Class 7: Barriers and Resilience
Although we’d all likely wish for a world where everyone always experiences hope, it simply isn’t the case. Social identity, wealth, location, and personal factors can each create significant barriers to hope. Today, we’ll break down how lived experience and identity affect hope, both in our own lives and beyond.
Learning Goals:
- Explain how “situatedness” might impact hopefulness
- Connect your experiences and identities to issues and events in the St. Louis region
- Articulate historical and contemporary challenges to hope and human flourishing in St. Louis
To-Do (Prior to Class):
- Read Austin Channing Brown “Standing in the Shadow of Hope“
- Read American Dream Report
- Read “Unequal Hopes and Lives in the U.S.“
In Class:
- Mapping Barriers to Hope in St. Louis
For Further Investigation: