[SustainableTompkins] New Study on Activist Training in Academia

[Daniel Roth]

This looks pretty interesting.

> NEW STUDY ON ACTIVIST TRAINING IN ACADEMIA
http://www.antiochne.edu/directory/page.cfm?page_id=230&id=1800014802&Type=P
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> Recently Eli Pariser, the Executive Director of MoveOn.Org, made   the
following comment about Antioch University's five-year-old
Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program:
>
> "Lots of people care about the future of our country, but not all   of
them are as active or effective as they could be. There are just   too
few institutions that help inspire, train, and nurture
> progressive activists. That's why I'm so excited about Antioch
University New England's Environmental Advocacy and Organizing
Program. It's a graduate program that offers in-depth activist
training and even connects its graduates into an ongoing support
network. I encourage everyone seeking to work as a public interest
advocate or a grassroots organizer to check out Antioch's advocacy   and
organizing program."
>
> I am glad Eli gets what we are trying to accomplish--and I am also
happy to report that we are increasingly fielding calls from
> innovative educators who are considering setting up similar
> activist training programs at their own schools.
>
> Well, I now have an in-depth resource to offer such educators—a
recently completed thesis entitled Activist Training in the
> Academy: Developing A Master's Program In Environmental Advocacy   and
Organizing. This curriculum action research report offers
> readers two key things. First, it provides a discussion of the key
theoretical issues facing educators who might want to create
> activist training programs at their own colleges and universities.
This section describes my own journey as an educator in higher
education; includes a history of several activist training programs
inside and outside of academia; offers a detailed look at what
advocates and organizers most need to know, and then looks at what   are
the most appropriate educational techniques for academic
> training programs geared to activists.
>
> In the second section, Activist Training in the Academy offers a
detailed case study of the development process and curriculum
> design of the master's program in Environmental Advocacy and
> Organizing I have directed since 2002 at Antioch University's
> Keene, New Hampshire campus. This section includes the original
proposal for the program, a report on the faculty's initial
> response, the key questions they needed answered before agreeing to
launch the new program, and an outline of the basic curriculum   design
we developed for the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing   Program.
>
> This new study on activist training in academia is available for
online at:
http://www.antiochne.edu/directory/page.cfm?page_id=230&id=1800014802&Type=P
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> It is also available at cost in hard copy. For more information   contact:
>
> Steve Chase
> Director, Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program
> Department of Environmental Studies @ Antioch University New England 40
Avon Street, Keene, NH 03431
> Steven_Chase at antiochne.edu; 603-357-2336 (office); 603-357-0718 (fax)
>
> * EAOP's Main Website: http://www.antiochne.edu/es/eao/
> * EAOP's "Well-Trained Activist" Blog: http://eaop-blog.blogspot.com *
EAOP's Online Activist Bookstore: http://www.antiochne.edu/es/eao/
bookstore.cfm
> (7.5% of the purchase price is donated to the EAOP Scholarship Fund   at
no extra cost to you)
>






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