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?
Activities
  1. Create name plates
  2. Name Game Icebreaker
  3. Syllabus Review
  4. Class Norms/Needs/Wants/Expectations for: Self as Participant, Classmates/Instructors as Facilitator, Self as Facilitator, Classmates/Instructors as Facilitators
Check out-One thing you found interesting about someone's story of their name
Assignments due next class Week 2-Riding the Feminist Waves
Check in-When was the first time you recognized the impact of your identity on how you navigate the world?
Activities
  1. Questions/Concerns regarding Syllabus
  2. Explanation about CAP
  3. Videos for small and large group discussion a) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj23X2ngUQs b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc0xwxae6Q4
Check out-One thing new that you learned & one thing that you still have a question about
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
Week 3-Mothers, Other Mothers, Expectations, & Self
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
  1. Watch in class The Joy Luck Club
Check out-How do your identities impacts the presence of/or lack thereof expectations regarding marriage, and motherhood?
​Assignments due for next class
  • Submission of organization/initiative for CAP
  • TBCMB Part II
  • Insight 3
Week 4-Mothers, Other Mothers, Expectations, & Self continued
Check in-One thing your mother/other mother has passed down to you
Activities​
  1. Continuing watching The Joy Luck Club
  2. Family Tree activity
  3. Think, Pair, Share
Check out-Recommend your favorite movie that centers mother/daughter relationships
Assignments due for next class Week 5-Ain't I A Woman? 
Check in-How do you define womanhood for yourself? For others? In society? Why?
Activities
  1. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdxsQ0Qsrc
  2. Special Guest Lecturer: WOC Solidarity on College Campuses
  3. WOC solidarity on campus partner brainstorming activity
Check out-One interesting that you found out about your partner from today's activity
Assignments due next class
  • Insight 5
  • Work on CAP
Week 6-No lecture, 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
  1. Community Action Project presentations 
Check out-How do you plan to spend your break?
Assignments due next class
  • Insight 6
  • Rest, relax, release while on break!
Week 9-Break
Assignments due for next class Week 10- For All Sisters, Not Just Cis-sters
Check in-Share something you did over break
Activities
  1. Small/Large group discussion on TBCMB Part IV
  2. Special Guest Lecturer: Homophobia and Transphobia in womxn's liberation spaces and movements
Check out-In the spirit of womxnism and moving us closer towards liberation, what is one way that you can personally combat homophobia and transphobia in your sphere of influence?
Assignments due next class
  • TBCMB Part V
  • Insight 8
Week 11-Womxnism as Theory & Praxis Outside of the United States
Check in-Name a womxn who inspires you that was born outside of the United States. Why do they inspire you?
Activities
  1. Watch https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/lecture/
  2. Discussion of reading and video
​Check out-Brainstorm one action you can take to advocate/amplify the voices of our sisters who live abroad
Assignments due for next class Week 12-"But I Made Lemonade"
Check in-How do you center joy in your life?
Activities
  1. Questions about final project
  2. Watch Lemonade visual audio
  3. Journal activity
  4. Discussion about art, the personal, and womxnism
Check out-Share a self-care tip
Assignments due next class
  • TBCMB Part V and Appendix
  • Insight 10
Week 13-Dreaming of Liberation
Check in-What does liberation look like to you?​
Activities
  1. Visualizing a womxnist world activity
  2. Presentation of Womxnist World
  3. Journal Activity: Womxnism as personal, communal, and universal
Check out-Share one way that you will practice womxnism personally and communally as part of a larger womxnist universe
Assignments due next class
  • Insight 11
  • Come prepared to discuss final projects
  • Bring laptops/tablets/mobile device for course evaluation
Week 14-All about the final
Check in-Share how you have practiced womxnism since the last time we were together
Activities
  1. Final Project Q&A 
  2. Opportunity to complete course evaluations
Check out-Open Mic
Assignments due next class
  • Work on final project
Week 15-Study Week: No lecture, work on Final Project
Week 16-Final Project Due