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    Total Page Count: 52 required (+13 recommended)

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    Understanding Different Forms of Justice. (2 pages)

    Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books. 

    • Ch. 3, Integrating Racial Justice and Restorative Justice, p. 30-41 (12 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • A People’s History of Prisons in the United States, p. 72-75 (4 pages)

     

    Lee, S. (2023). Asian critical theory in understanding the women victims of anti-Asian hate crimes. International Social Work, 66(5), 1578-1583.

    https://doi-org.proxy.brynmawr.edu/10.1177/00208728221112727. (6 pages)

     

    Garran, A. M., Rozas, L. W., Kang, H.-K. S., & Miller, J. (2022). Racism in the United States : Implications for the helping professions (Third edition.). Springer Publishing Company, LLC.

    • The Contours of Racism (from Ch 2), p. 35-40  (6 pages)

    • Please note that this section contains a complex diagram (Figure 2.2 The Spectrum of Racism). The alt-text is included in a separate Word document.

     

    Okun, Tema. (2021). White Supremacy Culture – Still Here. Retrieved June 24, 2025 from https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/characteristics.html.

    • Focus on the list of characteristics – pages 6-28 in the PDF and/or that section of the website  (23 pages)

     

    Recommended

    Elbasheir, A., Katrinli, S., Kearney, B. E., Lanius, R. A., Harnett, N. G., Carter, S. E., Ely, T. D., Bradley, B., Gillespie, C. F., Stevens, J. S., Lori, A., van Rooij, S. J. H., Powers, A., Jovanovic, T., Smith, A. K., & Fani, N. (2024). Racial Discrimination, Neural Connectivity, and Epigenetic Aging Among Black Women. JAMA Network Open, 7(6), e2416588–e2416588. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819960.  (13 pages)

     

  • Select activity The Contours of Racism (book section)

    

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• Select section Week 5: 9/29 – Racial Equity Tools in Organizations: Courage & Compassion

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  Week 5: 9/29 – Racial Equity Tools in Organizations: Courage & Compassion

  • Select activity Personal Reflection #2 Due - Email to Dr. Bailey or bring a hardcopy

    

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  • Select activity The reflections will be read by Teaching Team only... (copy)

    The reflections will be read by Dr. Bailey. Each Personal Reflection will focus on at least one of the Four Pathways to Justice: Forgiveness, Cultural Humility, Courage & Compassion, and Radical Love. You will write about each Pathway at least once over the course of the semester, but you may write about them in any order you choose.

    Reflections #2, #3, and #4 - Please offer a Personal Reflection on how you are integrating the readings and course discussions into your CEL work, with a focus on one of the Four Pathways. Please also comment on how you are developing any of the Praxis Competencies listed above.

  • Select activity Racial Equity Tools in Organizations: Courage and Compassion

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    Mark as done

    Total Page Count: 48 required (+14 recommended)

    Required

    Bailey, D. & Aronoff, N. (2004). The integration of multicultural competency and organizational practice in social work education. In L. Gutierrez, M. Zuñiga & D. Lum (Eds.) Education for multicultural social work practice: Critical viewpoints and future directions (pp. 135-144). Alexandria, VA: CSWE Press.  (10 pages)

    • Please note the article contains a diagram. The alt-text of the diagram is in a separate Powerpoint slide.

    Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books. 

    • Ch. 4, Race, Restorative Justice, and Schools, p. 42-57 (16 pages)
    • Ch. 5, Restorative Justice and Transforming Mass Incarceration, p. 58-72 (15 pages)

     

    Bailey, D. (2023). The Power of Interconnection: Frances Hesselbein in Her Own Words. Leader to Leader, 2023(110), 54–56.

    https://doi-org.proxy.brynmawr.edu/10.1002/ltl.20739  (3 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police, p.14-17 (4 pages)

     

    Recommended

    Campbell, M., Dalke, A., & Toews, B. (2020). Naming and Sharing Power in Prison Workshop Settings. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(1), 105–117.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2019.1694960  (14 pages)

  • Select activity Bailey & Aronoff - The integration of multicultural competency and organizational practice in social work education

    

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• Select section Week 6: 10/6 – Theory and Practice of Justice, Part One: Forgiveness

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  • Select activity Theory and Practice of Justice, Part One: Forgiveness

    Completion

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    Total Page Count: 53 required

     

    Required

    Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books.

