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Equity, Empowerment, and Social Justice: Social Entrepreneurship for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
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Chitvan Trivedi; Sarah M. Ray – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2024
The high incarceration rate and systemic racism in the United States, along with entrenched social barriers, highlight the need for creative solutions to help formerly incarcerated individuals (FIIs) reintegrate successfully. This paper highlights social entrepreneurial ventures (SEVs) as powerful agents of social change, underscoring the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Empowerment, Social Justice, Institutionalized Persons
At Our Best: Building Youth-Adult Partnerships in Out-of-School Time Settings. Current Issues in Out-of-School Time
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Brion-Meisels, Gretchen, Ed.; Fei, Jessica Tseming, Ed.; Vasudevan, Deepa Sriya, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
"At Our Best: Building Youth-Adult Partnerships in Out-of-School Time Settings" brings together the voices of over 50 adults and youth to explore both the promises and challenges of intergenerational work in out-of-school time (OST) programs. Comprised of 14 chapters, this book features empirical research, conceptual essays, poetry,…
Descriptors: Adults, Youth, Role, Activism
Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education. Second Edition. Multicultural Education Series
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Sensoy, Ozlem; DiAngelo, Robin – Teachers College Press, 2017
This is the new edition of the award-winning guide to social justice education. Based on the authors' extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Change, Foreign Countries, Critical Theory
The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning
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Milana, Marcella, Ed.; Webb, Sue, Ed.; Holford, John, Ed.; Waller, Richard, Ed.; Jarvis, Peter, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
This Handbook provides a wide-ranging frame of reference for researching adult and lifelong education and learning. With contributions from scores of established and newer scholars from six continents, the volume covers a diverse range of geopolitical and social territories across the world. Drawing on the multiple heritages that underpin research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Lifelong Learning, Global Approach
Beyond Discourse to Emancipatory Action: Lessons from an Undergraduate
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Pasque, Penny A.; Neubauer, Hailey – About Campus, 2013
One undergraduate's transformational story of self-discovery and personal development frames this discussion of the importance of undergraduate involvement in social justice research. In this article, the authors first share a bit about the national landscape regarding community-university engagement initiatives. They also share research findings…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Justice, Student Research, School Community Relationship
Teaching and Learning Processes for Social Transformation: Engaging a Kaleidoscope of Learners
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Rutherford, Gayle E.; Walsh, Christine A.; Rook, John – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2011
To tackle the complexity of issues associated with homelessness, an interdisciplinary lens with direct input from service providers and community members is necessary. Within a community-university partnership between a larger inner-city multiservice shelter serving the homeless population, and faculties of social work and nursing in a Canadian…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Homeless People, Action Research, Social Change