The Grassroots Takeover: A Qualitative Study of the Formative Processes of a Black Parent Council in an Urban District

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  In Roundtable Session: Community Education for Children and Parents

Abstract

Dominant discourse and definitions of parent involvement serve to marginalize Black parents and impede authentic participation in schools. This paper offers a counter-narrative, an analysis of the formation of a grassroots partnership between an urban district and Black parents, and an examination of the processes Black parents utilized to organize and the impediments they faced in maintaining fidelity to their stated advocacy objectives.

Authors

• Rema Ella Reynolds, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Yvette Latunde, Azusa Pacific University