SIT graduate course to focus on Bernie Sanders and his 'political revolution'
August 2, 2017
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A policy advocacy course at SIT Graduate Institute will have an added focus this fall: the “political revolution” ignited by the 2016 presidential primary campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and the massive grassroots organizing that has erupted following the election of Donald Trump.
“Many consider these developments to be the largest political mobilization in U.S. history since the anti-Vietnam war movement,” said SIT Sustainable Development Professor Emeritus Jeff Unsicker, who will teach the course.
SIT already has one of the most comprehensive policy advocacy curricula of any graduate school in the United States. Unsicker led the curriculum development and his teaching, consulting, and activism were the basis for his book, Confronting Power: The Practice of Policy Advocacy, which is considered one of the primary resources in the field.
“Today, most social justice-oriented organizations — including NGOs, unions, professional associations, community-based organizations and policy think tanks — need highly competent staff who can lead efforts to influence the policies of governments and corporations,” Unsicker noted.
Through coursework, professional practicums in the field, and capstone papers, students in Vermont and SIT’s Washington, D.C. Center become uniquely qualified for those types of jobs. “The added course focus will give students the option of honing their policy advocacy competencies for key roles in people-centered political campaigns and organizations that support new social movements,” said Unsicker.
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