Black American Academic Performance and Access to the Democratic Process A thesis presented to the Faculty of Saybrook University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) in Transformative Social Change by Michael P. Perazzetti Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to initiate a diagnosis and critique of the democratic process with an emphasis upon its relationship to… Read More
Creating a Workshop Prospectus for Nonviolent Social Change Training Introduction The hope for the following is different from a traditional nonviolence workshop in that it incorporates a rough reflexive teaching curriculum to allow participants to critically analyze themselves as well as past state violence and the potential for future state violence that they may encounter, and a reflexive history lesson that explores the possibilities… Read More
Social System Transformation: An Application of Reflexivity to the Planning of an Education Curriculum Introduction This essay attempts to explain a social system transformation, but the history behind it is also a personal one. While my impressions of the educational system in the United States are based on my personal experience and observations, others have written much more eloquently on the subject from years in the profession, John Taylor… Read More