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Social Change & Community Data Partnership
Spring 2019 – Big Data Community Forum
Dmitri Seals, Cal State [email protected]
Social Change Course: A Lot of Work!
The Course: Social Change
Story Maps are a practical intervention grounded in history and theory of social change:
• Weekly readings, reflections, & forum discussions
• Midterm & quizzes
• Practical interventions:
o Story Map w/Call to Action
o Change Plan
o Funding Proposal
Nonprofit Partners – 14 Amazing Organizations
Student Work
Access to Disability Services – and Accurate Data
Mapping assets (service providers) against needs (income & % with disability)
Student Work
Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People
Showing intersectional inequalities: rent burden and racial inequity
Student Work
Economic Development in South LA
Mapping resources within an Empowerment Zone
Student Work
Changing Narratives about Immigrant Youth
Using maps to draw connections between local and global issues
Crucial Support: The Civic and Social Innovation Group
• Civic & Social Innovation Summits: Course redesigns linking social research to practical plans for change.
• Social Change & Community Data Partnership: Follow-on course - practical implementation grounded in theory & history.
• Social Impact Career Connector: students explore models of change and expanding their network for additional career opportunities.
• Social Innovation Prize: teams of students create feasible plans and compete for prize money to help launch real-world initiatives.
• CaSIG Intern Program: Trains students as leaders and advocates - e.g. in this project!
Nonprofit Partners – 14 Amazing Organizations
Next Steps – Ask the Students!
Change Plan: Drawing from the history and theory of social change along with your understanding of community needs and strengths, create a strategy for large-scale change based on the initiatives you design with your chosen community partner.
Funding Proposal: Develop your Change Plan into a formal grant proposal including narrative, budget, and evaluation plan, along with a finalized Story Map. Present your proposal at the Social Change conference during our final period.
Social Change & Community Data Partnership
Thanks to so many partners: professor & staff community @ Cal State LA, City of Los Angeles, community partners, NSF
Dmitri Seals, Cal State [email protected]