ERIC Number: EJ1290870
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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"They Are Doers": Writing to Advocate with Immigrant Youth in Community-Based Organizations
Lee, Crystal Chen; Dufresne, Kelsey Virginia; Relyea, Jackie Eunjung
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v64 n5 p497-509 Mar-Apr 2021
Over the course of a year, student authors in the Juntos NC Writing Project participated in the Literary and Community Initiative to write, publish, and share their lived experiences and identities as Latinx immigrants and first-generation high school students in North Carolina. Throughout the publication process of their collaborative bilingual book titled "The Voices of Our People: Nuestras Verdades," student authors actively engaged in pursuing advocacy and activism in three ways: (1) community space as an intentional space for advocacy, (2) writing as a vehicle for collective advocacy, and (3) publishing and sharing as an opportunity for youth activism. The participants' words and actions demonstrated how youth in community organizations can use literacy practices to collectively advocate for their community and become activists who write about and vocalize immigrant youth's strengths and needs.
Descriptors: High School Students, Immigrants, Hispanic American Students, Writing (Composition), Writing for Publication, Authors, Advocacy, Activism
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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