Please complete each section as instructed. Each section is to be separated by module, so the headings will be the name of the module as given in the instructions and then the response. *Module 5B: Latina Women & Colonialism This module will examine activism from a global perspective. Pay close attention to the connections to struggle, voice, colonialism, borders and walls. 1. In the book, Women Writing Resistance, YOU MUST read the following essays. Compare and contrast their lived perspectives on migration, colonialism, identity. “Revision”, Aurora Levins Morales, “We Are Ugly, but We Are Here”, Edwidge Danticat and “Speaking in Tongues in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers” Gloria Anzaldua. 2. What does Judith Oritz Cofer essay “The Myth of the Latin Woman” suggest about Latina women? Summarize and reflect. Approx. 1 1/2-2 pages *Module 5 Latina Voices & Colonialism Please read the book Women Writing Resistance pp. Preface-21; 41-58 AND the book The Art of Protest by T.V. Reed pp. 103-128 Read this for background https://www.thoughtco.com/chicano-movement-brown-and-proud-2834583 Assignment: Search on Facebook, Twitter, instagram for an account that aims to address undocumented migrants. Take a screen shot. Use readings to comment and analyze the social media link. Approx. 1 page *Module 6 Occupy Wall Street Background Reading https://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/10/17/how-occupy-wall-street-started-and-spread https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/occupy-wall-street-origins_n_1083977.html https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-international-origins/ https://time.com/money/4495707/occupy-wall-street-anniversary-effects/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-occupy-wall-street-s-impact-20160917-story.html https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/was-biggest-impact-occupy-wall-street-movement https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wallstreet-protests-origins-idUSTRE79C1YN20111014 Assignment: Identify, Discuss and Analyze 6 things you as an activist can learn from Occupy Wall Street. Cite accordingly, Approx. 1 1/2-2 pages *Module 7– Environment Justice & Gentrification Read Chapter 8 in T.V. Reed’s Art of Protest book. Pay close attention to the concepts of environmental justice and academic criticism, the history or environmentalism, movements, etc. Assignment: After reviewing all material in this module identify 3 target organizations (public, private, non-profit) = on local, state and national level you can hypothetically partner with to make change. Then draft a letter to send to a company NOT meeting environmental justice. Provide name of your partners Provide target private company to change Provide 300-500 word letter. Approx. 1 page and then 300-500 word letter *Module 9 Conservative Activists Please review the following learning modules: https://cpac.conservative.org/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pence/in-year-of-drama-and-chaos-pence-quietly-advances-conservative-agenda-idUSKBN1F82NO https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-activists-to-mobilize-amid-anti-trump-protests https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/supreme-court-conservatives-trump.html https://theconversation.com/will-the-supreme-court-overturn-roe-v-wade-and-if-it-does-what-happens-to-abortion-rights-99248 https://depauliaonline.com/36879/nation/the-rise-of-conservatism-around-the-world/ Assignment: After viewing the materials consider this question: How can religious conviction help and/or hinder activists in a democratic society? What are some of the stumbling blocks? Use a specific group to help illustrate/frame your responses. Approx. 1 1/2- 2 pages
