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Theory of Change

My internship main approach to making social change is through campaigns. This approach is used to change certain laws that are not beneficial to the students of Providence. The approach to making social change relies heavily on enrolling Providence students, which is what my internship is struggling with. The campaigns my internship hosts are based on the rights of providence students. The campaigns are done by Providence students expressing their right and what they want the school board and/or the house of representative to change.

5-20-2013 protest school closures More than just a test score Sarah-ji.jpgTwo of many successful campaigns PSU students had were the "Walk in our Shoes" and "More Than a Test Score" campaigns. The "Walk in Our Shoes campaign focused on getting decision-makers to experience what it was like for many students to get to school, with the goal of reducing the minimum home-to-school radius required for a bus pass. PSU pushed the City to reduce the radius to 2.5 miles in 2015 and to 2 miles in 2016, allowing over 1800 additional students annually to be eligible for bus passes." The "More Than a Test Score" campaign challenged Rhode Island's testing policy by leading the "fight against the policy and ultimately eliminated the requirement in all Rhode Island schools."

One of the problems they are trying to solve is to have students have a say in their education.

The Providence Student Union assigns delegates to each providence school chapters. This is done so the students from each chapter could get involve and build student power, which is how the mission of PSU is supported. In addition to being in connection with the mission statement, it is another way to encourage student to bring change in their schools.


I am not sure of my internship's theory of change, but I assume it is through campaigns which builds student power.

Providence Student Union

Comments

  1. Victoria RestlerFebruary 14, 2018 at 8:57 AM

    Thanks for sharing this Angie. Yes, I think you're right about PSU's model of building student power through issue campaigns that are meant to change laws. I would love to see an example of how PSU has done this or plans to do it with current campaigns.

    Best
    Victoria

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  2. UnknownFebruary 14, 2018 at 1:30 PM

    Thanks. I included two of many campaigns PSU had.

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