OER AT JOHN JAY COLLEGE

OER for HON 202

Leadership for Social Change and the Common Good

Cultural Leadership Approaches

 

 

• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age. In Salsa, Soul, and Spirit. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated. This text is available for free online from the John Jay Library. Use your JJ login.

• Edelman, E. (1992). The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours. In The Measure of Our Success. Beacon Press. Available for free at the Internet Archive. Register for free access.

•  Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2012). The leadership challenge workbook (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass. – this text is available for free online from the John Jay Library.

• Chavez, Cesar. "An organizer's tale: Speeches". Penguin, 2008. This book is not available in the library. However, there is a chapter in Latino/a Thought: Culture, Politics and Society
  called "The Organizer's Tale". Scroll to page 249 for the speech. This is available for free in the Internet Archives. Register for account. Also available in hardback in the library at E184.S75 V38 2003.

• Espiritu, Yen. Home Bound: Filipino American Lives Across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.

• Luther, Eric. Che Guevara (Critical Lives Series) Penguin, 2001. This edition is not available online, but an alternate source is Che Guevara.

• Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: the Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. First paperback edition. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014. Available at Internet Archives...free, just register. Also available in print in the JJ Library at Stacks DT1949.M35 A3 2013b.

• Mills, Kay. "This Little Light of Mine : the Life of Fannie Lou Hamer". New York: Plume, 1994. Print. Available in the JJ Library at Stacks E185.97 .H35 M55 1993b.

• Kitwana, B. (2003). The hip-hop generation: Young blacks and the crisis in African-American culture. Civitas Books.

WEEK 1

• Syllabus, Course expectations
• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age. 
  • Introduction Diversity is Transforming Leadership (pp. 21 - 37)  
  • Part Four: Leadership for a Multicultural Age (pp. 169-237) 

WEEK 2

• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age. 
  • Part One: A New Social Covenant (pp. 38-78)
• Edelman, E. (1992). The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours.
• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age
  • Principle 3: Mi Casa Es Su Casa: A Spirit of Generosity (pp. 65-78)

WEEK 3

• Special Guest: Harriet Lampkin, Esq. presents: “I Rest My Case: Law, Life and Leadership in the Black South”
  • Attend discussion during Community Hour in place of class meeting today – 1:30 – 2:45pm
• Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2012). The leadership challenge workbook (3rd ed.).
  • Chapter 4: Model the Way (pp. 29-48)

WEEK 4

• Special Guests: Drs. Lauren Leigh Kelly, Edmund Adjapong, and Ian Levy present Hip-Hop and Mental Health
• Special Guest: Dr. Tony Keith Jr. presents Ed Emcees
• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age
  • Principle 4: A Leader Among Equals Community-Conferred Leadership (pp 83-93).

WEEK 5

• The Social Change Model of Leadership Development | Central Michigan University
• Leadership For A Better World, Part I 
  • An Overview of the Social Change Model of Leadership Development
• Kitwana, B. (2003). The hip-hop generation: Young blacks and the crisis in African-American culture. Civitas Books.
  • Chapter 6  “Activism in the Hip Hop Community: Redefining Social Responsibility”
• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age.
  • Principle 6: Leaders as Community Stewards

WEEK 6

• Special Guest: Caty Taborda-Whitt presents Surviving the Wilderness: Grad School & Fellowship Applications
• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age.
  • Principle 5: Leaders as Guardians of Public Values

WEEK 7

• Special Guest: Dr. LeConte Dill presents Poetry & Self-Care
• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age.
  • Principle 7: All My Relatives (pp. 139-159)

WEEK 8

• Special Guest: Aysha Upchurch presents Community Leadership & Hip-Hop HERstory
• Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2012). The leadership challenge workbook (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass. – this text is available for free online from the John Jay Library.
  • Chapter 5 : Chapter 5: Inspire a Shared Vision
    • Reflections 1 & 2;
    • Applications 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

WEEK 9

• SPRING BREAK – NO CLASSES

WEEK 10

• In Class Book Circle discussions

WEEK 11

• Guest Speakers: Campus student leaders: Up Close and Personal

• Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2012). The leadership challenge workbook (3rd ed.)
  • Chapter 6: Challenge the Process

WEEK 12

• Ortega-Williams, A., Wernick, L. J., DeBower, J., & Brathwaite, B. (2020). Finding relief in action: The intersection of youth-led community organizing and mental health in Brooklyn, New York City. Youth & Society, 52(4), 618-638.
• Kouzes, J., & Posner B. (2012). The leadership challenge workbook (3rd ed.) 
  • Chapter 8 “Encouraging the Heart”; Applications 3 & 4
• Guest speakers: Campus Cultural Leaders: Up Close and Personal

WEEK 13

• Kitwana, B. (2003). The hip-hop generation: Young blacks and the crisis in African-American culture. Civitas Books.
  • Chapter 5: “Young, Don’t Give a F…, & Black”
  • Chapter 8: “The Challenge of Rap Music”
• Small group practice for campus program presentations

WEEK 14

• Bordas, J. (2012). Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age. 

  • Principle 9 Gracias Gratitude, Hope, and Forgiveness

WEEK 15

• Presentation Week

WEEK 16

• Last Day of Class