Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action
Video and Multimedia
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Video Links
Video 1: How Online Social Movements Translate to Offline Results
Description: With so many social movements being formed online, it’s important to understand what motivates people to resist offline—and what doesn’t. PBS investigates.
Video 2: What the World Needs to Know About Black Lives Matter
Description: Activists describe Black Lives Matter.
Video 3: Social Movements-Khan Academy
Description: This video explores who joins social movements and why.
Audio Links
Audio 1: Diane Wolk-Rogers: What My Students Taught Me About Inspiring a Movement
Description: In the wake of the March for Our Lives, this talk discusses the ways that youth often spearhead social change and how they do it.
Audio 2: Why #MeToo Happened in 2017
Description: Shankar Vedantam discusses the social climate that precipitated the rise of the #MeToo movement.
Audio 3: Women of Color Assess the Impact of the Women’s March
Description: Some have criticized the Women’s March of appealing to white feminists to the detriment of women of color. In this segment, women discuss the implications and effect of the march.
Article Link
Article 1: Social Movements Will Put an End to War as We Know It
Description: This quartz article charts the growth of social movements and what it may mean for war.