Gentrification, Displacement, and Student Resistance in the San Francisco Bay Area

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

How can young people and city leaders collectively tackle today’s historic levels of gentrification and displacement to thrive together in an uncertain future? Although traditionally researched, planned, and operated separately, the future of our cities and schools are inextricably linked, and this connection is especially salient today in the San Francisco Bay Area. This panel will explore the power of young people to resist the dismantling of their schools, communities, and social networks through engagement in Y-PLAN (Youth - Plan, Learn, Act, Now!) action research initiatives in Oakland and Silicon Valley. Students have been working as participants in an intergenerational community of practice with city planners and technology leaders to collect and analyze community data and generate solutions to stabilize their communities, together.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Deborah McKoy, University of California - Berkeley

Participants

• Libby Schaaf, Mayor for the City of Oakland

• Elizabeth Aviles, University of California - Merced

• Karen Chapple, University of California-Berkeley

• Amanda Eppley, University of California - Berkeley

• Linn E. Posey-Maddox, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Richard Rothstein, University of California-Berkeley

Discussant

• Pedro A. Noguera, University of Southern California