A social movement activist (you can decide what issue she is focused on) comes to your college to ask your advice about how best to get students at this school actively involved in her movement. What advice would you give her? In particular, what do you see as the main obstacles and opportunities she will have in trying to get students to participate?

 

Research indicates that the people join social movements activism due to various reasons. some of the reasons why people join social movements are;

• because they are aggrieved
• because they have resources to mobilize into action
• because they discontented
• because they are frustrated with their current affairs.

In advising the social movement activist on how best to get students at the school to actively get involved in her movement, i would advise her to check on the following;

• Do research by asking the students what their discontents are and use this as the course of the movement. the students will fully join the movement to fight for the same course.
• Use any current affair which is not auguring well with the students and use the same to motivate the movement.
• Educate the students about the importance of a social movement and create awareness in them so that they fully understand why they should join the movement.
• Interact freely with the students so that the students can identify themselves with her before she starts telling them to join the movement.
• provide the resources required for the movement such as money and food.

Step-by-step explanation

In getting the students to participate in the social movement, the main obstacles will be;

• Absence of resources such as capital to motivate the students
• lack of information about the main agenda of the movement.
• strict rules which do not permit the students participation in such social movements.

opportunities

• the students are informed and hence requires very little awareness
• the students can have a mob psychology effect as they are in a central place.
• students face similar discontents and frustrations and hence they have a common agenda to make them join the movement.