This week’s readings and videos address a range of issues and population groups needing social work advocates. Identify a sentence or two from three different readings or videos that motivate you to work for social justice.
Use the following template to report each of your three selections:
Provide author and title of reading or video
- Cite (using quotations, with page number or minute/seconds) one or two sentences from the reading or video that motivate you to work for social justice
- Explain why or how the quotation is especially motivating to you
- Repeat the above steps two more times for a total of three selections from different readings or videos in the week’s materials.
Discussion Requirements and Expectations:
Your discussions will be graded critically. Please pay close attention to the following:
- Respond to each question and all information presented. Your initial post should be no less than 300 words in length, with two citations (No quotes… know the difference). While there is no maximum length limit, I expect you to make a direct and concise argument. Your initial post is due on Friday before midnight.
- Citation and references list must be in APA 7 format.
- You must post your initial response and reply to two (2) of your colleagues before midnight by the times indicated in the deliverables section for the current week in Blackboard. Each initial response must be no less than 300 words with two (2) citations (No quotes), and each colleague response should be no less than 175 words, with one citation (No quotes).
- No replies (or incomplete/partial replies) is minus a minimum 30 points from your grade.
- Errors such as missing (or incomplete) citations, references, incorrect citations and/or references, no title for reference list, incorrect word count, multiple grammar or spelling errors, etc., will be a minimum 15 point reduction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImOi9YnMau8
http://comfortablyunaware.com/video-of-the-month
Martin Luther King, Jr. quote
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963 (April 16), Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
Printed in: King, Jr., M. L. (1964). Why We Can’t Wait.