April 15: Aly Shaw, M.A., Research Analyst, LittleSis
A Witness in Residence Initiative Featuring
“Researching Structures of Power: Strategies for Resourceful Social Transformation”
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Democratic movements for social justice, both local and global, inevitably face organized and powerful opposition. Movements for change must overcome entrenched political, economic and social structures. They succeed when they are able to use their often-limited resources and power strategically. This is where power researchers like Aly Shaw and her colleagues at LittleSis come in. Researching and analyzing the structure of power can help movements identify who holds power and how power works. By mapping power, researchers can help democratic and grassroots movements plan action that brings people into the movement in ways that affect and transform power. Hear how LittleSis thinks about strategic power research, works directly with movement groups to apply research tools, and how anyone can research power to create social change.
Aly Shaw, M.A., is a Research Analyst working on the state power mapping program at LittleSis, in Pittsburgh, PA. She previously spent 8 years as an environmental justice organizer at Pittsburgh UNITED and a labor organizer at UFCW Local 1776. Over the years, she has led campaigns to prevent the privatization of Pittsburgh’s water system, to make drinking water safer and more affordable, and organized grocery store workers to win higher wages and safer working conditions during the COVID 19 pandemic. She received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and her Master’s in Public Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.
Sponsored by The Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau Witness in Residence Initiative and the Dean’s Office of the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, in collaboration with the Department of Global Studies
The Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau Witness in Residence Initiative in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences seeks to encourage conversations about issues pertaining to human rights and issues of social relevance in the United States and globally. Thanks to generous donors from the community, the initiative provides study abroad scholarships which fund students’ related study-abroad experiences. Students who received the Aliaga-Buchenau Study Abroad Scholarship to study abroad during Spring Break or the Summer Semester have studied in such places as Bolivia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Cuba and Panama. Learn More About the Witness in Residence Initiative
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Tuesday, April 15
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Rowe Arts Building, Room 130
9119 Mary Alexander Rd, Charlotte, NC 28223
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