Our students will:

Analyze the origins and migration patterns of people

Interview family/community member’s oral history in order to deepen understanding of one’s own story and sense of self

Research, using Primary and Secondary sources, racial/ethnic migration patterns

Explore the unique cultures, languages, values, and symbols of historically marginalized groups

Examine family structures, music, art, literature, legends, and traditions

Examine how culture both changes and sustains over time and generations, influenced by the hostility of the society as a whole

Draw connections among shared histories in order to build alliances between racial/ethnic groups

Examine cultural diversity within specific ethnic and racial groups

Our students will:

Examine the origins, perpetuation, impact, intersectionality, and levels (institutional, interpersonal, internalized) of oppression/structural violence*

Analyze how race has been socially constructed and contested in the United States, in an ongoing struggle for power in society

Trace historical development of racial/ethnic identity of various groups within the United States

Contrast dominant narratives and negative stereotypes with insider stories and counter narratives in order to develop a healthier acceptance of one’s own racial/ethnic identity.

Examine intersectionality of gender, class, and sexuality

Analyze the inequality between ethnic/racial groups

Our students will:

Analyze the past and present to inform our approach to liberation

Study groups and movements that have come together in struggle and community in the face of oppression

Evaluate these different strategies and practices of resistance and healing

Apply these understandings to create our own roadmap to personal and communal liberation

Our students will:

Research current events and data affecting different ethnic groups (and the intersections within them) in order to design, implement, and evaluate social action projects to address community needs.