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	Youth-Led Social Activism
		The Freechild Project has found that young people across the nation are leading their communities in activism for social change.
		These are all progressive youth-led or youth-focused activism organizations, websites, and resources that conduct or promote youth activism for broad social justice.
		The stories of young people from around the world who are fighting for social justice, opportunity, and equality in their cities and nations, and globally.
	www.freechild.org /youth_activism_2.htm (963 words)

	Social Movements And Social Activism
		Social problems are generally characterized by the traits of a specific social movement, though they often begin, and remain for a fairly long time, in the general movement stage.
		Increasingly, social problems that in earlier eras were the occasion for short-lived expressions of protest by groups that may have measured their life-spans in months, are now the foci for long-lived organizations, for the activity of "social movement professionals," and for the creation of new institutions (McCarthy and Zald, 1973).
		Social Movement Studies has a broad, inter-disciplinary approach designed to accommodate papers engaging with any theoretical school and which study the origins, development, organisation, values, context and impact of historical and contemporary social movements active in all parts of the world.
	sociologyindex.com /social_movement_activism.htm (1399 words)

	Activism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The terms activism and activist used in a political manner first appeared in the Belgian press in 1916 in connection with the Flamingant movement.
		In the more confrontational cases, an activist may be called a freedom fighter by some, and a terrorist by others, depending on whether the commentator supports the activist's ends.
		Some liberals contend that judicial activism is a long-standing US legal tradition, while others have responded that judicial activism is equally or more prevalent among judges deemed conservative [2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Social_activism (235 words)

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		Social activism that intervenes in the institutions of technology can be guided by explanations of such things, and can provide an occasion for testing and refining explanations of them as well.
		Social activism by computer people has had considerable influence, though the stories are not often told.
		Social activists often wonder why it is so difficult to involve engineers in their campaigns; one reason is surely that engineering is already a utopian social project, in however misguided a way.
	www.eff.org /Activism/social_computing_pagre.paper (7505 words)

	Amherst College Career Center : Public Interest Careers : Government
		Social activism is an intentional action with the goal of bringing about social change.
		If we define social justice as the belief in an equitable, compassionate world where difference is understood, valued and respected, then we can see that social activism and social justice are flip sides of the same coin.
		Social Work - social workers work in different capacities in both public and private sectors to lobby governments, provide counseling and participate in research, development and evaluation projects that all work to make changes in the larger system.
	www.amherst.edu /~careers/comm/socialactivism.html (805 words)

	New College of California - MA in Activism & Social Change
		The goal of the Activism and Social Change BA Completion (ASC BA) is to nurture the development of thoughtful, self-reflective, activists and facilitators of social transformation.
		All MA Activism and Social Change students will begin their individual research projects in a Research Seminar that will enable them to pursue individualized research/activist interests through written, multi-media, action-based and performance projects.
		The Activism and Social Change M.A. curriculum is organized around the creation of a portfolio that serves as both framework and repository for student work.
	www.newcollege.edu /activismchange (1147 words)

	Activism and the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A social movement, as described by McCarthy and Zald [1977], is a set of opinions and beliefs in a population which represents preferences for changing some elements of social structure and/or the reward distribution of a society.
		A social movement organisation (SMO) is a complex, or formal organisation which identifies its goals with the preferences of a social movement or countermovement (a set of opinions and beliefs in a population opposed to a social movement) and attempts to implement those goals.
		New Social Movement theorists, on the contrary, explain the rise of social movements as a result of the development of new grievances within highly industrialized societies based on the negative consequences of modernisation for the individual and a shift in values and needs [Klandermans, 1991].
	www.cs.ubc.ca /spider/cronauer/activism_and_the_internet/proposal.html (8344 words)

	Conscious Choice: Social Activism in Cynical Times
		Social activism in the 1990s lacks the cohesive power of earlier eras, such as that of the 1930s labor activists or the 1960s marchers for civil rights and peace.
		Notably, he is among few social critics to address the politics of the self-help or New Age movements, such as they are.
		I would agree with Loeb that many otherwise positive-oriented individuals turn away from politics or a focus on social justice because to confront the reality of evil or injustice in the world is perhaps to confront their own underlying despair.
	www.consciouschoice.com /1999/cc1211/socialactivism1211.html (2399 words)

	What Are Social Movements? A Sociological Perspective, Introduction
		In their introduction to Women and Social Protest, they worked from the assumption that women have always been present in protest, defined as “rational attempts to achieve desired ends,” and took the standpoint that women’s work on behalf of historically specific definitions of “women’s rights” was only the most visible of these attempts (1990:4).
		Indeed, feminist sociologists do not seem to distinguish women’s movements theoretically from other kinds of social movements, using and contributing to existing theory in their research on women; what is seen as exceptional about women’s movements is that they are led by women and for women.
		Of course, participation in social activism by men can be life-changing--but such participation is a qualitatively different enterprise for women, who trangress not just the rules of politics as usual but the rules of gender as usual.
	womhist.binghamton.edu /socm/intro.htm (2381 words)

