Full course description
Four Live Sessions:
What can I do? An Intro to Activism
October 24, 2022 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET | Steve David
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of political engagement for social workers in all practice settings.
- Identify practice behaviors and strategies used in organizing and advocacy.
- Identify organizations and personal networks to find opportunities to get involved around specific social work issues
#DoSomething: Legislative Advocacy for Impact
November 3, 2022 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET | Steve David
Learning Objectives:
- Understand levels of government and appropriate targets for advocacy.
- Navigate state legislative websites to track and analyze legislation.
- Demonstrate advocacy interventions, including phone calls, letter writing and testimony.
Put It Into Action: Strategies to Create Change on Your Campus Part I
November 9, 2022 from 2:00 -3:00 p.m. ET I Rick Birt
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss what goes into organizing and developing a campaign.
- Explore what it looks like to get started and how to maintain campaign momentum.
- Explain how to evaluate the campaign climate.
Put It Into Action: Strategies to Create Change on Your Campus Part II
April 20, 2022 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET | Rick Birt
Learning Objectives:
- Apply newly learned skills to the development of your own campaign.
- Create campaign goals/milestones
- Identify how success will be defined.
- Move through the steps of creating an advocacy plan that is custom to your specific initiative goals.
Want to pay with an offline option? Please contact Anthony Gonzalez at gonzalez.667@osu.edu
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact HECAOD at hecaod@osu.edu or call 614-292-5572.