Social Movements Addressing Class, Status, and Power Inequalities in Society

Question

Description

Choose one organization.

Instructions: For this assignment you will analyze the websites of two social movement

organizations that are seeking to address class, status, and power inequalities in society. Social

movements represent collective action to fundamentally alter the status quo. They range in size,

power, and scope and are often made up of what academics refer to as Social Movement

Organizations (SMOs). Please choose two social movement organization websites that are

seeking to address social inequalities.

Assignment Write-up:

Browse through the websites and familiarize yourself with the articles, posts, blogs, images, etc.

In your write up describe the mission/goals/objectives of the two social movement organizations

and answer the following questions for each: What theoretical, philosophical, ethical, or religious

principles or assumptions are part of the social movement organization’s mission? Who are the

movement’s members? (not the actual names of members but their demographics) Who are the

movements’ opponents? Where does the movement get its resources from (monetary donations,

volunteers, etc.)? What are the symbols of the movement (artistic, visual, slogans, catch phrases,

etc.)? Compare and contrast the two social movement organizations that you described. Do they

share any commonalities? What are their differences? What challenges do you think such social

movement organizations face in bringing attention to issues of social inequality?

Plagiarism: It is very important that you do not cut and paste content from the websites into

your assignment. This is plagiarism and you will receive a grade of “F.” You need to paraphrase

in your own words the content you are reading. Do not put long quotes into your assignment. I

am limiting you to no more than two quotes for the entire assignment (each quote can be no more

than two lines long).

Social Movement Organizations Examples:

Economic Justice

Working Families Party: http://workingfamilies.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.splcenter.org/

Jobs with Justice: http://www.jwj.org/

Fight for $15: https://fightfor15.org/?home

Racial/Ethnic Justice

Black Lives Matter: www.blacklivesmatter.com

Faith in Action: https://faithinaction.org/

Unidos US: https://www.unidosus.org/

National Congress of American Indians: http://www.ncai.org/

Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-

aajc.org/

LGBTQ Equality

Human Rights Campaign - https://www.hrc.org/

Equality Federation - http://equalityfederation.org

Gender Equality

Feminist Majority Foundation: http://feminist.org/

National Organization for Women (NOW): http://now.org/

Immigrant Rights

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles:

http://www.chirla.org/

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights:

http://www.nnirr.org/drupal/

Disability Rights

Disability Rights Advocates - https://dralegal.org/

National Disability Rights Network -

http://www.ndrn.org/index.php

Assignment Format:

 Word document

 2.0 (double-spaced)

 1 inch margins

 12pt Times New Roman font

 4 - 5 pages long (approximately 1,500 – 2,000 words)

Formatting

In newer versions of Word the default setting is Calibri (Body) 11pt with ¶ Normal or (multiple)

spacing which you will need to change. Follow the instructions below to change the formatting

to 2.0 spacing, 1inch margins, 12pt Times New Roman font.

Spacing:

 Click the box at the top of the document that says “¶ No Spacing.”

 Click “Paragraph” then in the drop down menu under Line Spacing: click “double”

then press “ok.”

Font & Size:

 Set the font to “Times New Roman” and size to “12”

Margins:

 At the top of the document click “Page Layout” then click “Page Setup” then set the top,

bottom, right and left margins to 1 inch.