35.077-3 - These Are the Breaks: Ruptures in Coloniality in Educational Leadership

• In Event: 35.077 - MTCC Roundtable Session 13

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Education has traditionally centered around whiteness, capitalism, and settler colonialism which confine conceptions of educational leadership and marginalize youth and educators of Color. Hip Hop pioneer, Kurtis Blow, however, reminded non-dominant communities of the agentive potential to create breaks (1980) and fissures within oppressive conditions. This symposium explores counterstories (Solórzano & Yosso, 2002) and testimonio (Delgado Bernal, Burciaga, & Flores Carmona, 2012) as breaks in coloniality that reframe notions of educational leadership. By forefronting counternarratives from non traditional educational leaders, this symposium crosses boundaries that problematize the dominant discourse while contributing to a more complex and expansive sociocultural and political context in Educational Leadership.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Differences and Intersectionalities

Chair

• Daniel Gilbert Solorzano, University of California - Los Angeles

Papers

• Visibilizing the Invisible: Cultivating Critical Practitioner Scholars in Educational Leadership - G. T. Reyes, California State University - East Bay

• They Take Deep Breaths: Reflections From Racial Justice–Oriented Teachers on Educational Leadership - Rebeca Burciaga, San José State University

• Becoming a Better Father and Husband: Migrant Father/Son Leadership Retreats as Sites of Reorganization - Pedro E. Nava, Mills College

Discussant

• Louie F. Rodriguez, University of California - Riverside