Monday, October 31, 2011

Class Action

I recently came across a group, Class Action, that is dedicated to putting an end to classism.  While this may be unfeasible in many instances their heart is in the right place and they have many exciting ideas they have put into action.  Through the use of training, consulting, workshops, and other various forms of raising awareness they educate the community in beginning to see and understand classism so that they can work towards ending it.  They have 6 main goals in mind when educating others that I found on their website, classism.org, that I have listed below.


  1. Help individuals develop class awareness
  2. Explore intersections between race and class
  3. Address class barriers and class privilege
  4. Build bridges across the class divide
  5. Assist institutions in becoming more equitable
  6. Promote economic justice
Class Action has created an entire page entitled, Bring Class Action to You, that deals with raising awareness in your local community.  In order to begin to make a change and help those around us see the negative effects that classism has on society we must take a stance and start somewhere.  Please visit classism.org to learn more about how to start educating your community today.
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4 comments:

  1. Jamie MaeOctober 31, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    I am a student studying school psychology at CSULB. I am so happy to have found this blog! We often discuss diversity issues in school, including those pertaining to class. I look forward to reading your blog to supplement what I'm learning in class. Thanks :)

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  2. AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    I am a parent as well as a member of the educational field. As to the goals of the organization as itemized by you, I find that #1 will instruct children to look for differences that will alienate more than it will assimilate. As for #6, it is not educations job to promote economic justice. It is their job to educate, period.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 17, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    I think this is a really helpful post that truly shows there are things everyone can do to help stop classism

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2013 at 6:14 AM

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