Week 1

Tuesday, February 12

• Welcome and introduction to our research questions and work plan.

Thursday, February 14

• “How Should We Prepare Students to Address the Challenges of our Time?” Jonathan Isham. Currents in Teaching and Learning. 2018. 10(2): 2–8. (ERES)
• “The Green New Deal: Movements (Finally) Get Visionary Again.” George Lakey. Yes! Journalism for People Building a New World. Posted January 28, 2019.
• LAB SESSION: meeting with the working group of Vision for Vermont.

Week 2

Tuesday, February 19

• “What Do We Mean We When Say, ‘Building the Beloved Community’?” Carl Gregg. patheos. March 31, 2015.
• “The Path of Contentious Citizenship.” Michele Moody-Adams in To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry. Harvard University Press (2018). (ERES)
• “Fundi- The Enduring Leadership Legacy of Civil Rights Activist Ella Baker.” Stephen Preskill. Advancing Women in Leadership Online Journal Volume 18, Spring 2005.
• “John Lewis: Love In Action.” Please listen to this Interview with Krista Tippett. January 26, 2017.

Thursday, February 21

• Preliminary discussion of research design.
• LAB SESSION: Conversations with Liz Barratt-Brown, Senior Attorney at the Natural Resources Council; and Sue Halpern, Scholar-in-Residence at Middlebury College. Watch these examples of “How did you get here” videos from Sue Halpern’s Narrative Journalism Fellows:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Ze5D3wK-Q
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gH2E40OJx0
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdEi4AwI8ek
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZEfRqZItE4

Week 3

Tuesday, February 26

• Going Up the Country: How the Counterculture Changed Vermont and Offers Hope for America.  Yvonne Daley. 2018. University Press of New England.

Thursday, February 28

• Discussion of Going Up the Country.
• LAB SESSION: Andy Kolovos, Associate Director and Archivist at the Vermont Folklife Center.
• First draft of discussion paper #1 (submit via Canvas by Sunday, March 3 at 10:00PM).

Week 4

Tuesday, March 5

• Ignition: What You Can Do To Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement.  Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage, Eds. 2007. Island Press. Introduction (Bill McKibben) and Chapter 1 (Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage). (ERES)
• “Inside the Sunrise Movement (it didn’t happen by accident).” Mark K. Matthews, Nick Bowlin and Benjamin Hulac. Climatewire. December 3, 2018.
• “The Story Behind the Green New Deal’s Meteoric Rise.” Sam Adler-Bell. The New Republic. February 6, 2019.
• “The Green New Deal, explained.” Dave Roberts. Vox. February 7, 2018.
• “Climate Change Is Scary—Not the Green New Deal.” Bill McKibben. Yes! Journalism for People Building a New World. Posted February 214, 2019.
• Dianne Feinstein on Saturday Night Live. March 2, 2018.

Thursday, March 7

• Class time and LAB SESSION: Work in groups.
• Final draft of discussion paper #1 (submit via Canvas by Sunday, March 10 at 10:00PM).

Week 5

Tuesday, March 12

• Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right – and How We Can, Too.  George Lakey. 2017. Melville House Publishing.
• “Viking Economics with George Lakey.” Talk at Middlebury College. March 14, 2018.

Thursday, March 14

• Oral progress reports for peer feedback, project working session.
• LAB SESSION: Angela Evancie, managing editor for podcasts and The Brave Little State at Vermont Public Radio. Listen to these examples:
  • “Those ‘Aging Hippies’ Who Moved To Vermont … Where Are They Now?” June 8, 2018 episode of “The Brave Little State.“
  • “Why Are There So Many African-Americans Incarcerated In Vermont?” November 2, 2018 episode of “The Brave Little State.“

Week 6

Tuesday, March 19

• “COP 15: The Untold Story.” Jonathan Isham. Grist. December 19, 2009.
• “The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal.” Naomi Klein. The Intercept. November 27, 2018.
• Visit with Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College.

Thursday, March 21

• Mid-course sharing of ideas with Middlebury faculty and staff.
• LAB SESSION: check-in with the working group of Vision for Vermont.

Friday, March 22: completion of interviews with VfV partners

Week 7

Tuesday, April 2

• One-on-one group consultations and cross-group collaboration.

Thursday, April 4

• Class time and LAB SESSION: Work in groups.

Week 8

Tuesday, April 9

• What have we learned? Assessing the beloved community in 2019 – visit with Yvonne Daley.

Thursday, April 11

• Class time and LAB SESSION: Work in groups.

Week 9

Tuesday, April 16

• Work in groups.

Thursday, April 18

• Oral progress reports for peer feedback, project working session.
• LAB SESSION: check-in with the working group of Vision for Vermont.

Friday, April 19: completion of interviews with other Vermonters

Week 10

Tuesday, April 23

• Work in groups.

Thursday, April 25

• Presentation brainstorming and prep
• LAB SESSION: visit with Oratory Now tutors.

Week 11

Tuesday, April 30

• Practicing colloquium presentations.

Thursday, May 2

• Project group work.
• LAB SESSION: dress rehearsal of colloquium presentations.

Friday, May 3: completion of podcasts

Week 12

Tuesday, May 7

• Final rehearsal of colloquium presentations.

Thursday, May 9

• Visit with George Lakey.
• Presentation at the Howard Woodin Colloquium.
• LAB SESSION: class debrief and celebration at the Coltrane Lounge (details TBD).