{"id":35046,"date":"2026-01-08T10:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=35046"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:20:11","slug":"a-resource-for-students-on-social-movements-and-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=35046","title":{"rendered":"a resource for students on social movements and activism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storypreservation.org\/peter-levine-the-foundations-of-american-democracy\">interview with the Story Preservation Initiative<\/a>, I discuss &#8220;landmark cases and civic turning points\u2014including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, B<em>rown v. Board of Education<\/em>, the United Farm Workers boycott, and Watergate\u2014to illustrate how people came together to reinforce core democratic principles of equality, justice, and the rule of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording and related documents are meant as a resource for teachers and students, particularly in high schools.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also discuss &#8220;the &#8216;nuts-and-bolts&#8217; skills young people need to participate effectively in civic life\u2014how communities organize, how coalitions form, and how citizens can work together to effect change.&#8221; And I mention &#8220;skills that support meaningful participation, including listening, debating, respecting opposing viewpoints, and learning from history.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recorded interview with the Story Preservation Initiative, I discuss &#8220;landmark cases and civic turning points\u2014including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Brown v. Board of Education, the United Farm Workers boycott, and Watergate\u2014to illustrate how people came together to reinforce core democratic principles of equality, justice, and the rule of law.&#8221; This recording and related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,31,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocating-civic-education","category-audio-and-video","category-nonviolence"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35046"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35076,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046\/revisions\/35076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}