People-powered social movements are creating the conditions for significant institutional and policy changes, and students will analyze the characteristics, phases, motivations, and demands of such movements encompassing health equity, climate change, racial, immigrant and gender equality, and economic justice in the US and beyond. How do these movements meaningfully influence public policy solutions? What is the role of social media, technology, group identity, and community organizing? What are the connections between social movements and the nonprofit sector? Particular attention will be given to analyzing how these movements are shaping the public policies of current and past presidential Administrations.