Choose to view one of the movies in this Unit, either The Garden (in English and some Spanish with English subtitles) or Holding Ground Part 1 and Holding Ground Part 2. Summarize what social justice issues were seen that impacted the physiological, political, social, psychological and spiritual human behaviors on the macro (societal, community) and mezzo (family and community) person and environment dimensions of the story in your chosen video.
What role could you play as a social worker in creating and supporting the social movement pictured in your chosen video. How would you go about facilitating and specifically intervene using Hutchison’s “Political Process Perspective?” What mobilizing elements could be brought into action to forward the social reform movement that you are professionally supporting connected to your chosen video? What recommended guidelines would you apply as a professional social worker to facilitate engagement, assessment, intervention and evaluation to forward your movement from the video? Be specific.
Integrate in-text cited content from the text and from one additional supplemental reading.
Hutchison -Ch. 14 pp. 427 – 456
Article: Yu, K. (2012). Formal organizations and identity groups in social movements. Human Relations (New York), 65(6), 753-776. (FHSU Library)
Article: Clayton, D. M. (2018). Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement: A Comparative Analysis of Two Social Movements in the United States. Journal of Black Studies, 49(5), 448-480. (FHSU Library)
Article:Valocchi, S. (2017). Capitalisms and Gay Identities: Towards a Capitalist Theory of Social Movements. Social Problems (Berkeley, Calif.), 64(2), 315-331. (FHSU Library)