Sparking a Commitment to Social Justice in Asian American Studies: Critical Service Learning That Centers "Community" to Inspire Leadership, Activism, and Social Change

Autor/inn/en	Yee, Jennifer A.; Tong, Kasandra; Tao, Mitchell; Le, Quyen; Le, Vy; Doan, Phong; Villanueva, Anthony
Titel	Sparking a Commitment to Social Justice in Asian American Studies: Critical Service Learning That Centers "Community" to Inspire Leadership, Activism, and Social Change
Quelle	In: Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 27 (2021) 1, S.59-92 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1076-0180
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Activism; Social Change; Service Learning; Student Leadership; Occupational Aspiration; Asian Americans; Pacific Islanders; Consciousness Raising; Program Effectiveness; Intention; Racial Bias; Critical Theory; Race; College Students; Higher Education; Cultural Influences; Values; Experiential Learning; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Wandel; Service-Learning; Studentenwerk; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Bewusstseinsbildung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Kritische Theorie; Rasse; Abstammung; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Wertbegriff; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Kalifornien
Abstract	ASAM 230--Civic Engagement Through Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Studies is a critical service learning course that effects social change by fostering students' leadership, activism, and professional aspirations. Our team (a professor and six alumni, some of whom became community partners) conducted a longitudinal, autoethnographic self-study centering social justice in the scholarship of community engagement. Making scholarly choices aligned with Asian American studies' goals to transform higher education and society, we centralize AAPI counter-narratives as people of color whose voices are neglected in educational research, challenge assumptions of what "community" means in community-engaged scholarship, and employ intersectionality and critical race theory as analytical lenses to expand what knowledge is valued. We found that the course's curricular elements and focus on community-mindedness, radical care, and mindful power sparked the alumni's reflective consciousness, leading to their intentional commitment to effect social change through their personal and professional lives. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University of Michigan. 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310. Tel: 734-647-7402; Fax: 734-647-7464; Web site: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl
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Update	2024/1/01