	Social Activism
		The Social Gospel Today by Christopher Hodge Evans (Westminster John Knox Press) The social gospel has been making an impact on churches and individuals for almost a century.
		There and in his subsequent work, he argued that a gospel of individual salvation was only a half gospel, for the gospel had social dimensions as well.
		Full of realistic hope and a keen social sense this inspiring story tells how she and her neighbors found ways of working with each other, the youngsters, the elderly, the unemployed, the addicts, the drunks, and even the police and the drug dealers—in a courageous effort to preserve their homes and their lives.
	www.wordtrade.com /society/politics/socialactivismR.htm (1498 words)

	SocioSite: ACTIVISM - COLLECTIVE ACTION - SOCIAL MOVEMEMENTS - UTOPIANISM
		A global network of networks whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to human development, social justice, participatory democracies and sustainable societies.
		Cleaver argues that the most serious challenge to the basic institutional structures of modern society flow from the emergence of computer-linked global social movements that are, increasingly, challenging both national and supranational policy-making institutions.
		UFE is part of a broad social movement of people concerned that the concentration of wealth is hurting the nation.
	www.sociosite.net /topics/activism.php (2028 words)

	Washington Office for Advocacy: Nurturing a Ministry of Activism
		Congregations with a commitment to social justice issues should assess whether or not a variety of voices are heard and a variety of causes considered for their collective enterprise.
		Social change is a ministry and should always be undertaken within the ultimate value of love.
		Ministers and lay leaders should not be afraid to name the minister’s strengths, acknowledge their weaker points, and work to recruit strong social justice leaders or hire community ministers to augment the prophetic ministries of the church.
	www.uua.org /uuawo/new/article.php?id=98 (2335 words)

	Social Work, Gerontology, Political Science
		Social work educates and empowers students to act as change agents at the grass roots level, improving society by fostering social justice, particularly for those who are disadvantaged.
		Because the sequencing of courses in the Social Work Program is very specific, and particular liberal arts courses are required as part of the major, students are required to meet with the Chairperson upon beginning their academic career at Georgian Court University.
		The Political Science Program is designed to provide students with the tools needed for a life of social activism and the pursuit of social justice and social welfare, within the framework of a comprehensive education in politics.
	www.georgian.edu /socialwork/index.html (449 words)

	About Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS)
		This is the seventh year for the Social Activism Speaker Series, which focuses attention on current social and political issues by inviting prominent activists to speak to the Caltech community and the public, and to share their experiences and perspectives.
		The 2005-2006 Social Activism Speaker Series was made possible with the generous support of the Moore-Hufstedler Fund, Administrative Committee on Diversity and Minority Affairs, Student Affairs, Campus Life, the Diversity Program Fund, the Alumni Association, Jack & Edith Roberts, the GSC, ASCIT, and the Caltech Y.
		The goal of the Social Activism Speaker Series is to expose Caltech students, as well as the community at large, to the many diverse issues that face us, both locally and globally, so that the scientists of tomorrow may use their skills, ingenuity, and leadership to address these issues.
	sass.caltech.edu /about.shtml (602 words)

	Social Activism: Implications from Evolutionary Psychology
		Finally, and perhaps most importantly, these findings imply that social perceptions of group membership are hierarchical in nature and their relative weight is dependent on context.
		As a trivial example, consider the families of GLBT individuals: close family members are more likely to experience radical changes in their perceptions of homosexuality or gender-identity issues because of a shared personal relationship with a GLBT person.
		It should be possible through careful planning and timing to manipulate social circumstances to facilitate meaningful cultural as well as institutional change.
	www.shaav.com /professional/cogsci/social-activism.html (392 words)

	Mindful Warriors
		Yes and no. The activism of Loori and the members of Zen Mountain Monastery is an example of a growing trend among Zen Buddhists in the United States who are using the precepts of the 2,500-year-old religion to enact social change.
		"1 was involved in nuclear-power demonstrations and social politics, and there were a tot of people doing great things, but doing them with so much anger," she says.
		"AIDS has forced activism to be a part of our public life and made sexuality a political thing." She says that Zen activism is springing up around AIDS because, like the practice, the disease is a life-and death issue.
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma8/warriors.html (1197 words)

	Shareowners Increase Social Activism Significantly in 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		And the diversification of boards is now considered not only a social issue but also a governance issue, as more representative boards are seen as a key to business success.
		Of the fifteen social issues IRCC tracks, 12 increased in the percentage of their average vote from 2000 to 2001.
		As more and more resolutions top the 10 percent mark, socially responsible investing is becoming a permanent fixture on proxy ballots and in the minds of shareowners, not to mention the increasingly diversified boards of directors.
	www.socialfunds.com /news/article.cgi/721.html (727 words)

	Social Activism and Star Trek: Voyager
		That's a long time problem for Trek, where so often the "social commentary" episodes are about as involving as a sermon and come off as condescending even if putting to screen a socially relevant issue.
		But like most "social victims", they are hurt by lack of conscious social thought; they're hurt by a relentless forward march of society that doesn't always think things out.
		Social commentaries are too often blunt, but even that can be fine so long as what's being said is not bland, or, as the Borg Queen would have said before Janeway and her activist crew made one final blow against the largest galactic force of corruption, "irrelevant".
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/6952/activismtrek.html (2693 words)

