Haciendo camino al andar: Pláticas with ESOL Community Educators and Organizers

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 4:15 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Language, Pláticas, and Testimonios In School and Community

Abstract

Grounded in plática methodology, Chicana/Latina Feminista Epistemologies, and Black Feminist Thought, this paper narrates the experiences of three Latinas dedicated to meeting the educational needs of immigrants in their Florida community. Informed by two research questions– “(1) How do three Latina leaders describe their motivations for organizing and teaching adult ESOL classes? And, (2) How do they characterize their experiences with and responses to periods of layered political and social violence?”– preliminary findings include responsibility of care and inter-group reliance amidst racist nativist policies. This work contributes to the larger aim of contextualizing the histories, motivations, and challenges of community-based education groups founded by and in service of marginalized individuals.

Author

• Dahlia Fabregat, University of Florida