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SOC 112A

How We Free Us: Activism and Community (AFRICAAM 212, SOC 212A)

UNITS:4-5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

In this hybrid course students will examine activism through the lens of community. This course is part of the Community Engaged Learning Course curriculum in the Department of African & African American Studies and will introduce students to community-based organizing, volunteering, and activism. This course will focus on community-ties and how applied African American Studies can be harnessed as a liberatory practice in movements today. Class Organization: This course includes an in-person seminar held once a week and on-site community engagement with a community organization once a week. This is a Cardinal Course designated by the Haas Center for Public Service.

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Sections

1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 13457
0 / 18 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday
TIME:11:30 AM – 2:20 PM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
McNair, Kimberly
units

SOC 112A: How We Free Us: Activism and Community (AFRICAAM 212, SOC 212A)

4-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

In this hybrid course students will examine activism through the lens of community. This course is part of the Community Engaged Learning Course curriculum in the Department of African & African American Studies and will introduce students to community-based organizing, volunteering, and activism. This course will focus on community-ties and how applied African American Studies can be harnessed as a liberatory practice in movements today. Class Organization: This course includes an in-person seminar held once a week and on-site community engagement with a community organization once a week. This is a Cardinal Course designated by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.

Winter 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Tuesday 11:30 AM – 2:20 PM — McNair, Kimberly (Undergrad)

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