• Community Development and Leadership;
• Nonprofit and Community Advocacy; and,
• Labor Organizing and Leadership.

Students are not required to take a concentration but they may do so if they are able to take the classes offered in that concentration.

Outstanding Nonprofit Leader Heads Nonprofit and Communicty Advocacy Concentration

Marcia Avner, is the principle instructor and faculty leader in the Nonprofit and Community Advocacy concentration. Public Policy Director for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, on the board of the Washington-based national organization, the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest, and author of The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations: Shaping Public Policy at the State and Local Level. Avner is also one of the most sought-after teachers of advocacy in the U.S., and performed trainings in seven states during 2007.


Concentration Courses for Nonprofit and Community Advocacy

MAPL 5119 - Techniques for Nonprofit Advocacy: Nonprofits as Agents of Democracy
The purpose of Nonprofit Associations as Agents of Democracy is to deepen our understanding of the role of nonprofits in facilitating democratic citizenship.



MAPL 5200 - Nonprofits and Civic Engagement
History, theory and current practice of nonprofits in educating and activating citizens to participate in the public dialogue. Special attention is given to the role of nonprofits as resources to elected and appointed policy makers.



MAPL 5202 - Nonprofits and Government: The public and private partnership
This course is designed to give students an in-depth look at the intersection between non-profits and government.



MAPL 5308 - The Impact of Art on Social Change
Analysis and understanding of how art works influence public perception, political will, social policy. Topics include environmental protection, labor movement, attitudes toward war, civil rights, and gay and lesbian rights. Art forms examined include drama, literature, film, music, photography, painting.