Contemporary Youth Activism

Jerusha Conner is Professor of Education at Villanova University, USA.Sonia M. Rosen is Assistant Professor of Education at Arcadia University, USA.

• Acknowledgments1. IntroductionJerusha Conner (Villanova University, USA) and Sonia M. Rosen (Arcadia University, USA)PART I THE LANDSCAPE OF CONTEMPORARY YOUTH ACTIVISMIntroductionOpening Youth EssayBeatrice Galdamez (Youth Organizing Institute, USA)2. Youth Leadership for Social Justice: Past and PresentEric Braxton (Community Organizer, USA)3. The Emergence of a Youth Justice Movement in the United StatesMark R. Warren and Luke Aubry Kupscznk (both of University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA)4. Conceptualizing Youth Activists' Leadership: A Multidimensional FrameworkSonia M. Rosen (Arcadia University, USA) and Jerusha Conner (Villanova University, USA)5. Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Lives Matter!Bernardine Dohrn (Northwestern University, USA) and William Ayers (University of Illinois-Chicago, USA)6. Strategies for Systemic Change: Youth Community Organizing to Disrupt the School-to-Prison NexusJesica Siham Fernández (Santa Clara University, USA), Ben Kirshner (University of Colorado-Boulder, USA), and Deana G. Lewis (University of Illinois-Chicago, USA)7. Youth Environmental Stewardship and Activism for the Environmental CommonsErin Gallay (Tufts University, USA), John Lupinacci (Washington State University, USA), Carolina S. Sarmiento (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Constance A. Flanagan (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), and Ethan Lowenstein (Eastern Michigan University, USA)PART II HOW YOUTH ACTIVISM SUPPORTS YOUTHIntroductionOpening Youth EssayJamia Brown (Tulane University, USA)8. "It Shaped Who I Am as a Person": Youth Organizing and the Educational and Civic Trajectories of Low-Income YouthJohn Rogers (University of California-Los Angeles, USA) and Veronica Terriquez (University of Southern California)9. Studying Sociopolitical Development through Social Network TheoryKira J. Baker-Doyle (University of Illinois-Chicago, USA)10. Shifting Stereotypes and Storylines: The Personal and Political Impact of Youth MediaBarbara Ferman (Temple University, USA) and Natalia Smirnov (Northwestern University, USA)11. Telling Our Stories, Claiming Our Space, and Becoming Change-Makers: Lessons for the Field from Black Girls and Women OrganizersJulia Daniel (Community Organizer, USA) and Michelle Renée Valladares (University of Colorado-Boulder, USA)12. The Implications of Youth Activism for Health and Well-BeingParissa J. Ballard (Wake Forest University, USA) and Emily J. Ozer (University of California-Berkeley, USA)13. Working for Change, Learning from Work: Student Empowerment and Challenges in the Movement to End Campus Gender ViolenceAlexandra Brodsky (Public Justice, USA)PART III HOW YOUTH ACTIVISM STRENGTHENS SOCIETYIntroductionOpening Youth EssayJanelle Astorga-Ramos (Southwest Organizing Project, USA)14. Unlawful Entry: Civil Disobedience and the Undocumented Youth MovementGenevieve Negrón-Gonzales (University of San Francisco, USA)15. "We Have the Power to Make Change": The Struggle of Asian Immigrant Youth against School ViolenceMary Yee (University of Pennsylvania, USA)16. Youth Taking the Lead in Education PolicyRachel Gunther (Consultant, USA)17. Participatory Action Research as Youth ActivismBrett G. Stoudt (The City University of New York, USA), Caitlin Cahill (CUNY, USA), Darian X (Brooklyn Movement Center, USA), Kimberly Belmonte (University of Tulsa, USA), Selma Djokovic (Vera Institute, USA), Jose Lopez (Make the Road New York, USA), Amanda Matles (Pratt Institute, USA), Adilka Pimentel (Right to the City, USA), María Elena Torre (CUNY, USA)18. In Defense of Education Justice: Postsecondary Institutional Decision Making for American Indian Programs and ServicesJessica Ann Solyom (Arizona State University, USA)19. Injustice Is Not an Investment: Student Activism, Climate Justice, and the Fossil Fuel Divestment CampaignJoe Curnow (University of Manitoba, Canada) and Allyson Gross (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)PART IV CONCLUSION20. Our Liberation Is Bound Together: Student Mobilizing for International Solidarity in the Movement for Palestinian LiberationSonia M. Rosen, R., Aidan Parisi, Halla Anderson, Zainab Khan, Ren, & an Anonymous Student Organizer21. ConclusionJerusha Conner (Villanova University, USA) and Sonia M. Rosen (Arcadia University, USA)IndexAbout the Editors and Contributors

The editors write useful introductions to each of these three sections, as well as a lengthy general introduction and conclusion . . . heavy on descriptions of political events, providing exemplars of activist organizational strategies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.