Critical Civic Praxis: Community-Based Organizational Processes That Elevate Latinx Critical Consciousness

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Abstract

In the midst of political attacks on public schools to prevent discussions on social injustice, there are after-school programs that nurture Latinx youth critical consciousness and social justice activism. This study uses critical civic praxis as a framework to explore one after-school program’s organizational processes that foster Latinx critical consciousness and social justice activism. The data revealed the (a) curriculum, (b) pedagogy, and (c) co-conspirators are three organizational processes that interact to facilitate Latinx youth critical consciousness. This study contributes to the critical civic praxis scholarship by highlighting three organizational processes of one Latinx youth afterschool program in an urban city in Iowa.

Authors

• Carlos R. Casanova, Arizona State University

• Eric Alvarez, Arizona State University