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Gettin' my word out : voices of urban youth activists / Leonisa Ardizzone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: xiii, 111 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0791471799
  • 9780791471791
  • 0791471802
  • 9780791471807
Other title:
  • Getting my word out
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.235091732 22
LOC classification:
  • HN19 .A76 2007
Contents:
Preface: What Is Peace Education? -- 1. Defining Violence - Defining Peace -- 2. Sites of Youth Activism: Operating on the Periphery -- 3. Why Youth Become Activists: Critical Experience and Finding Voice -- 4. Motivations to Activism: Desire to Broaden One's Horizons and Practice Social Responsibility -- 5. Refuting Conceptions of Youth Violence -- 6. Youth Activism Transforms Activists -- 7. Finding Voice through the Arts -- 8. Transforming Education -- Appendix I. Sample Selection and Demographics.
Review: "At a time when many adults criticize young people as being self-absorbed and apolitical, this book demonstrates, through research conducted with inner-city youth activists, the inaccuracy of this judgment. Working through nonformal activist organizations, Leonisa Ardizzone examines how youth activists respond to injustice, counteract violence, practice social responsibility, and form collaborative networks of individuals and organizations. These peace-builders embody the core values of peace education. They and their nonformal activist organizations model practices and methods that, if applied to formal education, would not only create more humane learning experiences for all, but would also reconfirm education as a catalyst and framework for personal and social transformation."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-107) and index.

Preface: What Is Peace Education? -- 1. Defining Violence - Defining Peace -- 2. Sites of Youth Activism: Operating on the Periphery -- 3. Why Youth Become Activists: Critical Experience and Finding Voice -- 4. Motivations to Activism: Desire to Broaden One's Horizons and Practice Social Responsibility -- 5. Refuting Conceptions of Youth Violence -- 6. Youth Activism Transforms Activists -- 7. Finding Voice through the Arts -- 8. Transforming Education -- Appendix I. Sample Selection and Demographics.

"At a time when many adults criticize young people as being self-absorbed and apolitical, this book demonstrates, through research conducted with inner-city youth activists, the inaccuracy of this judgment. Working through nonformal activist organizations, Leonisa Ardizzone examines how youth activists respond to injustice, counteract violence, practice social responsibility, and form collaborative networks of individuals and organizations. These peace-builders embody the core values of peace education. They and their nonformal activist organizations model practices and methods that, if applied to formal education, would not only create more humane learning experiences for all, but would also reconfirm education as a catalyst and framework for personal and social transformation."--BOOK JACKET.

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