    • Ch. 6, Toward a Racial Reckoning: Imagining a Truth Process for Police Violence, p. 73-87 (15 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • From “Me Too” to “All of Us”: Organizing to End Sexual Violence without Prisons, p. 41-48 (8 pages)
    • The Practices We Need: #MeToo and Transformative Justice, p. 139-147 (9 pages)

     

    Khan, N. (2023). Frances Hesselbein: A Transformative Leader of Our Girl Scout Movement. Leader to Leader, 2023(110), 51–53.

    https://doi-org.proxy.brynmawr.edu/10.1002/ltl.20772  (3 pages)

     

    Ortiz, L. & Jani, J. (2010). Critical race theory: A transformational model for teaching diversity. Journal of Social Work Education, 46(2), 175-193. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23044404. (18 pages)

     

• Select section Week 7: 10/13 – FALL BREAK – No class, no CEL site work

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  Week 7: 10/13 – FALL BREAK – No class, no CEL site work
• Select section Week 8: 10/20 – Theory and Practice of Justice, Part Two: Forgiveness

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  Week 8: 10/20 – Theory and Practice of Justice, Part Two: Forgiveness

  • Select activity CEL Progress Report #1 Due

    

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  • Select activity Your CEL Progress Reports will be read by the Teac...

    Your CEL Progress Reports will be read by the Teaching Team, as well as by your CEL Site Supervisor(s), and the Sr. Associate Director of Praxis. The purpose of these forms is to facilitate positive and proactive communication that supports student learning objectives and the successful completion of CEL projects. Students are welcomed and encouraged to reach out to the Teaching Team at any time throughout the term for additional support around learning or CEL projects.

    Please submit your CEL Progress Report via email to the Teaching Team, your CEL Site Supervisor(s), and the Sr. Associate Director of Praxis (Liv Raddatz - lraddatz@brynmawr.edu).

    Please also upload your Praxis Progress Reports here

    Name your file: AFST 234_Student Name_Progress Report

     

     

  • Select activity Theory and Practice of Justice, Part Two: Forgiveness

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    Total Page Count: 56 required

    Required

    Dabiri, E. (2021). What White people can do next. HarperPerennial.

    • What White People Can Do Next, p. 1-8 (9 pages)
    • Understanding Coalition, p. 9-27 (19 pages)

     

    Davis, F. (2019). The little book of race and restorative justice. Good Books.

    • Ch. 7, A Way Forward, p. 88-96 (9 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • We Want More Justice for Breonna Taylor than the System That Killed Her Can Deliver, p. 63-67 (5 pages)
    • Moving Past Punishment, p. 148-156 (9 pages)

     

    Lorde, A. (2020). The transformation of silence into language and action. Sister outsider. New York, NY: Penguin, p. 28-32 (5 pages)

    •  (also available as Ch 11 in the eBook: Ryan, B. (2001). Identity politics in the women’s movement. NYU Press.)

     

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• Select section Week 9: 10/27 – Racial Equity Tools in Communities – Courage & Compassion

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  Week 9: 10/27 – Racial Equity Tools in Communities – Courage & Compassion

  • Select activity Midterm Presentations today!!

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    Midterm Presentations today!!

    A co-created class allows each of us to share our individual and group learning with all others, to enhance the collective learning experience. Come to class prepared to talk for no more than 10 minutes about where you are in your CEL Project. You may draw from your Personal Reflections or Progress Reports to help you decide what you wish to share about what you have learned, where you have met challenges, and/or what your vision is moving forward through the rest of the semester. You may create a slide deck, use handouts, incorporate music, poetry, movement to engage the class in your presentation. Creativity is a plus!! 

