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Youth Engagement Through a University-Community Partnership, Chicana/o Studies Curriculum, and Community Art Projects
Fri, April 4, 8:15 to 9:45am, Marriott, Floor: Fourth Level, Franklin 8Abstract
This study examines the Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) approach to foster a university-community partnership and the intersections with the Chicano/a Studies curriculum and community art projects. Historically, art has been used in the Chicana/o community to examine the issues affecting the Chicana/o community. Community art also serves as a representation of historically underrepresented communities (Raven, 1993) and frequently takes a collaborative approach to engage community members in the creation of grassroots art projects (Lowe, 2000).
This talk will begin by discussing the CBPAR model as it was implemented in a rural Chicano/a community to foster a university-community partnership. Presenters will discuss how through the university-community partnership, local youth became active in the research process in attempts to incorporate the community’s culture and social history in the development of a community mural project. More specifically, by employing a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) framework (Cammarota & Fine, 2008), this study examines how through the development of mural projects, participating youth became empowered and identified issues in their communities such as education.
Preliminary findings reveal that through the art initiatives youth are able to express the issues they face in their community. These art initiatives provide a safe space for youth to voice social issues such as undocumented status, farm worker rights, poverty, gangs, and drugs. This talk will conclude with recommendations for engagement of community members to foster community-university partnerships that have a focus on youth engagement, and with reflections of the narratives of the major issues community youth, especially young Chicanas are facing within a marginalized and at-risk environment.