Embracing Authentic Cariño and Community Cultural Wealth in School-University Partnerships

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This panel explores school-university partnerships and community-based research approaches that support culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students across educational settings. Utilizing authentic cariño (Curry, 2021; Salmerón et al., 2021) and community cultural wealth lenses (Yosso, 2005), our scholarship centers on how students’ diverse linguistic backgrounds and cultural perspectives can be leveraged to benefit schools and communities. Our discussion features insights from partnerships that enhance the educational outcomes of CLD students. Key topics include strategies for promoting cultural competence among educators and university faculty, curriculum development incorporating culturally relevant content and pedagogies, bilingual and multilingual resources supporting language acquisition and academic achievement, and youth participatory action research approaches supporting CDL students' educational journeys.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 5: Inquiry, Transformation, and Communities

Chair

• Alexandra Babino, Texas Woman's University

Papers

• Juntos nos Apoyamos: Supporting Educators through a Time of Transition in a Professional Development School - Angela Breidenstein, Trinity University; Rocio Delgado, Trinity University

• Creciendo Pathways to Higher Education: Educational Empowerment, Youth Research and University-Community Partnerships - Enrique Aleman, Trinity University; Lisa Mendoza Knecht, Trinity University

• Situating Abuelita Epistemologies in Urban Schools Through a University Partnership - Katherine Espinoza-Talati, Trinity University

• Counter-Narratives of a System: The Schooling in San Antonio Oral History Project - Habiba Noor, Trinity University

Discussant

• Evangeline Aguilera, Trinity University