Monday May 4

Objective: To better understand the ways that change can be enacted within our government and identify key stakeholders that we might work with to enact change.

Entry:

What type of government system do we have in the United States?
Is our state government also that system?
What types of power can people use/leverage to enact political change?

Activity:

Homework (if not done in class):

Who represents you?

Tuesday May 5

Objective: To continue our understanding of the economic system we are a part of and its possibilities for change. Also, to discover what local people are doing to try to make our system more restorative?

Entry:

Who thrives in a capitalist economy?
Who survives?
Who Loses?
What are our restorative alternatives?

Activity:

Local change case studies
Partner group research: Who specifically is working to enact change in your topic area for the week?
- Research Prompts:
  - Identify local stakeholders:
    - Who is responsible for the system?
    - Who benefits from the system?
    - Who pays for it (with money or other resources)?
    - Where do the inputs of the system come from?
    - What are the unintended outcomes?
    - Who bears the brunt of the impact?

Wednesday/ Thursday May 6/7

Objective: To be able to describe the local stakeholders taking action on your week's research topic and work on your group's infographic.

Activity:

Research:
Identify local stakeholders pursuing alternatives to the current system.
- Provide details about the alternative
  - Identify impacted human stakeholders
  - Identify other than human impacted stakeholders
Explore and describe our possible paths forward.
- Consider the alternative from the perspective of one or more of the stakeholders who may be negatively impacted.
- Consider the alternative from the perspective of one or more of the stakeholders who may be positively impacted
Finish infographic
...Outside time?!?! Outside time!!

Friday May 8

Objective: To share our work for the week and see the work of our peers.

Activity:

BPC gallery walk!