  • Select activity Racial Equity Tools in Communities – Courage and Compassion

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    Total Page Count: 23 required (+6 recommended)

    Mid-course evaluations

     

    Required 

    AORTA. Continuum on Becoming a Transformative Anti-Oppressive Organization. Adapted from “Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization” by Crossroads Ministries. Retrieved June 26, 2025. https://www.workers.coop/resource/continuum-on-becoming-a-transformative-anti-oppression-organization/.  (1 page)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • Police Reforms You Should Always Oppose, p. 70-71. (2 pages)
    • Toward the Horizon of Abolition, p. 93-101 (9 pages)

     

    The Opportunity Agenda. (2017). 10 Tips for Putting Intersectionality into Practice. Retrieved August 23, 2024. https://opportunityagenda.org/messaging_reports/ten-tips-for-intersectionality/.  (11 pages)

  • Select activity AORTA Continuum on Becoming a Transformative Anti-Oppressive Organization

    

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• Select section Week 10: 11/3 – How Change Happens, Part One: Individuals (Micro) – Radical Love

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  Week 10: 11/3 – How Change Happens, Part One: Individuals (Micro) – Radical Love

  • Select activity Personal Reflection #3 Due - Email to Dr. Bailey or bring a hardcopy

    

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  • Select activity The reflections will be read by Teaching Team only... (copy) (copy)

    The reflections will be read by Teaching Team only. Each Personal Reflection will focus on at least one of the Four Pathways to Justice: Forgiveness, Cultural Humility, Courage & Compassion, and Radical Love. You will write about each Pathway at least once over the course of the semester, but you may write about them in any order you choose.

    Reflections #2, #3, and #4 - Please offer a Personal Reflection on how you are integrating the readings and course discussions into your CEL work, with a focus on one of the Four Pathways. Please also comment on how you are developing any of the Praxis Competencies listed above.

  • Select activity How Change Happens, Part One: Individuals (Micro) – Radical Love

    Personal Reflection #3 Due

    Total Page Count: 30 min and 27 pages required (+18 recommended)

     

    Duncan, L. (2023, January 1). Reparations and Transgenerational Healing. Friends Journal. https://www.friendsjournal.org/reparations-and-transgenerational-healing/ (8 pages, or listen to the 30 min podcast interview)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • Join the Abolitionist Movement, p. 190-192 (3 pages)
    • “I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies”: The Living Legacy of June Jordan, p. 193-197 (5 pages)

     

    nINA Collective. (2026, Mar 24). Rebuilding through joy. (Episode 1) [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Another way is possible podcast. nINA Collective. https://www.ninacollective.com/podcast/rebuilding-through-joy   (30 min)

    • Or you can read the Joy Doctrine slideshow (35 pages)

     

    Thurber, A. & DiAngelo, R. (2018). Microaggressions: Intervening in three acts. Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work, 27(1), 17–27. (11 pages)

     

    Recommended

    Okuda, K. (2023). Toward Decolonizing Social Work Practicum: From a Practicum Director’s Perspective. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 93(2–4), 250–267. https://doi-org.proxy.brynmawr.edu/10.1080/00377317.2023.2256853. (18 pages)

• Select section Week 11: 11/10 – How Change Happens, Part Two: Teams, Organizations, and Communities (Macro) – Cultural Humility

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  Week 11: 11/10 – How Change Happens, Part Two: Teams, Organizations, and Communities (Macro) – Cultural Humility

  • Select activity How Change Happens, Part Two: Teams, Organizations, and Communities (Macro) – Cultural Humility

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    Poster Orientation (TBD)

    Total Page Count: 28 required (+58 min recommended)

     

    Bridges, W. & Bridges, S. (2016). Managing Transitions. Boston: De Capo Lifelong Books.

