Social Justice Leadership Pioneers Paper10 points
In your first paper, you chose a social justice issue that you are interested in, and passionate about.
You described/defined this social justice issue and provided information about the prevalence
(locally and nationally), and population(s) most affected/vulnerable. You also provided a short
explanation as to why you are interested in this social justice issue. You then identified a local (San
Diego/San Marcos-based) social change initiative, project, or organization relevant to the issue
you’ve chosen.
In this assignment, you will be identifying people in US history who have made (or are currently
making) a considerable difference in this social change issue/movement.
In this short (3 page) paper, you are required to research THREE influential people who have
contributed to positive social change in the topic that you have chosen. Students should focus on
the actions these people have taken to influence change using the 7 values (C’s) of leadership for
social change. You might want to include how these leaders have engaged in collective action and
worked with others in socially responsible ways.
For example, if you chose food insecurity for your social change issue and the San Diego Hunger
Coalition as your organization working to fight, change, advance this social change issue…then you
would want to search for and report on three people in United States history that have contributed
to positive change regarding food insecurity.
You may do a search for “Food Insecurity Pioneers” or “Leaders in Food Insecurity” or “People
fighting against food insecurity” in your search engine. Perhaps you find information about several
people including Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm, Anna Prizzia, George W. Jenkins, and
Regina Andersen. You will want to do enough research on each of these leaders to narrow the
down to the three you will choose to report on in this paper.
You will want to have a heading for each person:
Food Insecurity Pioneer 1: Fannie Lou Hamer
Food Insecurity Pioneer 2: George W. Jenkins
Food Insecurity Pioneer #3: Anna Prizzia
Social Justice Pioneers Paper Rubric
Named/identified three influential people in U.S. history working to influence positive social
change on the student’s chosen social justice issue _____/1.5 points
Described in detail the actions that each person has taken to influence social change on the
student’s social justice issue _____/3 points
Described how each person influenced or influences change using the 7 values (C’s) of leadership
for social change _____/3 points
Overall organization and quality including grammar, mechanics, and formatting _____/2.5 points
Total _____/10 points