Telling Our Own Stories, Together: Singularity and Solidarity in Literacy Collectives

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium, panelists inquire into the role of difference within coalition in literacy collectives. Presenting research from four unique qualitative studies on the collaborative creative literacy practices of a diverse set of collectives – ranging from Black girls, to queer, Post-soviet Jewish immigrants, to Latinx first-gen media-makers, to transnational Korean-American adolescents – the panelists explore how participants negotiated the intertwining of their singular and shared identities as they engaged in various literacy practices. The symposium demonstrates the necessity of centering the critical and creative literacy practices of minoritized groups in taking collaborative action toward social change, and it explores the importance of braiding individual experiences and collective histories together in such work.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Writing and Literacies

Chairs

• Bethany Monea, University of Pennsylvania

• Grace D. Player, University of Connecticut - Storrs

Papers

• Not a Monolith: Exploring Black Women's and Girls' Varied Identities in a Literacy Collaborative - Autumn Adia Griffin

• Participatory Literacy Practices Among a Virtual Collective of Queer and Jewish White Immigrants - Sophia Sobko, University of California - Berkeley

• Intertwining Shared and Singular Narratives as First-Gen, Latinx Media-Makers - Bethany Monea, University of Pennsylvania; Joselyn Andrade, George Mason University; Stephanie Delgadillo-C., University of Virginia; Perla Gonzalez, Northern Virginia Community College; Christina Peguero, Virginia Commonwealth University; Mikaela Pozo, George Mason University

• Writing Together for the Self and Others: Korean American Youths' Multimodal Networked Writing - Jin Kyeong Jung, Texas Tech University

Discussant

• Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University