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Title: 'They Can Learn It through Us': Youth Seeking Racial Justice through a Community-Based Book Club
Language: English
Authors: Mary M. McConnaha (ORCID 0009-0005-2978-5192), Joanne E. Marciano (ORCID 0000-0003-2035-5063), Brittany M. Brewer (ORCID 0000-0003-1496-6319), Lauren Elizabeth Reine Johnson (ORCID 0000-0002-8759-5216)
Source: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 2025 68(5):536-545.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Books, Clubs, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Reading Strategies, Youth, Action Research, Participatory Research, Student Participation, Facilitators (Individuals), Design, Community Education, Social Justice, High School Students, Race, Arabs, North Americans, Whites, African Americans, Student Interests, Critical Literacy, Citizen Participation
DOI: 10.1002/jaal.1385
ISSN: 1081-3004
1936-2706
Abstract: In the summer of 2020, amidst state-mandated social distancing and protests for racial justice, youth participating in an ongoing YPAR initiative sought to design and facilitate a book club for the residents of their subsidized housing community to increase community awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement. Through interviews, youth shared their plans to design and facilitate a book club differently than they had experienced in English classroom settings. Through the lenses of critical literacy and civic praxis, the youths' imaginings reveal a desire to talk about books that were relevant to their lives, involve discussions that were participant-led and democratic, and lead to meaningful, tangible outcomes. Implications encourage teachers to re-examine their classroom book club practices and consider ways to center student desires.
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