Transforming Action to Knowledge: Lessons From Immigrant Youth Movements

• In Event: 30.080 - Roundtable Session 10
  In Roundtable Session: 30.080-21 - Organizing in Diverse Communities

Abstract

Situated within the work of immigrant youth movements and dominant ideologies of social value in relation to education, this paper analyzes the discourses and practices of the largest immigrant youth led network in the United States. The struggle for immigrant rights and educational access has been intimately connected as evidenced by the activism of immigrant youth. Despite recent publicity on immigration debates, the political engagement of immigrant youth has yet to be researched in relation to educational reform. This paper analyses the efforts of immigrant youth and identifies themes/lessons educators can learn from the practices of immigrant youth led organizations.

Author

• Carolina Silva Martinez, Washington State University - Pullman