Lift us up, don't push us out!
Subtitle: voices from the front lines of the educational justice movement
By: Mark R. Warren ; with David Goodman
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780807016008
Subjects: Community and school; Educational equalization; Citizen participation; Social aspects; Educational change; Education; Minorities
Description: "This book features the stories and voices of parents, young people, community organizers and educators describing how they are fighting systemic racism in schools by building a new educational justice movement committed to community-based, high quality, humane and empowering education for all young people"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-184).
Table of contents: title: Introduction : building a new educational justice movement / Mark R. Warren; title: "I can't make a teacher love my son" : a black parent's journey to racial justice organizing / Zakiya Sankara-Jabar; title: #SouthLAParentLove : redefining parent participation in South Los Angeles schools / Maisie Chin; title: Speaking up and walking out : Boston students fight for educational justice / Carlos Rojas and Glorya Wornum; title: Fighting for gender justice : girls of color assert their voice / Kate McDonough and Christina Powell; title: The freedom to learn : dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline in the Southwest / Pam Martinez; title: #FightForDyett : fighting back against school closings and the Journey 4 Justice / Jitu Brown; title: There i no national without the local : grounding the school discipline movement in the Mississippi Delta / Joyce Parker; title: The school Is the heart of the community : building community schools across New York City / Natasha Capers; title: Fighting for teachers, children and their parents : building a social justice teachers union / Brandon Johnson; title: Power, voting rights, and education in the South : organizing grassroots campaigns and building movements / Derrick Johnson; title: Teachers unite! : organizing school communities for transformative justice / Sally Lee and Elana "E. M." Eisen-Markowitz; title: Can schools nurture the souls of black and brown children? : combatting the school-to-prison pipeline in early childhood education / Roberta Udoh; title: System change : following an inside-outside strategy as a school board member / Monica Garcia; title: Walking into the community : community partnerships as a catalyst for institutional change in higher education / Maureen D. Gillette; title: #schoolismyhustle : activist scholars and a youth movement to transform education / Vajra Watson; title: Janitors are parents too! : promoting parent advocacy in the labor movement / Aida Cardenas and Janna Shadduck-Hernandez; title: The same struggle : immigrant rights and educational justice / Jose Calderon; title: Organizing intersectionally : trans and queer youth fighting for racial and gender justice / Geoffrey Winder; title: Conclusion : educational justice as catalyst for a new social movement / Mark R. Warren.