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Turner, K. C. Nat; Way, Kate; Gray, Robin R. R. – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2013
This article analyzes the potential of a series of Youth Action Coalition's (YAC) Arts-for-Change (AfC) youth programs for literacy and identity development, as well as for engaging youth in addressing issues of social justice. Drawing primarily on transcripts of interviews, surveys, and participant-observation fieldnotes inventorying changes in…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Evaluation, Social Justice, Multiple Literacies
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Shin, Richard Q.; Rogers, Jennifer; Stanciu, Amalia; Silas, Melany; Brown-Smythe, Claudette; Austin, Brenda – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2010
The unique challenges faced by some youth of color living in high poverty contexts necessitate the creation of innovative, culturally relevant, group interventions. Framing the work of group counselors from a social justice perspective provides a structure for emphasizing the complex intersection of economic, political, and socio-historical issues…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Urban Schools, Consciousness Raising, Urban Youth