My name is Jeff Sablack.
I am currently a student at Depaul in the Adult Education Program. http://www.snl.depaul.edu/
This is my blog detailing my experiences in:
SW 221 – ELECTRONIC CATALOG OF CIVIC ACTIVISM IN CHICAGO: AN EVOLVING REFERENCE. http://www.snl.depaul.edu/current/registration/course_descriptions.asp#E
This class will chart, categorize, and record all the civic activism and social change organizations working in Chicago and post mini-profiles to a Wikipedia space that the general public will be able to search by type of issue and neighborhood. This publishing project will grow with each class’s contributions and will allow viewers to post comments and add links and other resources. Students will be provided with information about the types of community change organizations working in Chicago and will then have a choice of assignments such as the following: research groups within a specific setting (e.g. recycling); research groups working in a specific community (e.g. Lawndale); research a hero/heroine of social change (e.g. Gail Cincotta); or research a specific incident in Chicago’s social change history (e.g. The Haymarket Riot). Students will also work on the user interface and conduct user experience tests to see how casual viewers use the site. Viewers on the site will be able to browse the organizations by type of issue and neighborhood. This reference will be a significant resource for citizens who want to make a difference in Chicago.
Tom Tresser is the instructor and I am enrolled during the 2006-2007 Spring Quarter.
Here is the catalog: http://chicagoactivism.wordpress.com/