    ●       Ch. 1, It isn’t the Changes that Do You In, p. 3-11 (9 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    ●       Police Torture, Reparations, and Lessons in Struggle and Justice from Chicago, p. 104-109 (6 pages)

     

    Weaver, H.D. (2021, Jan 3). A Proposed Plan for Retrospective Justice. Friends Journal. https://www.friendsjournal.org/a-proposed-plan-for-retrospective-justice/ (7 pages)

     

    Wendel, M. L., Jackson, T., Ingram, C. M., Golden, T., Castle, B. F., Ali, N. M., & Combs, R. (2019). Yet We Live, Strive, and Succeed: Using Photovoice to Understand Community Members’ Experiences of Justice, Safety, Hope, and Racial Equity. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.23  (16 pages)

     

  • Select activity Bridges & Bridges - Ch 1

    

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• Select section Week 12: 11/17 – Ongoing Practice of Anti-Racism – Radical Love

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  Week 12: 11/17 – Ongoing Practice of Anti-Racism – Radical Love

  • Select activity Final CEL Progress Report Due

    

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  • Select activity Your CEL Progress Reports will be read by the Teac... (copy)

    Your CEL Progress Reports will be read by Dr. Bailey, Sarah, your CEL Site Supervisor(s), and the Sr. Associate Director of Praxis. The purpose of these forms is to facilitate positive and proactive communication that supports student learning objectives and the successful completion of CEL projects. Students are welcomed and encouraged to reach out to the course instructor or course community partner at any time throughout the term for additional support around learning or CEL projects.

    Please submit your CEL Progress Report via email to the course instructor, course community partner, your CEL Site Supervisor(s), and the Sr. Associate Director of Praxis (Liv Raddatz - lraddatz@brynmawr.edu).

    Please also upload your Praxis Progress Reports here

    Name your file: AFST 234_Student Name_Progress Report

     

     

  • Select activity Ongoing Practice of Anti-Racism – Radical Love

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    Mark as done

    Total Page Count: 16.5 min + 20 pages required (+ recommended 51 min podcast)

     

    Barnard Center for Research on Women. (2020, Oct 13). What is accountability? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZuJ55iGI14 (16.5 min)

     

    Dirksen, M. (2026, Apr 12). Philadelphia’s long-standing sanctuary movement faces new challenges. Metro Philadelphia. https://metrophiladelphia.com/stories/philadelphia-sanctuary-movement,135015  (3 pages)

     

    Harro, B.  (2013). The cycle of liberation. In M. Adams, W.J. Blumenfeld, C. Castañeda, H.W. Hackman, M.L.Peters, & X. Zúñiga (Eds). Readings for diversity and social justice. (pp. 618-625). New York: Routledge. (8 pages)

    ●       Please note that the article contains a complex diagram. The alt-text is included in Moodle in a separate Word document.

     

    Mingus, M. (2019, Dec 18). Four Parts of Accountability and How to Give a Genuine Apology. Leaving Evidence. https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/how-to-give-a-good-apology-part-1-the-four-parts-of-accountability/ (9 pages)

     

    Recommended

    Tippett, K. (Host) & Menakem, R. (Contributor). (2020, June 4). Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence. [Audio Podcast Episode]. In On Being with Krista Tippett. Civil Conversations Project. https://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence/ (51 min)

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• Select section Week 13: 11/24 – Reviewing Forms of Justice

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  Week 13: 11/24 – Reviewing Forms of Justice

  • Select activity Reviewing Different Forms of Justice

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    Total Page Count: 51 min + 5 pages required (+43 recommended)

    Understanding Different Forms of Justice. (2 pages)

    Hunt, K. (2026, Apr 1). 'No arena' exhibit links Chinatown's fight against 76 place to America's founding. PhillyVoice. https://www.phillyvoice.com/no-arena-chinatown-protest-exhibit/   (3 pages, or 5 min audio)

     

