Social Activism and the First Amendment

The service learning course is a 400- level University Honors seminar titled Social Activism and the First Amendment.  The course will focus on inequality in public education and will require students to examine the guarantees of the First Amendment (i.e,  freedom of speech, freedom of press, peaceful assembly, and the right to petition the government for  redress of a grievance) through a partnership with the Dayton Public School System and projects focusing on activism.  Throughout the class, students will demonstrate public advocacy skills need to be members of an educated citizenry.  Students will reflect on their learning though weekly journals, assignments, and the completion of the capstone project.