Dear Melania
thank you for your message.
I understand that you were a part of the Student Government, in the past, and now you would want to create a different approach for analyzing and intervening on these matters, starting from building a students’/activists’ group, less institutional and more attentive to students’ needs.
I think that such issues are – perhaps – both political and academic/relational ones. Community psychology may really help you in building an interest group among students, paying attention to awareness raising, where you may talk about your problems, your difficulties, and your expectations. Before to “acting as a watchdog”, as you say, perhaps you have to try to better define your route. This reflective work is important, to make protests effective and to empower the group. It is not a useless time, because only people who are aware are responsible and able “to speak out against unjust and unethical actions”.
If you want, have a quick look to Community Toolbox, or to journals committed in the field of community psychology interventions (and in the critical community psychology approach), so to read about similar experiences in the different campus.
Let us know how your work is going on,
best wishes!
