social movements and social change

Question 1

what is social movement

Answer 1

When people who want social change create an organization that is collective, organized, and sustained and challenges authorities, powerholders, or cultural beliefs and practices
- Organizing takes time and resources

Question 2

what is protests

Answer 2

The most visible part of social movements
* Individual or group act of challenging, resisting, or making demands toward social change
- e.g. demonstrating out in the street with signs

Question 3

what is community-based organising

Answer 3

When individuals become involved in a social movement because of an issue directly affecting their community

Question 4

what is mobilising

Answer 4

Spreading the word and bringing people together to support the goal of a social movement

Question 5

what are the attributes of social movements

Answer 5

Social movements can be progressive, extreme conservative, push for massive or limited social change

Question 6

what is Sociological mindfulness

Answer 6

tuning in to how the social world works
- also means paying attention to the hardships and options other people face
- Mindfulness is useful - helps us see how our lives are intertwined and how our words and deeds help or harm others in nonobvious ways