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SOWK 306 : Social Welfare History & Contemporary Issues: Assignment

Assignment

Contribution Presentation

The contributions of people of color in the history of American social welfare are inadequately presented. Students will identify an individual who has significantly contributed to social welfare and present information on the individual in a video using Zoom. If you have a username and password to check your SU email or to get into MyClasses, then you can log into your SU Zoom account. Here is information on how to access and use your SU Zoom account: https://kb.salisbury.edu/display/TSC/Getting+Started+with+Zoom.

The video presentation can be completed in PowerPoint, Prezi, or another platform. The video presentation should be creative and engaging with multimedia (e.g. photos, short video clips) with few words written on the slides. The video should be less than 7 minutes (but a minimum of 5 minutes).

In this professional presentation, students are expected to address:

1) the era in which the contribution was made and a brief background of the individual, 2) specific contributions made by the individual, and

3) the impact on the lives of marginalized individuals and society as a whole.  

Students will incorporate course material as well as at least 3 outside references (The references should be listed on the back).  ​

Because the contributions of these individuals are sometimes minimized, overlooked, and in some cases, ignored, there may be limited information.  It is the learner’s responsibility to be aware of the amount of information prior to selection.

List of People of Color

  • Addie Waites Hunton

    Anita Rose Williams

    Antonia Pantoja

    Carmen Rivera de Alvarado

    Carrie Steele

    Cesar Chavez

    Consuelo Gosnell

    Dorothy Height

    Edith Spurlock Sampson

    Edward Franklin Frazier

    Elizabeth Ross Haynes

    Ellen Craft

    Ernesto Galarza

    Forrester Blanchard Washington

    George Edmund Haynes

    Ida B. Wells-Barnett

    Inabel Burns Lindsay

    Philip A Randolph

    Jane Edna Hunter

    Janie Porter Barrett

    James R. Dumpson

    Lawrence Augusta Oxley

    Leah Katherine Hicks Manning

    Lester Blackwell Granger

    Lugenia Burns Hope

    Margarita Huantes

    Mary McLeod Bethune

    Maggie Lena Walker

    Petroamerica Pagan de Colon

    Ronald Lewis

    Rosa Park

    Sara A. Collins Fernandis

    Soledad Rodriguez Pastor

    Thyra J. Edwards

    Whitney M. Young

    William Still