Fostering Intergenerational Conflict Resolution and Racial Healing in West Philadelphia: An Antiracist CPAR (Critical Participatory Action Research) Project

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 4:55 pm
  In Roundtable Session: They Didn't Know We Were Seeds: An Exploration of School, Community, and Family Efforts to Raise Critical Consciousness (Table 2)

Abstract

With trauma-informed approaches being critical factors in repairing community harm, individuals from marginalized communities often face additional barriers to foster conflict resolution (Habermas, 1984; Carspecken, 1996; Bourdieu & Passeron, 1978; Yosso, 2005). Studies focused on restorative justice and indigenous traditions of community dialogue (Bastian & Flinn, 2018) advocate for developing culturally responsive collaborations (Hook et al., 2009) between communities and schools along the P-20 educational continuum (Aiyer et al., 2015; Braddock, 2022; Paris, 2012). The purpose of this proposal is to present the findings of an interdisciplinary critical participatory action research project (Torre & Fine, 2021), inclusive of a partnership between West Philadelphia community residents, researchers in urban education, law, and public health, and Philadelphia’s only community mediation center.

Authors

• Karena Alane Escalante, The Education Trust

• Rebecca Rose Metzger, Drexel University

• Ayana Allen-Handy, Drexel University

• Isaiah L. Lassiter, Drexel University

• Susan Brooks, Drexel University

• John D. Kirby, United Negro College Fund

• Lotus Barron, Drexel University

• Tamara Hawkins, Drexel University

• Tiffani D. Hurst, Drexel University