2020 Resources

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My Visual Story Course Documents

• My Visual Story Fall 2020 Syllabus ( PDF File)
• My Visual Story Fall 2020 Scoring Achievement Guidelines ( PDF File)
• My Visual Story Comic Project Guidelines 2020 ( PDF File)
• My Visual Story Student Inventory ( PDF File)
• Name Your Achievement My Visual Story Fall 2020 ( PDF File)
• Abstract Introduction and YouTube Showcase Guidelines (link to posting page)

Creative Journal Pages:

• • • My Visual Story Creative Journal One: September 28th/October 2nd ( PDF File)
    • My Visual Story Creative Journal Two: October 12 ( PDF File)
    • My Visual Story Creative Journal Three: November 2 ( PDF File)
    • My Visual Story Creative Journal Four: November 9 ( PDF File)
    • My Visual Story Creative Journal Four: November 9 ( MS Word File)

My Visual Story Course Presentations

• My Visual Story Week 5: Power of Images ( PDF File)
• 2 Year Plan Giovanna’s Fall 2020 Slides ( PDF File)

University of Oregon Resources

• UO First-Year Programs: https://fyp.uoregon.edu/
• UO Common Reading: https://fyp.uoregon.edu/common-read
• UO Comics and Cartoon Studies Minor: https://comics.uoregon.edu/?page_id=2
• UO Accessible Education Center: https://aec.uoregon.edu/
• UO Counseling Services: https://counseling.uoregon.edu/
• UO Tutoring and Academic Learning Ctr: https://tlc.uoregon.edu/
• Art Ducko: https://artduckomagazine.wordpress.com/
• UO “Flight Paths”: https://advising.uoregon.edu/flight-paths
• UO “Get Involved” (events and student organizations): https://getinvolved.uoregon.edu/

Comic Book and Graphic Novel Resources

• Nice (though not totally complete of course!) list on Goodreads of the best graphic novels: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/210.Best_Graphic_Novels
• Another nice (but not complete) list of “best” graphic novels from NPR News: https://www.npr.org/2017/07/12/533862948/lets-get-graphic-100-favorite-comics-and-graphic-novels

1619 Project

• UO Common Reading 1619 Project page: https://fyp.uoregon.edu/1619-project
• NY Times 1619 Podcast page: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
• The NY Times 1619 Project page: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

Racism, Racial Injustice, History, Art, and Action

• Comics Against Confederates: Black Lives Matter and the Battle for Graham, North Carolina
• Black Artists Find Ways to Make Their Voices Heard in Portland by Zachary Small
• George Floyd & Anti-Racist Street Art: https://georgefloydstreetart.omeka.net/
• Black Lives Matter | Campus and Community Resources, Information, Messages from the UO Division of Equity and Inclusion
  • Extensive resources, articles, information, and organization links related to Black campus groups, Oregon based organizations and opportunities, news and learning opportunities. https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/black-lives-matter-campus-and-community-resources-information-messages
• Black History Resources UO Libraries:  https://library.uoregon.edu/black-history-resources
• ten-ish Graphic Novels to Read About Social Justice and Racial Discrimination (Comic Years): https://comicyears.com/comics/social-justice-graphic-novels-ten-books-that-will-inspire-you-during-troubled-times/
• Comics As “Bibles” for Civil Rights Struggles (ACLU): https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/comics-bibles-civil-rights-struggles
• Zinn Education Project | Teaching with New York Times 1619 Project: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/teaching-1619-project/

Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism

• Environmental Protection Agency “Get Involved”: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice
• What is Environmental Justice?: https://www.energy.gov/lm/services/environmental-justice/what-environmental-justice
• Graduate Study in Environmental Justice: https://www.energy.gov/lm/services/environmental-justice/youthstudent-opportunities
• Environmental Protection Agency 2020 Action Agenda: https://www.energy.gov/lm/services/environmental-justice/interagency-activities-and-resources
• History of the Social Movement of Environmental Justice: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/environmental-justice-movement
• Definition and Examples of Environmental Racism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrbeuJRPM0o
• The Sociology of Environmental Racism: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-environmental-racism/
• Ethics and Environmental Racism: https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-environmental-racism-definition-ethics.html

zines Resources

• a zine “timeline” history compiled by Doug Blandy: http://defenseof.voelkermorris.com/zine_time.html
• Zines and Do-It-Yourself Democracy online exhibition/publication: https://pages.uoregon.edu/culturwk/zine_exhibit/
• Great book on the history and culture of zines, Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture by Stephen Duncombe: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/1447/
• “Barnard’s zines are created by women (cis- and transgender) with an emphasis on zines by women of color. We collect zines on feminism and femme identity by people of all genders.”: https://zines.barnard.edu/node/84631