The Power of Community
eBook - ePub

The Power of Community

Mobilizing for Family and Schooling

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eBook - ePub

The Power of Community

Mobilizing for Family and Schooling

About this book

Fifteen years ago, Concha Delgado-Gaitan began literacy research in Carpinteria, California. At that time, Mexican immigrants who labored in nurseries, factories, and housekeeping, had almost no voice in how their children were educated. Committed to participative research, Delgado-Gaitan collaborated with the community to connect family, school, and community. Regular community gatherings gave birth to the ComitZ de Padres Latinos. Refusing the role of the victim, the ComitZ paticipants organized to reach out to everyone in the community, not just other Latino families. Bound by their language, cultural history, hard work, respect, pain, and hope, they created possibilities that supported the learning of Latino students, who until then had too often dropped out or shown scant interest in school. In a society that accentuates individualism and independence, these men and women look to their community for leadership, support, and resources for children. The Power of Community is a critical work that shows how communities that pull together and offer caring ears, eyes, and hands, can ensure that their children thrive-academically, socially, and personally. It offers a fresh approach and workable solution to the problems that face schools today.

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Information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Year
2001
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781461645221
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Multicultural Education

Table of contents

  1. Immigration and the Transnational Experience
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. CHAPTER ONE - An Ethnography of Immigrants
  9. CHAPTER TWO - Cultural Brokers in a Growing Community
  10. CHAPTER THREE - Forming a Collective Voice
  11. CHAPTER FOUR - Dynamic Connections
  12. CHAPTER FIVE - Malleable Identities
  13. CHAPTER SIX - Knowledge as Power
  14. CHAPTER SEVEN - Envisioning Possibilities
  15. CHAPTER EIGHT - Time, Place, and Power Relationships
  16. CHAPTER NINE - The Story and the Storyteller
  17. CHAPTER TEN - Reflections
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. About the Author

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