Area 7: Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Growing & Empowering Minds Through Storytelling: Exploring the Literacies & Lived Experiences of African American High School Students in a GEAR-UP Program - ThedaMarie Gibbs, Ohio University

Negotiating Multiple Identities and Formal Schooling: Narratives of Somali Bantu Refugee Youths in the United States - STELLA M. RWANDA, Syracuse University; Vivian F Guetler, Syracuse University

Envisioning Youth-Voiced Exemplar Texts as Civic Imaginaries - Vaughn W. M. Watson, Michigan State University; Joanne E. Marciano, Michigan State University