Week 9 – Cultivate: Expanding your network (July 29)

Reporting on informational interviews. Communicating with and around power. 

Come to class prepared to report on your informational interview.

Read:

You Need a Manifesto Chapter 5 (Cultivate)

Listen:

Why women of the Supreme Court get interrupted more th— (2018). Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace [Audio podcast].

Reflect:

What is your response to the podcast? Does it describe dynamics that you have witnessed or experienced? Whose responsibility is it to change assumptions and behaviors shaping whose voice is given greater authority in a group?

Submit:

(Sun) Reflective journal #8: Write a letter to yourself in which you tell your future self the top 10 things you have learned this summer—insights that you don't want to forget. I will be printing out what you turn in and physically mailing this to you via USPS five months from now, so please include in your journal entry the address you want me to send it to (where you will be in mid-January 2026).

(Mon) Informational interview report: Submit a paragraph reflecting on your informational interview, including your assessment of how it went, the individual’s name, why their experience is of relevance to you, and the date of your interview (250 words).