Students participate in virtual fieldwork and education modules, as well as receive a monthly $1,000 stipend. (Vincent Leo | Daily Trojan)
After 20 years of civil rights advocacy work with detained migrants, police accountability and unhoused rights by political science professor Olu Orange and his USC Mock Trial program, Dornsife Associate Dean of Experiential Learning Tammy Anderson reached out to Orange to expand his work. Together, they worked to create an experiential learning program with a civil rights focus offered through the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Agents of Change, Dornsife’s new civil rights undergraduate clinic, looks to engage students in civil rights advocacy, community activism and governmental policy. Recently launched in Spring 2021, the two-year program allows students to attend specialized education modules and work alongside community partners including Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, ACLU SoCal, Al Otro Lado, Colors of Change and over 30 other civil rights advocacy groups.