Thank you for being a part of Activist Graduate School. We appreciate the effort you’ve put into becoming a better activist. The world needs you. If you haven’t finished the course videos yet, give yourself more time to complete the remaining seminar by extending your access. Plus get invited to student-only online events with top activists.

Stay enrolled for $30/month. Or save money by renewing annually. Cancel anytime.

Extend your access and participate in online events with top activists, like this recent Activist Graduate School chat with Robin Boardman, the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion.

Whether we are campaigning on civil rights, environmental justice, refugee rights or LGBTQIA and women’s rights, the first prerequisite to success is a theory of social change that guides our methods. The range of potential protest tactics is so plentiful—from direct action in the streets to silent prayerful vigils, self-organized worker cooperatives to electoral ballot initiatives—that every activist, whether consciously or not, relies on a theory of change to decide their actions. If the theory of change underlying our activism is false, then our protests are bound to fail.

At the same time, social change is constant and complex, involving factors both within and beyond human control. Often, an unexamined set of assumptions govern—and limit—our attempts to make change. This course intends to refresh and expand our thinking about activism by studying theories of change.  

Course includes a revolutionary discussion with Alicia Garza, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Dr. Lenora Fulani, the first woman to run for President and get on the ballot in all 50 states, and Souta Calling Last, the founder of Indigenous Vision on the question, “Why do protests fail?”

Online students will develop campaign proposals on an issue of their choice.

Course Curriculum

Become a more effective activist as you follow your learning path through the sessions of this online course:

Gain a theoretical understanding of activism that helps your efforts to create social change.

Take time to step back and define your approach to activism.

Join a global network of activists.

Seminar Faculty

Symposium Lecturers