30.018 - Division G Fireside Chat. Staying Woke: Creating and Sustaining Sites and Networks for Action Research and Youth Organizing in Schools and Communities

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session explores the promise of and path toward enhancing the presence of critical youth activism in schools and communities in the post-Obama era. Graduate students attending this Fireside Chat will gain a deeper understanding of the work that scholars are doing around youth organizing and engaging in action research as a practice. The chat will allow time for the panel of scholars to share their research, answer questions, and participate in a discourse with participants.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Berenice Sanchez, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Cassie J. Brownell, University of Toronto

• Kevin Lowell Clay, Rutgers University

• Eric Felix, University of Southern California

Participants

• Decoteau Irby

• Monique Antoinette Guishard, Bronx Community College - CUNY

• Terah Talei Venzant Chambers, Michigan State University

• Nicole Mirra, Rutgers University