Harvard University is now offering free online classes in citizen activism. A course description reads:
Understand what it looks like when rights are not protected and how constitutional democracies are designed to secure rights
Understand how and why U.S. democracy was built as it was, how it has changed over time, and what the levers of change are in this constitutional democracy
Move from “I” to “We” in order to connect your own interests with those of broader communities, with awareness of how a diversity of perspectives and experiences can be integrated in the story of what U.S. democracy has been historically and can be in the future.
Self-paced seven week sessions are taught by Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant Professor at Harvard, a political philosopher, columnist for the Atlantic and Washington Post and Director of the The Democratic Knowledge Project, a K-16 civics education curriculum. More information and registration here.
