Aikido is an activity course of the Budo? Arts Program - OPRA's martial arts division at Hampshire College. Budo?, meaning the lifestyle of incorporating "warrior" philosophies and values to one's path of internal development. Practicing budo? requires the study of related fields such as, but not limited to, history, etiquette, language, art, and spirituality. Students will complete brief research assignments, study literary resources, and attend lectures and media screenings to complement the primary physical content of the course. Budo?

Kyu?do? is an activity course of the Budo? Arts Program - OPRA's martial arts division at Hampshire College. Budo?, meaning the lifestyle of incorporating "warrior" philosophies and values to one's path of internal development. Practicing budo? requires the study of related fields such as, but not limited to, history, etiquette, language, art, and spirituality. Students will complete brief research assignments, study literary resources, and attend lectures and media screenings to complement the primary physical content of the course. Budo?

Shotokan Karate is an activity course of the Budo? Arts Program - OPRA's martial arts division at Hampshire College. Budo?, meaning the lifestyle of incorporating "warrior" philosophies and values to one's path of internal development. Practicing budo? requires the study of related fields such as, but not limited to, history, etiquette, language, art, and spirituality. Students will complete brief research assignments, study literary resources, and attend lectures and media screenings to complement the primary physical content of the course. Budo?

In April of 2022, Christian Smalls led a group of Amazon workers in a successful campaign to win union recognition. This historic union battle represents the enormous challenges facing "essential workers" and the creative strategies workers deploy to build power in their workplaces. This course will examine the lived experiences, work cultures and organizing strategies of African American workers whose stories provide critical glimpses into the history of essential workers.

In this course, we will examine a range of organizing struggles that took place during the "Long Civil Rights Movement." By reading scholarly articles, movement newspapers and activist interviews, we will explore critical debates and questions raised by researchers and movement veterans. Do we understand the "movement" in terms of ideologies articulated by established leaders, by determining the nature of the political climate, or by examining community traditions and conceptions of what Robin Kelley calls "Freedom Dreams"? Do we begin our exploration---in the 1950s, 1960s or perhaps sooner?

In this course, students will read and try their hand at different types of music writing with a focus on African-American and Anglo-American genres. We will focus on music journalism, academic writing, fiction, memoir, and literary non-fiction, and, as a class, workshop our projects. We will learn basic music terminology and concepts in order to strengthen how we communicate about music; we will also do "deep listening" with respect to the music itself -- its structure, style, performance, and lyrics.

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The capital markets facilitate the flow of money to investments that optimize financial profitability but often ignore the societal and environmental impacts. Climate change, food and water scarcity, biodiversity, human rights, resource depletion, worker diversity and well-being, corruption, and economic inequality are among the many challenges that make sustainability assessment an imperative for corporations and investors.

Reproductive Justice course is designed to explore social scientific, feminist, and critical approaches to reproductive health issues. It looks at reproduction in the broader structural (socioeconomic and political) contexts in which it is situated. In particular, in the course we explore the gendered, racialized, cultural, sexual, and classed dimensions that underlie women?s reproduction, with special attention to the long-term health effects of racism, poverty, and sexism.