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1540 - Community
Sat, August 10, 4:30 to 6:10pm, Sheraton New York, Floor: Lower Level, Union SquareSession Submission Type: Paper Session 100min
Description
This session focuses on the relationship between community and social justice--how communities organize to pursue transformational change and the challenges and resistance they negotiate. The papers on this panel speak to issues ranging from local governance, power, and race/racism to identity, values, and emotions. Each paper highlights both the dynamic struggle and the crucial importance of forming community and doing activism in a social justice context.
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Individual Presentations
Diasporic Conjuring: Agency, Spirit, and Politicized Belonging in Transnational Korean Community Organizing - Haruki Eda, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dominating Flint’s Water Future - Louise Seamster, University of Iowa; Amanda Ricketts, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Exploring Race and the Emotionality of Whiteness in Community-based Youth Organizations - Bianca Jontae Baldridge, University of Wisconsin Madison
Toothless Tiger or Caged Lion? Citizen Oversight as a Site of Police Resistance and Civic Engagement - Theresa Rocha Beardall, Cornell University