"It felt as if we were all in this together": Intergenerational Praxis for Educational Change

• In Event: Together Apart: Online Community, Healing, and Racial Justice During the Pandemic

Abstract

Drawing on a multi-year collaboration between a YPAR dual-enrollment class and a teacher action research class, this paper highlights the tensions and possibilities of facilitating intergenerational praxis in education. We juxtapose our experiences collaborating in-person and online, noting the unique ways in which each space can reproduce dominant educational norms. We propose both digital and classroom-based pedagogical moves that supported
consciousness-building, critical hope, and intergenerational solidarity among our participants.

Authors

• Karen Zaino, CUNY Graduate Center

• Limarys Caraballo, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Mijin Yeom, Queens College, City University of New York

• Naysa Harraway, Cyphers for Justice

• Aliyah Martinez, Cyphers for Justice

• William DeFermin Muñoz, Cyphers for Justice

• Jordon Comrie, Cyphers for Justice

• Ramlee Mustapha, Purdue University

• Sikirat Mustapha, Cyphers for Justice

• Elkin Mantilla, Cyphers for Justice

• Wena Teng, Cyphers for Justice

• Marissa Desir, Cyphers for Justice