Educating for action
Subtitle: strategies to ignite social justice
By: [editors] Jason del Gandio, Anthony J. Nocella II
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780865717763
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Social action; Peace; Social justice; Social change; Social movements
Description: "Collects the voices of activists whose combined experience in confronting injustice has generated a wealth of key insights for creating social change."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments --; title: Foreward : Reading peace education  -- Joy James; title: Preface : Teaching peace  -- Peter McLaren; title: Introduction : Peace as a political force -- Jason del Gandio and Anthony J. Nocella II; title: Part 1 : Starting with me --; title: Personal lifestyle  -- Larry Albert Butz; title: Communication and rhetoric -- Jason del Gandio.; title: Part 2 : Working with others --; title: Participation and democracy  -- Joshua Ryan Holst; title: Transformative justice and conflict transformation -- Anthony J. Nocella II, Melissa Chiprin, Anniessa Antar, and Alisha Page.; title: Part 3 : Getting into the streets --; title: Organizing your community  -- Drew Robert Winter; title: Activist guidelines and case studies -- Jason del Gandio, James Generic, Aaron Zellhoefer, and Anthony J. Nocella II.; title: Part 4 : Social networks --; title: The politics of planning : conference organizing as an act of resistance  -- Jenny Grubbs and Michael Loadenthal; title: Social media and online organizing -- Jeanette Russell.; title: Part 5 : Institutional change --; title: The laws and lawyers of social change  -- Dara Lovitz; title: The courage to teach critically : anti-oppression and pro-justice dialogues in the classroom  -- Rita Verma; title: Epilogue : Thankfulness, mutual recognition, and appreciation  -- Kim Socha and Anthony J. Nocella II; title: Resources for peace and justice activists --; title: Contributors' biographies --; title: Endnotes --; title: Index.