    Tippett, K. (Host), DiAngelo, R. (Contributor), & Menakem, R. (Contributor). (2020, July 9). Towards a Framework for Repair. [Audio Podcast Episode]. In On Being with Krista Tippett. Civil Conversations Project. https://onbeing.org/programs/robin-diangelo-and-resmaa-menakem-towards-a-framework-for-repair/ (51 min)

     

    Recommended

    Nichols, B. K., & Connolly, M. L. (n.d.). Transforming ghosts into ancestors: Unsilencing the psychological case for reparations to descendants of American slavery. Retrieved August 8, 2025. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50ff32e1e4b067187f08016a/t/5d262a2beb582b00011b0af7/1562782252202/Reparations+-+Nichols+and+Connolly.pdf  (43 pages)

• Select section Week 14: 12/1 – Justice Movements

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  • Select activity Personal Reflection #4 Due - Email to Dr. Bailey or bring a hardcopy

    

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    The reflections will be read by Dr. Bailey. Each Personal Reflection will focus on at least one of the Four Pathways to Justice: Forgiveness, Cultural Humility, Courage & Compassion, and Radical Love. You will write about each Pathway at least once over the course of the semester, but you may write about them in any order you choose.

    Reflections #2, #3, and #4 - Please offer a Personal Reflection on how you are integrating the readings and course discussions into your CEL work, with a focus on one of the Four Pathways. Please also comment on how you are developing any of the Praxis Competencies listed above.

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    Finalized posters are due to the Senior Associate Director of Praxis, Liv Raddatz (lraddatz@brynmawr.edu) by Wednesday, 12/2, at noon (this gives her time to get them professionally printed for the Poster Session).

    Please email your poster to Dr. Bailey, Sarah, and your CEL Site Supervisor.

    Please also upload your Praxis Poster here 

    Name your file:  AFST 234_Student Name_Poster 

     

  • Select activity Justice Movements

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    Total Page Count: up to 28 required (+57 min recommended)

     

    Iyer, D. (2017). The Social Change Map. Retrieved July 18, 2025. https://www.socialchangemap.com/

    ●       Please look at the social change ecosystem graphic, and then engage at least one article under "Step 1: Understand the Framework" (up to 15 pages)

     

    Iyer, D. (2022). Social change now: A guide for reflection and connection. Skinner House Books, p.42-43

    ●       Social Change Map role descriptions (2 pages)

     

    Kaba, M. (2026, Jan 22). Read this if you’re new and trying to find your way. In These Times. https://inthesetimes.com/article/mariame-kaba-letter-to-young-organizers-on-hope-action    (4 pages)

     

    Watkins, M. (2025). ‘Unsuturing’ the white self: Creating freedom and integrity by reckoning with the past. In White work and reparative genealogy. (pp. 337-343). Palgrave Macmillan. (7 pages)

     

    Recommended

    Dabiri, E. [edbookfest]. (2022, Feb 16). Beyond the anti-racism ‘how to’ guide| Edinburgh International Book Festival. [Video]. YouTube.  (57 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYQBEDF4uUU

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• Select section Week 15: 12/8 – Last Class & CELEBRATION!!

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  Week 15: 12/8 – Last Class & CELEBRATION!!

  • Select activity In-Class Poster Presentations

    In-Class Poster Presentations

    As the final assignment for the course, you will create a poster about your CEL Project and present it at the Praxis Poster Session on Monday, December 14 from 1-3 PM. This session provides you the opportunity to share your Praxis course and CEL experiences and celebrate experiential learning with members of the campus community and representatives from your CEL Site. Guidelines for this project will be provided by the Sr. Associate Director of Praxis. 

    During this final class, each group will practice your presentation, before participating in the Poster Session for the larger community.

     

  • Select activity Last Class & CELEBRATION!!

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    Final course evaluations

    Total page count: 12 required

    Required

    Kaba, M. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (T. K. Nopper, Ed.). Haymarket Books.

    • “Community Matters. Collectivity Matters,” p. 164-175 (12 pages)