Instructor Name: Kristin Teigen
CRN: 63548
Marketing to Fight Women’s Homelessness: Students in this Capstone will learn about homelessness, housing policy and issues of women in poverty while partnering with Rose Haven. Rosehaven is a women’s day shelter which welcomes women off the street and addresses needs by offering life sustaining services and assistance. Students will support the work of Rosehaven by providing marketing support for its annual Reigning Roses Walk, which helps create awareness and raise support to serve 2,400...
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Instructor Name: Lindsey Schuhmacher
CRN: 63503, 80926, 80928
Welcome to "Embracing Size Diversity!" This course focuses on weight stigma as a social and cultural construction, examining the relationship between discrimination caused by body size and gender, race, ability, and social class. Students use social justice and healthcare perspectives to question weight bias and explore ways in which we can resist sizeism individually and collectively. Emphasis is placed on the Health at Every Size™ (HAES) approach to wellness as well as advocating for size...
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Community Health social justice Activism Gender social movements Online or Hybrid Courses Hybrid or Fully online social change Sociology Disabilities
Instructor Name: George Haley
CRN: 44472, 63527
According to Communities of Color in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, “In total, people of color in 2008 (by traditional Census Bureau counts) comprise 26.3% of the population of the county. When we add the Slavic community to these data, […] the size of the community totals over 200,000 residents." A large number of these residents are immigrants and refugees. The Coalition report finds that these communities face sharp disparities compared to whites in education, income, poverty, and...
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Immigration Refugees
Instructor Name: Megan Kupko
CRN: 63495, 80913
The time is ripe to be part of the growing sustainable food movement! This class addresses the current food issues that face urban citizens by holistically engaging students in the many layers of Portland's local food and farm culture. Students will critically analyze the state of our current food systems while being engaged in positive solutions to agricultural-related issues. The community partner and classroom is the Learning Gardens Lab, where students will gain hands-on farming...
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Education-Youth Sustainability Community Health Science
Instructor Name: Deborah Rutt
CRN: 63531, 80910
Drawing on personal narratives, political theory, sociological texts, and film, this course will offer an introduction to the experience of incarceration for women, and engage students in collaborative work in support of PSU’s Higher Education in Prison Program and Project Rebound
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Criminal & Juvenile Justice
Instructor Name: Amie Riley, Mercedes Elizalde
CRN: 63496
Is our region’s homelessness crisis getting worse or getting better? In this Capstone you will dive into the complex challenges of affordable housing and homelessness, confronting our country, city, and campus community. Students will engage directly with community activists and experts to problem solve and advocate for holistic solutions within our political, economic, and health systems. Course assignments and Capstone student projects will work to change narratives, implement creative...
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Hunger Homelessness Food security; Food insecurity; University students; College campus;