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ERIC Number: EJ1303493
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
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Fighting to Be Heard: Latina Adolescent Girls Writing toward Change
Flores, Tracey T.
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v65 n1 p65-73 Jul-Aug 2021
The author explores the words and writing of Rocky, Reyna, Blanca, and Elizabeth (grades 6-12) through their participation in Somos Escritoras/We Are Writers, a creative space for Latina girls and their parents. For 6 weeks, alongside their parents, girls used drawing and personal writing to dialogue about their experiences and bring into language the issues most important in their lives and worlds. Alongside one another, their writing served as a tool to define themselves and supported them in developing visions for the future. Their voices illuminate the urgency of connecting our writing classrooms and community spaces to the lives of youth to make writing relevant and meaningful in order to move our words into action.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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