LibGuides: IMPACT MDC Homestead Campus: Changemaker Social Media Campaign

Changemaking at Miami Dade College
Changemaking is rooted in MDC’s history and at the heart of who we are as an educational institution. Changemaker education empowers students by offering opportunities to engage with social and environmental issues and practice creating positive change.
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Creating a Social Media Campaign

Canva
Canva is an online design and publishing tool with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere.

Purpose

To create awareness of discrimination and prejudice against minority groups.

To devise a social media campaign that builds awareness and encourages action to prevent or stop acts of discrimination and prejudice.

To define and understand the difference between discrimination and prejudice.

Prejudice and Discrimination

Harvard Implicit Association Test

Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT)
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is excellent for showing bias and how our unconscious drives our day to day decision making. It helps all of us, from all backgrounds, recognize unconscious/hidden biases which may unknowingly distort our objective evaluation and treatment of others based upon race, gender, religion, culture, etc.

Exploring Current Events Related to Prejudice and Discrimination

New York Post, Kanye West Praises Hitler
Kanye West praised Adolf Hitler and unleashed an anti-Semitic diatribe while wearing a black hood that covered his face and head during a bizarre appearance with Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday.
CNN, Demonstrators in Los Angeles Show Support for Kanye West's Anti-Semitic Remarks
Los Angeles officials are condemning the display of banners from a freeway overpass by a group of demonstrators seen in bystander photos showing support for antisemitic comments recently made by rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye.
CBS, Anti-Semitic Flyers Found Across South Florida
Antisemitic flyers in baggies found across South Florida pop up in Jacksonville neighborhood
Washington Post, Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the U.S. ‘dirtier’
In less than three minutes, Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the United States “dirtier”
The New York Times, Trump Tells Congresswomen to ‘Go Back’ to the Countries They Came From
President Trump said that a group of four minority congresswomen should “go back” to the countries they came from
NPR, Busloads of migrants dropped off near Kamala Harris's home on Christmas Eve
Several busloads of migrants were dropped off outside of the Washington, D.C., residence of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve — apparently the latest in an escalating battle between state officials and the Biden administration over the country's immigration policy.
The New York Times, The Story Behind DeSantis’s Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard
In June, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a budget that set aside $12 million to create a program for transporting unauthorized migrants out of Florida.
Anti Asian activity stats 2023
Anti Muslim Activity stats 2023
Anti-Immigrant Activity 2023

Examples of Social Media Posts

Assignment Components

Due Friday, November 8, 2024

Instagram Story or Post

Due Friday, November 15, 2024

TikTok Style Video

Due Friday, December 6, 2024

Written Reflection (500-750 Words)
Possible In Class Presentation