AEM 3385 - Social Entrepreneurship Practicum: Anabel’s Grocery

(D-AG) (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)

Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading (no audit).

Permission of instructor required. Satisfies Dyson Grand Challenges project requirement.

A. Wessels.

AEM 3385 is a hands-on learning experience that serves as an entry point for new Anabel’s Grocery team members, introducing them to social entrepreneurship, food justice, systems thinking, collaborative leadership practices, and the day-to-day operations of Anabel’s. No prerequisites and no previous experience with Anabel’s required. The course is open to students regardless of major. We are looking for students with diverse interests who are passionate about making healthy food accessible to everyone through practical actions that further racial, economic, and ecological justice. This experiential-based course meets once a week. It includes small group discussion sessions and a practicum commitment of about 4 hours per week.

Outcome 1: Analyze the systemic forces of capitalism and racism that give rise to ongoing inequities in our food system.

Outcome 2: Gain hands-on experience implementing a food justice social enterprise; understand and apply systems thinking to evaluate and solve problems; use an antiracist lens to consider and evaluate norms, practices and policies.

Outcome 3: Explore how choices, norms, and policies that center human well-being and that of the planet can create an ecologically sound and socially just market economy and food system.

Outcome 4: Understand the UN SDGs within the limits of planetary boundaries.

Outcome 5: Engage with others in honest, reflective dialogue.

Outcome 6: Cultivate trusting, caring relationships as a foundation for collaborative action and decision making.

Outcome 7: Become confident in yourself and others to bring about meaningful change towards a more just world.