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52.035 - Contemporary Youth Activism: Advancing Social Justice in the United States

Sun, April 30, 8:15 to 9:45am, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, Floor: Second Floor, Lone Star Ballroom Salon F

Session Type: Symposium

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Neoliberal logic positions youth as consumers rather than as civic actors with collective decision making power. Despite these limitations, youth activists have found ways to speak back to neoliberal policies, changing discourse and altering their social, political, and economic contexts. This symposium is a collection of papers recently published in a larger edited volume, Contemporary Youth Activism: Advancing Social Justice in the United States. The authors and audience will discuss young people’s contributions to public policy discourse and practice, challenging and deepening our collective understanding of what is possible for youth, how we can work to support youth activism, and how we can take the lead of young people in addressing our most pressing social, political, and economic problems.

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