Q When people get together behind a cause, the world can change. But, this doesn't happen by accident. In fact, as you learned in this week's reading, social movements operate on habits, habits that lead to big change. Objectives • Evaluate a past or current social movement for the three social movement habits discussed in Chapter 8 • Engage in discussion with your peers Discussions Task • First, read any articles or watch the videos assigned for discussion. You will be writing and responding to this reading or video; you will also devote time to discussing your insights with your classmates and responding to their insights regarding the topic. Discussion Materials • Before beginning this discussion, ensure that you have read Chapter 8 of The Power of Habit. You should be familiar with the three social habits introduced on page 217. Discussion Prompts • Initial Post (due Friday): Respond to the following questions. Your initial response should be 150 words or more in length: o Choose a social movement in past or recent times that has used the principles in Chapter 8 to create lasting social change. Please do not choose the Rosa Parks example in the chapter. Choose your own example instead. Discuss how that movement illustrates the three patterns of social movements: beginning as a habit of friendship, growing through the habits of communities, and sustaining through new habits that change participants sense of self. Focus your response on the three patterns/habits rather than on the movement alone. Your goal is to show connections between what you read and the movement. • Example Posts These students earned high marks for their discussion posts by discussing the movement of their choice and connecting that movement to the three habits of social movements discussed in chapter 8 of our textbook. Example Post 1 The Me Too Movement The Me Too movement took off in 2017 after Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of assault by several women. But it was in 2006 when activist Tarana Burke created the “Me Too” Myspace page for women to share their experiences with assault. After the allegations, an actress called on Twitter for assault survivors to tweet in solidarity #MeToo. Here we can see a perfect example of the three patterns of a social movement: beginning as a habit of friendship, growing through the habits of communities, and sustaining through new habits that change participant's sense of self. First, a person (Tamara Burker) created a line of support. By creating a friendship between survivors. It built a connection between the emotional and rational connection among the members. Second, it grows through the community calling for support to the victims expanding from the USA to the rest of the world. The weak ties that hold people together made the movement what it is today. Friends feel the need to support friends, and the social pressure influences the rest creating a social obligation. Third, it created a new habit, a sense of identity among participants. It gave the victims and the supporting community the power of expression, not to fear or be ashamed. It gave them a voice. Example Post 2 I think this is a great opportunity to share my experience participaiting in a boycott. One day, when I was starting high school, the whole student community decided to start a protest triggered by the critical political situation that my country was going through at that moment. This boycott, illustrates the three patterns of a social movements, because it was a combination between strong ties (friendship) and weak ties (peer pressure). It all started when small groups of friends motivated each other to participate in the boycott, spreading the word, organizing to bring signs, etc. Then, peer presure and sense of obligation played an important role, because as shown in The Power of Habit "if you shrug off the expected patterns of your community, you risk losing your social standing" page 225. When all students were going to stop all the activities, it would be hard not to follow the plan, specially because we were all moving in the same direction. Finally, that new habit created a sense of identity on us, we felt powerfull because we were expresing our thoughts about something important and our voice was being heard. Example Post 3 A social movement that America is still currently involved with is the Black Lives Matter protests. These protests today heavily connect with the 3 principles used in Chapter 8, and they have created many lasting social changes. Habits of friendships and close bonds were illustrated through the Black Lives Matter protests because of the reasons people have chosen to take a stand in America. People who are close relatives to those that have died from racial injustice, or simply people who care about those around them that are being affected are all involved and are taking action for social and racial equality. The spectrum of people coming together to create this change is beautiful as well. Habits of a community were illustrated through the Black Lives Matter protests by similar reasons as the first. There are many neighbors and people within small and large communities who may not have known each other at first, but now have this one motive to come together in order to speak up and take action. With their irrelevant differences aside, they are capable of working together on something they are equally passionate about. Lastly, a movement's leaders were illustrated through the Black Lives Matter protests because of the roles that Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi played when they founded the BLM organization. These powerful and outspoken women were able to cultivate a group of people from all backgrounds into growing more aware of the current day social changes that must be made, along with the tools and encouragement on how to help the cause. • Response Posts (due by Sunday): Choose at least two classmates and develop written responses to each of their original posts. To earn exemplary marks in this area, respond to more than two students. Respond directly to the students' answers to the discussion questions. Discuss your opinions regarding the writers' specific social movements and the patterns discussed in Chapter 8 of the book. Writing I agree or I disagree will earn you a score of "developing" in the rubric below. Your responses should be at least 50 words long each. Discussion Guidelines • Your initial post should be posted by Friday; you will lose 1 point for each day the initial post is late. • Be sure to proofread your paper for sentence structure, clarity, typos, etc. • For this discussion, you should respond to two students. • In this course, we use the Peace and Justice Principles from the Peace and Justice Institute as guidelines for discussion. You should follow these when composing an initial post and responding to your classmates. Late Work Policies: • Discussions cannot be submitted late. Discussion Criteria for Success: I grade your discussion posts on three areas: how well you engage with your classmates in discussion, how well-developed your response is, and how organized your response is. I do not grade your discussion posts for grammar. Just as in a classroom, this is a space where what matters most is your ability to communicate your viewpoints and ideas in respectful ways that align with the PJI principles. Below is the rubric I use for all discussions. Discussion Rubric Grading Criteria Developing Acceptable Exceptional Participation with Peers Student only minimally interacts with the class, writing brief, surface-level responses to the class. Student can review the PJI principles and work to align post with those principles. Student completes required number of posts and engages with class. Student shows clear attention to the PJI principles and creates a hospitable and welcoming environment through his or her discussion posts. Student completes more than the required number of posts and engages with the class. Student shows clear attention to the PJI principles and creates a hospitable and welcoming environment through his or her discussion posts. Critical Thinking Student's response does not clearly or directly address the questions asked. Student's response addresses the questions asked. Some lapses in logic may be present. Student provides some evidence for his or her assertions. Student's insightful, thoughtful response clearly and directly addresses the questions asked. Student has answered each of the questions, provides evidence for his or her responses, and refers directly to the material studied this week in developing his or her responses. Organization Student's response is disorganized; no central idea is present. Student's response is organized around a central idea. Student's response is organized, cohesive, and unified.