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ERIC Number: ED635857
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
We Need to Talk about Education: A Zine about the Fight for Social Justice in Special Education. Community Voices and Experiences about Dis/Ability and Race in Waterloo, IA
Ali, Vincent; Ellison, Scott; Hernández-Saca, David; Levingston, Joyce; Mabry, Chatara; Marietta, Anna Patch; Powell, Shakila; Thompson, Karen; Young, Jamisia
Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
This zine represents a large community project done with the collaboration of Waterloo's NAACP Education Chapter, ASK (Access for Special Kids) Resource Center, community members, caregivers, college students, and faculty. The importance of this zine was to highlight the work from town hall meetings and caregiver interviews, but also show illustrations specifically created to add more depth to these true experiences. It also shows the importance of the fight for social justice in special education for students of Color, through sharing real experiences and centering the voices of the caregivers who advocate for their students. During the townhall, the authors were able to identify Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit), disproportionality, and punishment that was caused by traumatic situations for children. Intersectionality was also identified and highlighted to explain the impact of the nexus of factors such as having a dis/ability or lower socioeconomic status, and being able to identify what this means in the K-12 education. Overall, this zine highlights the urgency of the need of culturally responsive and sustaining educators for children and youth of Color, with or without dis/abilities.
Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center. Great Lakes Equity Center, 902 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Tel: 317-278-3493; e-mail: glec@iupui.edu; Web site: https://greatlakesequity.org/map-eac
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Midwest & Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP EAC)
Grant or Contract Numbers: S004D110021