Imagining the Future of Black and Brown Youth in (Carceral) Los Angeles

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium features three short presentations, a response by Damien Sojoyner, a panel discussion, and an interactive Q&A to explore the social world of Black and non-Black Latinx youth in Los Angeles. Moving from schools to juvenile detention centers to foster care, the presenters paint a contemporary picture of how racially minoritized youth experience and navigate the carceral social order of Los Angeles. Collectively, these presentations also describe how racially minoritized youth resist, care for each other, and imagine alternatives for themselves, their families, and communities. The different components of the symposium are informed by this year’s AERA Annual Meeting Theme, where President Winn calls on us to “engage in futuring for education and education research.”

Sub Unit

• Committee on Scholars of Color in Education

Chair

• Uriel Serrano, University of Southern California

Papers

• Carceral Cartographies: Black Foster Youth and the Paradox of Schooling in Los Angeles - Brianna Marche' Harvey, California State University - Fullerton

• Things They Imagine: (Re) Imagination as a Tool for an Abolitionist Future - Pharren Miller, University of California - Los Angeles

• Good Looking Out: Racially Minoritized Youth, Incarceration, and Care - Anibal Serrano, University of California - Irvine

• Imagining, Creating, and Sustaining Alternatives for Racially Minoritized Youth: A Panel Discussion - Damien Sojoyner, University of California - Irvine; Anibal Serrano, University of California - Irvine; Pharren Miller, University of California - Los Angeles; Brianna Marche' Harvey, California State University - Fullerton

Session Organizer

• Uriel Serrano, University of Southern California

Discussant

• Uriel Serrano, University of Southern California