Full Description
Voices for Diversity and Social Justice: A Literary Education Anthology is an unflinching exploration through poetry, prose, and art of the heart of our educational system—of the segregation, bias, and oppression that are part of the daily lives of so many students and educators. It is also a series of poetical insights into the fights for liberation and resistance at the heart of many of the same students' and teachers' lives. The contributors—youth, educators, activists, others—share what it is like to face discrimination, challenge unjust policy, or subvert monotony by cultivating a vibrant, equitable, revolutionary school environment. This is not a prescriptive text, but instead a call to action. It is a call from many literary voices to create schools where social justice is at the core of education. Stunning in its revelations, Voices for Diversity and Social Justice is an anthology by educators and students unafraid to be passionate about what is missing, what is needed, and what is working in order to make that vision a reality.
Contents
Contents
Part One: Speaking Through the Silence
Chapter 1: Diz On The Way To School, Fred Arcoleo
Chapter 2: I Get It, Anon
Chapter 3: Between Worlds, Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes
Chapter 4: How I Came to Poetry, Jeanne Bryner
Chapter 5: This School, Jan Buley
Chapter 6: English as a Second Language at Our Lady Of Guadeloupe Church, Jeff Lacey
Part Two: Experiencing Poverty
Chapter 7: Telling It Like It Is, Adaline Carlette Love
Chapter 8: Family Matters, Amy D. Clark
Chapter 9: The Worst Thing About Being Poor, Amy E. Harter
Chapter 10: The Poster Board, Carol L. Revelle
Chapter 11: Dress to Impress, Salvatore "Chato" Hernandez
Chapter 12: Untitled, Tricia Gallagher-Guertsen
Part Three: Unleashing Student Voices
Chapter 13: What if Cornel West Was Wrong?, Becky Martinez
Chapter 14: Ramon's Truth, Fred Arcoleo
Chapter 15: Girl on Fire, Cathleen Cohen
Chapter 16: Appalachian By Proxy, Althea Webb
Chapter 17: Language The Truest Tongue, Barbara Tramonte
Chapter 18: Talking blocks, Cindy L Prater
Chapter 19: Skin, Tessa Stark
Part Four: Being the Target
Chapter 20: Survival, Lorena German
Chapter 21: Star Student, Emily Brooks
Chapter 22: Equations, Cathleen Cohen
Chapter 23: Looking in the Mirror in Elementary School, Sidrah Maysoon
Chapter 24: The Tower, The Book and the Girl They Let In, Shannon Gibney
Chapter 25: To Lumpia or Not to Lumpia, Cheryl E. Matias
Chapter 26: New Girl, Sheila O'Connor
Part Five: Claiming Our Space and Identities
Chapter 27: White Hallways, Cora Lee Conway
Chapter 28: First Generation College Blues, Rosanna Salcedo
Chapter 29: Learning Up Front, Curtis Robbins
Chapter 30: The Way I Am, Min Feldman
Chapter 31: Independence Day, Elizabeth L. Sammons
Chapter 32: America, Loren Gatti
Chapter 33: A Cultural Frankenstein,Pao "Agean" Yang
Chapter 34: Spirit First, Consequences, Second, Xamuel Bañales
Chapter 35: Forced Out of School, Tenth Grade, Erica Lenti
Chapter 36: Jia Curry Bild, Torn
Part Six: Celebrating the Power of Teachers
Chapter 37: Testimony, Tasha Graff
Chapter 38: Seat Them With Princes, Jeanne Bryner
Chapter 39: Finding the Strength in the Fragile, Kristy Pierce
Chapter 40: Piling On, Lisa Cech
Part Seven: Reaching Across Difference & Celebrating Diversity's Richness
Chapter 41: People Colored Crayons, Julie Feng
Chapter 42: Red Light, Green Light, D. J. Savarese
Chapter 43: Walking the Corridor is Being in Another Country, Julie Landsman
Chapter 44: A visit to the County Special Ed. Program, Mary Langer Thompson
Chapter 45: Breaking the Ice, Lisa Richter
Chapter 46: Chasing Butterflies and Catching Grasshoppers, Elizabeth E. Vaughn
Chapter 47: Breaking Bread, Merna Ann Hecht
Part Eight: Subversive Teaching and Learning
Chapter 48: How I Learned to Read the Word, Francisco Rios
Chapter 49: Even Kings, Richard Hollinger
