Course Outline*
*Dates/topics subject to change to meet course needs
**Although I have never met her in real life, I would like to give credit to Bilphena Yahwon and Nnennaya Amuchie, in which their womanism syllabus encouraged me to create one to add to herstory. thank you!
Week 1-What is in a name?
Check in-What is the story behind your name?
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Check in-When was the first time you recognized the impact of your identity on how you navigate the world?
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Check in-Think about the relationship with your mother or any other maternal figure you had growing up. What was it like? How do you view this person outside of the things they have contributed to your family and/or community?
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Check in-One thing your mother/other mother has passed down to you
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Check in-How do you define womanhood for yourself? For others? In society? Why?
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Week 7-No lecture, work on CAP, participation notes due next class
Week 8-Midterm
Check in-One thing that has made you smile since the last time we were together
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Check in-Share something you did over break
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Check in-Name a womxn who inspires you that was born outside of the United States. Why do they inspire you?
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Check in-How do you center joy in your life?
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Check in-What does liberation look like to you?
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Check in-Share how you have practiced womxnism since the last time we were together
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Week 16-Final Project Due
Check in-What is the story behind your name?
Activities
- Create name plates
- Name Game Icebreaker
- Syllabus Review
- Class Norms/Needs/Wants/Expectations for: Self as Participant, Classmates/Instructors as Facilitator, Self as Facilitator, Classmates/Instructors as Facilitators
Assignments due next class
- Seriously review syllabus
- Watch "The Origin of the Phrase 'Woman of Color'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vl34mi4Iw&t=2s
- Read "What's in a name? Womanism, Black Feminism, & Beyond" by Patricia Hill Collins https://www.jstor.org/stable/41068619?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
- Read "Who Can be a Womanist?" https://www.gradientlair.com/post/62671175278/who-can-be-a-womanist
- Insight 1
Check in-When was the first time you recognized the impact of your identity on how you navigate the world?
Activities
- Questions/Concerns regarding Syllabus
- Explanation about CAP
- Videos for small and large group discussion a) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj23X2ngUQs b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc0xwxae6Q4
Assignments due next class
- Seriously review syllabus
- Research for CAP
- In Search of Our Mother's Gardens (ISOOMG) pg 66-71, 158-171. 231-244
- This Bridge Called My Back (TBCMB) pg xiii-xliii, Part I
- Encyclopedia of Motherhood "Other Mothering" entry https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/motherhood/n523.xml
- Insight 2
Check in-Think about the relationship with your mother or any other maternal figure you had growing up. What was it like? How do you view this person outside of the things they have contributed to your family and/or community?
Activities
- Watch in class The Joy Luck Club
Assignments due for next class
- Submission of organization/initiative for CAP
- TBCMB Part II
- Insight 3
Check in-One thing your mother/other mother has passed down to you
Activities
- Continuing watching The Joy Luck Club
- Family Tree activity
- Think, Pair, Share
Assignments due for next class
- TBCMB Part III
- Read "How White Feminist Oppress Black Woman" https://chacruna.net/how-white-feminists-oppress-black-women-when-feminism-functions-as-white-supremacy/
- Insight 4
- Work on CAP
Check in-How do you define womanhood for yourself? For others? In society? Why?
Activities
- Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdxsQ0Qsrc
- Special Guest Lecturer: WOC Solidarity on College Campuses
- WOC solidarity on campus partner brainstorming activity
Assignments due next class
- Insight 5
- Work on CAP
Week 7-No lecture, work on CAP, participation notes due next class
Week 8-Midterm
Check in-One thing that has made you smile since the last time we were together
Activities
- Community Action Project presentations
Assignments due next class
- Insight 6
- Rest, relax, release while on break!
Assignments due for next class
- TBCMB Part IV
- Read "Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism: What Exactly is it & Why does it hurt?" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transexclusionary-radical-terf_b_5632332
- Insight 7
Check in-Share something you did over break
Activities
- Small/Large group discussion on TBCMB Part IV
- Special Guest Lecturer: Homophobia and Transphobia in womxn's liberation spaces and movements
Assignments due next class
- TBCMB Part V
- Insight 8
Check in-Name a womxn who inspires you that was born outside of the United States. Why do they inspire you?
Activities
- Watch https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/lecture/
- Discussion of reading and video
Assignments due for next class
- Read "Lemonade is a Womanist Manifesto" https://www.revelist.com/real-talk/lemonade-womanism-essay/1978
- Read "Beyond Say" https://www.ncurproceedings.org/ojs/index.php/NCUR2017/article/view/2244
- Insight 9
- Think about final project
Check in-How do you center joy in your life?
Activities
- Questions about final project
- Watch Lemonade visual audio
- Journal activity
- Discussion about art, the personal, and womxnism
Assignments due next class
- TBCMB Part V and Appendix
- Insight 10
Check in-What does liberation look like to you?
Activities
- Visualizing a womxnist world activity
- Presentation of Womxnist World
- Journal Activity: Womxnism as personal, communal, and universal
Assignments due next class
- Insight 11
- Come prepared to discuss final projects
- Bring laptops/tablets/mobile device for course evaluation
Check in-Share how you have practiced womxnism since the last time we were together
Activities
- Final Project Q&A
- Opportunity to complete course evaluations
Assignments due next class
- Work on final project
Week 16-Final Project Due