Contemporary Youth Activism: Advancing Social Justice in the United States
448
Contemporary Youth Activism: Advancing Social Justice in the United States
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Overview
At a time when youth are too often dismissed as either empowered consumers or disempowered deviants, it is vital to understand how these young people are pushing back, challenging such constructions, and advancing new possibilities for their institutions and themselves. This book examines the latest developments in the field of contemporary youth activism (CYA) and documents the myriad ways in which youth activists are effecting social change, even as they experience personal change. By taking public, political action on a range of intersecting issues, youth activists are shifting their own developmental pathways, shaping public policy, and shaking up traditional paradigms.
Section one of the book offers a historical perspective on youth activism in the United States, followed by a discussion of contemporary examples of CYA for social justice. The second and third sections analyze the individual, institutional, and ideological effects of CYA, arguing that youth activism works to promote change at three levels: self, systems, and in the broader society. Readers will come away with a clearer understanding of the many ways in which today's youth activists are working to reimagine and remake American democracy, reawakening the promise of a multi-issue, progressive movement for social justice.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781440842122 |
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| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 09/26/2016 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 448 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Sonia M. Rosen, PhD, is assistant professor of education at Arcadia University, Philadelphia, PA.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction Jerusha Conner Sonia M. Rosen 1
Part I The Landscape of Contemporary Youth Activism
Introduction 21
Opening Youth Essay Beatrice Galdamez 23
2 Youth Leadership for Social Justice: Past and Present Eric Braxton 25
3 The Emergence of a Youth Justice Movement in the United States Mark R. Warren Luke Aubry Kupscznk 39
4 Conceptualizing Youth Activists' Leadership: A Multidimensional Framework Sonia M. Rosen Jerusha Conner 59
5 Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Lives Matter! Bernardine Dohrn William Ayers 79
6 Strategies for Systemic Change: Youth Community Organizing to Disrupt the School-to-Prison Nexus Jesica Siham Fernández Ben Kirshner Deana G. Lews 93
7 Youth Environmental Stewardship and Activism for the Environmental Commons Erin Gallay John Lupinacci Carolina S. Sarmiento Constance A. Flanagan Ethan Lowenstein 113
Part II How Youth Activism Supports Youth
Introduction 135
Opening Youth Essay Jamia Brown 137
8 "It Shaped Who I Am as a Person": Youth Organizing and the Educational and Civic Trajectories of Low-Income Youth John Rogers Veronica Terriquez 141
9 Studying Sociopolitical Development through Social Network Theory Kira J. Baker-Doyle 163
10 Shifting Stereotypes and Storylines: The Personal and Political Impact of Youth Media Barbara Ferman Natalia Smirnov 185
11 Telling Our Stories, Claiming Our Space, and Becoming Change-Makers: Lessons for the Field from Black Girls and Women Organizers Julia Daniel Michelle Renée Valladares 203
12 The Implications of Youth Activism for Health and Weil-Being Parissa J. Ballard Emily J. Ozer 223
13 Working for Change, Learning from Work: Student Empowerment and Challenges in the Movement to End Campus Gender Violence Alexandra Brodsky 245
Part III How Youth Activism Strengthens Society
Introduction 265
Opening Youth Essay Janelle Astorga-Ramos 267
14 Unlawful Entry: Civil Disobedience and the Undocumented Youth Movement Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales 271
15 "We Have the Power to Make Change": The Struggle of Asian Immigrant Youth against School Violence Mary Yee 289
16 Youth Taking the Lead in Education Policy Rachel Gunther 311
17 Participatory Action Research as Youth Activism Brett G. Stoudt Caitlin Cahill Darian X. Kimberly Belmonte Selma Djokovic Jose Lopez Amanda Matles Adilka Pimentel María Elena Torre 327
18 In Defense of Education Justice: Postsecondary Institutional Decision Making for American Indian Programs and Services Jessica Ann Solyom 347
19 Injustice Is Not an Investment: Student Activism, Climate justice, and the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Joe Gurnow Allyson Gross 367
Part IV Conclusion
20 Conclusion Jerusha Conner Sonia M. Rosen 387
Index 403
About the Editors and Contributors 429
What People are Saying About This
"For readers seeking to understand where democracy in America may be heading, this book will provide insights into the thinking of a new generation of activists who are determined to create a more just and equitable society, whether those in power are ready for it or not."
"Contemporary Youth Activism stakes out the political, ethical, and strategic space for speaking in many tongues and generations, for bearing witness across communities and institutions, and for documenting the radical paths carved by young people in times of severe institutional betrayal and rich popular contestation. The volume is joyous and devastating—a gift to those of us trying to imagine and organize for the world as it might be . . . It is a must-read."
"Conner and Rosen have masterfully assembled a collection that spotlights the wide range of ways that youth analyze, counter-narrate, and ultimately resist this dark neoliberal moment. The brilliant cadre of scholars in this volume, which includes youth themselves, raises the intellectual stakes of the scholarly literature on education research, youth studies, and social movement theory. More importantly, they dare us to imagine our youth as rich sites of agency, hope, possibility, and revolutionary love."