This article explores a book club established for Black middle-grade students in a predominantly Hispanic school district, where Black students continue to face marginalization and unequal academic opportunities. Drawing inspiration from Black literary societies and the African philosophy of Ubuntu, the club cultivated a love for reading and a…

Neoliberal market logic positions youth as either commodities produced and marketed by private institutions or consumers for whose business those institutions are competing, a paradigm that narrows pathways for youth participation in civic and political institutions by restricting youth agency to participation in markets. However, youth organizing…