El Pueblo Unido: University Faculty and Student Activism in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala's Coyuntura Estudiantil

• In Event: Transforming Schools From the Outside-In: Families and Communities as School Activists

Abstract

This paper documents the experiences of faculty and student participants in the Renuncia Ya movement in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Participants indicated that the autonomy granted to a local university, the faculty's embrace of critical pedagogy, and a tradition of student leadership were influential developing the leadership that initiated the the anti-corruption movement that arose in 2015.

Authors

• Chris Lemley, Baylor University

• Tony Lee Talbert, Baylor University