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Session Submission Type: Symposium
This symposium responds to social injustices and the various assaults projected onto youth in this social context by presenting three papers with the unifying theme of teaching literacy education in this current racial climate. These three papers illuminate the current state of race and racism in the United States through an examination young adult literature, teaching and learning practices of Latinx immigrants, and examine how colleges of education respond through their instruction.
Do #blacklivesmatter?: Examining Pre-Service Teachers' Responses to Historic Violence Against Black Bodies in Their Readings of Young Adult Literature - Susan Groenke, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chonika Coleman-King, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
"Nothing About Us Without Us: Latinx Immigrants Teaching and Learning for Their/Our Rights" - Alicia Rusoja, University of Pennsylvania
What Diversity and Inclusion Exists in a College of Education? - Gilda Martinez-Alba, Towson University