Cultivating Critical Advocacy

Rebecca E. Linares began working with multilingual students and families through after-school programming for refugee and immigrant K-8 students in Kentucky. Her research examines the transnational literacy and translanguaging practices of emergent multilingual adolescents. She is currently an associate professor in the ESL/Bilingual Education program at Rowan University in New Jersey.Kate Seltzer got her start in education as a high school English Language Arts teacher in New York City. She is co-author of the book The Translanguaging Classroom: Leveraging Student Bilingualism for Learning, and her research overall focuses on critical, asset-oriented approaches to educating MLs. She is an associate professor in the ESL/Bilingual Education program at Rowan University in New Jersey.

• Introduction Part I Establishing Roots and Strengthening the Trunk of Critical Advocacy 1. The Roots of Critical Advocacy 2. Ideologies and Beliefs about Advocacy 3. The Trunk of Critical Advocacy Part II Extending the Branches and Sprouting Off-Shoots and Leaves of Critical Advocacy 4. The Branches, Off-Shoots, and Leaves of Critical Advocacy 5. Preparing for the Challenges of Critical Advocacy Part III Growing Meaningful, Sustainable, and Effective Critical Advocacy Action 6. Connecting the Every-Day to Critical Advocacy Action 7. Putting it All Together: The Critical Advocacy Action Planning Tool Conclusion: Planting Seeds for the Critical Advicacy Work Ahead