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- Affiliation: University of Calgary
Avery Calhoun is an associate professor of social work at the University of Calgary.
Books by Avery Calhoun
Activism that Works
Edited by Avery Calhoun, Elizabeth Whitmore, Maureen G. Wilson
How can we understand “success” in relation to social justice and environmental activism? How do activists themselves determine or define their effectiveness? Activism That Works shares the stories of eight diverse social justice movements, from Oxfam Canada, to the Calgary Raging Grannies, to the Youth Project of Halifax, as they contemplate their own successes. What we discover is that success is not measured only in large-scale social reform but is also found in moments of connection… (more information)