Youth Activism in the Urban Community: Learning Critical Civic Praxis within Community Organizations

Autor/inn/en	Ginwright, Shawn; Cammarota, Julio
Titel	Youth Activism in the Urban Community: Learning Critical Civic Praxis within Community Organizations
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 20 (2007) 6, S.693-710 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Activism; Urban Areas; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Adolescents; Cultural Influences; Youth Programs; Educational Environment; Community Involvement; Student Participation; Citizen Participation; Volunteers; Social Networks; School Community Relationship; Problem Solving; Disadvantaged Youth; Social Capital; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Urban area; Stadtregion; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Jugendsofortprogramm; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Freiwilliger; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Problemlösen; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Sozialkapital; USA
Abstract	Research on African-American and Latina/o youth has been dominated by studies that focus on "problem" adolescent behavior. Typically, they explain youth crime, delinquency, and violence as individual pathological behavior or cultural adaptations stemming from social disorganization in their communities. This article argues for a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between youth-serving organizations and youth agency in urban communities, which can avoid the pitfall of focusing on the most egregious activities among youth. Rather, it is argued that African-American and Latina/o youth respond to community and school conditions through civic engagement facilitated by community-based organizations. Urban youth collectively respond to community and school problems through youth organizing, spoken word, volunteering, and participation in civic affairs. Organizations in urban communities can provide youth with opportunities to develop "critical civic praxis" through engagement with ideas, social networks, and experiences that build individual and collective capacity to struggle for social justice. This view of youth acknowledges structural constraints in their communities, but also views young people as active participants in changing debilitative neighborhood conditions. (Author).
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