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(like culture and power differences), and some of the ways that travelers have attempted
to protect their culture and lifestyle in Ireland (such as through the traveler’s social
movement).
MACS 6666 - Social Advocacy for Patients and Clients
This course examines strategies for developing advocacy toward marketing ideas,
achieving buy in from others and shaping opinion. It includes strategies for developing
advocacy on behalf of patients and clients in other settings as well as teaching individuals
and other groups how to bets advocate for themselves. The course will draw upon
research in the fields of persuasion, power relations, and public advocacy. Topics covered
will include: developing messages, context of communicating messages, emotional tenor
of advocacy and creating a persuasive message.
MACS 6667 – Advanced Transitional Justice
War and large scale violence deeply scar individuals and societies. Peace does not come
with the silencing of the guns and the danger of conflict resurgence is extremely high in
the immediate aftermath of hostilities. Long term resolution of conflicts requires that the
damage of past conflicts be addressed so as to enable societies to progress into
peaceable, just futures. Transitional Justice has grown into a new subfield of study and it
addresses some deeply challenging questions arising out of violence. How can societies
torn apart by war, genocide, atrocities, and dictatorships emerge into a new and brighter
future? Can people and citizens deeply scarred by violence learn to forgive, forget and/or
co-exist? Or does true healing require punishment, vengeance, and retribution for crimes
past? In this class we balance moral, legal, and psychotherapeutic theories against the
realities of historical and contemporary examples. We will examine the solutions
proposed so far including the International Criminal Court, Truth Commissions,
Memorializations, Reparations etc. We will look at some specific examplars such as South
Africa, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sri Lanka, Canada, Argentina and others.
MACS 6668 – Organizing Nonviolent Social Change
This is a practice course that aims to provide students with the skills necessary to make
nonviolent social change happen. It grows out of experiences in legislative advocacy in
Washington DC and community mobilization on conflict resolution and federal
appropriations allocations for HIV Aids programming. Students will explore some of the
practicalities of nonviolent social action and how to participate more effectively in
initiatives. Cases of nonviolent struggle, principles of strategy, and the techniques and
methods of nonviolent action will be covered. Some skills covered will be: How to frame
messages for mobilization, how to raise funding (including taking advantage of internet
use), how to work with the media etc. Students will be assigned skill based exercises like
creating posters (hard copy or electronic), writing talking points for legislative testimony
etc. We will use strategies from Gene Sharp and Saul Alinsky (tutor to Hillary Clinton and
President Obama).
MACS 6669 – Theory and Practice of Peace Education
This course will introduce students to the central concepts, theories, current debates and
cutting-edge practices as regards peace education. Essential questions include what
peace education is, experiential learning, how do faculty design curriculum around peace
education, how faculty can address nonviolence in the classroom, best practices in
assisting students to understand the role of power and inequalities in conflict, and how to
facilitate student (and teacher) understanding of entrenched historical conflicts.
