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Alexis E. Hunter; Chanelle Jones-Ahmed; Ben Kirshner; Solicia E. Lopez – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2025
The continued state-sanctioned violence towards marginalized communities and a reactionary political landscape have exacerbated the need for youth of color activists to prioritize holistic wellness. Healing is necessary because although engagement in activism may address root causes of harm, it also takes an immense toll on the bodymindspirit…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Power Structure, Youth, Activism
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McGregor, Glenda – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2011
Narratives of power that purport to represent the "truth" of others need to be challenged by the individual stories of those who are silenced by "authority" and "expert" opinion. This paper utilises research data from an open-ended ethnographic study of 32 Australian high school students at the turn of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Adolescents, Ethnography
DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed.; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation's social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged…
Descriptors: Caring, African Americans, Females, Democracy