Organizing for Change: Latinx Im/migrant Parents, School Decision-Making, and the Racial Politics of Parent Leadership in School Reform

Autor/in	Vélez, Verónica N.
Titel	Organizing for Change: Latinx Im/migrant Parents, School Decision-Making, and the Racial Politics of Parent Leadership in School Reform
Quelle	In: Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 10 (2016) 3, S.108-128 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2377-9187
Schlagwörter	Hispanic Americans; Parents; Immigrants; Participatory Research; Action Research; Case Studies; Decision Making; Race; Educational Change; Leadership; Critical Theory; Empowerment; Racial Discrimination; Politics; Qualitative Research; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Eltern; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Forschungstätigkeit; Projektforschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Rasse; Abstammung; Bildungsreform; Führung; Führungsposition; Kritische Theorie; Racial bias; Rassismus; Politik; Qualitative Forschung; Kalifornien
Abstract	This article draws on a multi-year, participatory action case study of ALIANZA, a Califonia-based Latinx im/migrant parent group. Grounded in Latina/o Critical Theory (LatCrit), this article focuses specifically on the development of political agency among ALIANZA members, highlighting organizational strategies aimed at school reform while strengthening counter-narratives to interrupt racist depictions that functioned to cast Latinx parents as "unfit" to serve as educational leaders. Data suggests that ALIANZA's approach helped its members heal from past abuse and racist encounters, identify and speak out against injustice, and build a collective and shared political capital to leverage their voice in local reform efforts. The author concludes with implications for future research and practice, with specific recommendations for other educational leaders and those who train them. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01