	Protest and Social Activism
		Vietnam War: In the late 1960s the Vietnam War took center stage in the awareness of the public as young people from across the United States were dying overseas.
		Iin Milwaukee, there was a strong sense of social engagement and people took to the streets to protest the War.
		AIDS Activism: ACT UP Milwaukee described itself as "a diverse group of individuals united in anger and compassion and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis." These actions took the form of demonstration and organization, mailings, flyers and media publicity.
	www.uwm.edu /Libraries/arch/nhd2005/htm/protest.htm (265 words)

	SocialAction - Issues - Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Most problematic of all, the educational issues facing the Ethiopian community today is that as a result of the discrimination they face, almost 15% of the youth have simply given up and dropped out of school.
		It is time that we acknowledge that it is not enough to put equal access to education on the social and political agenda.
		Amy Kolinsky is a Canadian who wrote this article when she was a Social Change Fellow for Shatil and an intern at the Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews.
	www.socialaction.com /kolinskyshatil.html (1441 words)

	Protestant Women and Social Justice Activism, 1890-1920
		Focusing on the stream of social justice activism that (in my opinion) cannot be accounted for by the "maternalist" paradigm, I set out to show how and why that activism was nurtured by religious sources.
		What the concept of "maternalism" needs, then, is exactly what it lacks-the ability to explain how Protestant women's social activism gained the moral authority that allowed it to become a central feature of American public culture during the decades before woman suffrage became the law of the land.
		Historians of the social gospel and historians of women have tended to agree that Jane Addams was a secular figure, and by extension they view associates in the vanguard of women's reform as secular.
	www.wheaton.edu /isae/Women/sklaressy99.html (2418 words)

	Conference mainpage — Media oktato es kutato kozpont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Re:activism conference addresses what role social activism can play in the broad process in which emerging new media technologies transform existing structures of cultural, economic and political power.
		The emergence and operation of world large anti-globalization activist networks is the most evident example of new media triggered activism.
		Finally, by exploring new media activism in the context of democratic elections we can dive into the forces that change contemporary political systems.
	mokk.bme.hu /centre/conferences/reactivism (565 words)

	:: Integrative Activism ::
		Circles of Change is a project of Spirit in Action it is one of the most diverse organizations working to bring spirit into social justice work; articulate a collective vision; and take action for individual, cultural, and systemic change.
		There is a whole spectrum of Socially Engaged Buddhist who are leaders in this field including Joanna Macy, Thich Nhat Hanh (founder of The Community of Mindful Living), and The Dalai Lama.
		SoJourners is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice.
	www.integrativeactivism.net /spiritual_activism.html (1068 words)

	Evangelical Christians and Social Activism: Will a New Statement Promote the Health of the Nation?
		Donald Wildmon, Chairman of the American Family Association (the organization behind many of the controversial boycotts), did not sign the statement in March because he had not examined it closely, but he did say that the AFA was in general agreement with the content of the statement, according to an article in the AFA Journal.
		Yesterday I examined the Preamble of the new statement on socio-political activism from the National Association of Evangelicals.
		It impacts the social sphere as well, there taking the form of justice and "good laws." Lest anyone fear that these laws are the theocratic kind, notice the emphasis here upon a free press and open debate.
	www.markdroberts.com /htmfiles/resources/evangelicalactivism.htm (9557 words)

	Integral Spirituality :: Religion, God, Integral Philosophy via Integrative Spirituality
		Co-creating with the divine intelligence (or what Tom Atlee the author of The Tao of Democracy refers to as co-intelligence) to increase our capacity of developing creative solutions to the world's rich challenges, taps into the power of the universe.
		This is where spiritual activism begins, with the transformation of each individual being.
		There lies much challenge to act in ways that are congruent with these values at all times, but the possibilities of achieving success at it are greatly amplified as a collective.
	www.integrativespirituality.org /postnuke/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=16&page=1 (1823 words)

	Terrorism and Psychology
		And sometimes, under the influence of group social pressure, the inhibition can be more or less lifted entirely, to facilitate war and other terrorist atrocities.
		Look closely at some of the men and women in the social justice movements and wonder to what extent they are trying to further their political careers, sell their books, and prop up their own inner feelings of insecurity—or perhaps, just yell and shake their fists for a sweet taste of revenge.
		For at its core, activism is often just a psychological defense against unresolved emotional wounds from childhood: frustrated by their helplessness in the face of their parents’ hypocrisy, activists try to impose on the world their own ideas of what “should” be done.
	www.guidetopsychology.com /terrorism.htm (2104 words)

	Activism Resources
		One of the best ways to super-speed healing from a injury from a destructive cult besides filing a lawsuit is to become a educator/social activist on that particular cult and/or the growing destructive cult and mind control issues.
		To help you with this new form of healing please find two excellent references on the "How to" of effective social activism and spiritualized social activism.
		The posting of these articles as part of an ongoing public debate on social activism is not and should not be construed as a promotion to engage in political lobbying by our organization.
	www.factnet.org /Activism_Resources.htm (356 words)

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