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Student and Scholar Activism: Reciprocal Mentoring for Social Justice

Sat, April 14, 4:05 to 5:35pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Second Floor, Gibson Suite

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This interactive symposium draws from experiences of mentoring relationships and research in the context of engaging student activism in schools, communities, and on campuses; practices that are of particular relevance in the current social moment. This session brings together faculty and students from nine higher education settings to share their collaborative work on themes of activist scholarship for social justice and equity, with the unifying goals of bridging the academy-community gap and making university pedagogy more relevant to “real world” social justice issues. The papers in this session reimagine ways in which teaching, student groups, and mentorship approaches are necessary tactics for making stronger scholarly connections to both local communities and global struggles for justice.

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