WGSS 225 - Advocacy and the Advocate

(3 S.H.)

This course will introduce the models of advocacy, the need for advocacy work, role of the advocate, and the types of advocacy, as well as the unique issues of self-care related to professional advocacy work. This course will define wellness and describe the barriers to wellness, including those inherent in the intersections of sex, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and ability. This course will engage those from an interdisciplinary perspective. Meets GOAL 9. Grade only.

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