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(Co-taught by Dereca Blackmon and Daniel Murray) Is multiracial solidarity necessary to overcome oppression that disproportionately affects people of color? What is frontline leadership and what role should people play if they are not part of frontline communities? In this course we will critically examine practices of solidarity and allyship in movements for collective liberation. Through analysis of historical and contemporary movements, as well as participation in movement work, we will see how movements have built multiracial solidarity to address issues that are important to the liberation of all. We will also see how racial justice intersects with other identities and issues. This course is for students that want to learn how to practice solidarity, whether to be better allies or to work more effectively with allies. As a community engaged learning course, students will have the option to work with an organization that is explicitly devoted to this kind of multiracial movement-building work around a particular issue. Specific issues are yet to be determined, but may include environmental justice, policing and mass incarceration, and education.