Partnering for Transformation in Schools and Beyond

Sandra Sirota is assistant professor in residence of experiential global learning and human rights and director of the Human Rights Close to Home program at the University of Connecticut.Amy Argenal is an assistant teaching professor of sociology in community-engaged learning and research at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Maria Hantzopoulos is professor of education at Vassar College, coordinator of Adolescent Education, and director of the International Studies program.

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• ContentsAcknowledgments  viiIntroduction: Centering Community-Engaged Praxis in Peace, Social Justice, and Human Rights Education  1Amy Argenal, Sandra Sirota, and Maria HantzopoulosSECTION 1: THEORIZING COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PRAXIS1.  Activist Accompaniment as Pedagogy  10Amy Argenal and Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga2.  Centering Living Knowledges in Migration Studies and Community-Centric Praxis: A Letter to Students, Accountability Partners, and Future Builders  19Jane Pak3.  Challenging Structures of Coloniality Through Co-Authorship: A Framework for Praxis  31Rina Malagayo Alluri and Zeus Hans Mendez4.  “Steelpanning” Decolonial Peace Education: Grassroots Peacebuilding Through Restorative Circles  38Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams, Kyle Bushell, LaToya Williams-Mohammed, Sheirané Beckles, Carlene Donald, and Kerrie-Ann GayadeenSECTION 2: RESEARCH POSSIBILITIES FOR COMMUNITY- ENGAGED PRAXIS5.  Participatory Action Research as Liberatory Educational Praxis  49Melissa Ann Canlas, Rachel Brand, and Gabriela Holmes6.  Agency, Belonging, and Exclusion in a Youth-Led Movement Organization: Reflections on a Youth Participatory Action Research Project  59Sandra Sirota, Taylin Santiago-Williams, and Zeraiah Ramos7.  Purposeful Work: Forging a “For Us, By Us” Model Through a Black Community Activist Research Collaborative  68Linda Francis Ross, T. Gertrude Jenkins, Eghosa Obaizamomwan Hamilton, and Colette Cann8.  STEM Community Praxis: Toward Social Justice–Based Program Evaluation in Education  77Christine A. Liboon, Bilgehan Ayik, and Jason N. Dorio9.  Indigenous Peoples’ Collective Rights and Human Rights Education: Lessons From the Indigenous Navigator Partnership in Lomerío, Bolivia  88Romina Quezada Morales10.  The Mobile Café of Migrant Justice: The Ambigú Trashumante Barra de Café Ambulante Project  97Augusto M. RiveroSECTION 3: COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PRAXIS IN INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL SPACES11.  Reciprocity in Community Practice: Reflections From an Arts-Based Climate Justice Project With Adolescents  110Norin Taj12.  “Those Closest to the Problem Are Closest to the Solution”: Moving From Incarceration to Community-Engaged Justice Through Co-Generative Praxis  120Matthew M. Green, Consuela Gaines, Norris Henderson, Checo Yancy, and Ilona Prieto13.  Starting From Scratch? The Challenges and Rewards of Starting a Place-Based Peace Education Center  130Leonisa Ardizzone14.  Welcome Through Football: Building Inclusive Communities With Refugee Children Through Sport  141Lida Tsene15.  Exploring Liberatory Praxis Through Youth-Centered Participatory Programming  152Heidi I. Fahning, Joanna Tzenis, Erma Fetić Mujić, Zhuldyz Amankulova, and Ashley PurrySECTION 4: COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PRAXIS THROUGH FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SPACES16.  Equitable Futures: Antiracist Praxis Through Community and Higher Education Collaborations  162Nicole Gao, Nyhisha T. Gibbs, Grace Hill, Taneisha N. Means, Sophie Mode, Shona Tucker, and Eva Woods Peiró17.  Bridging Gaps in Peacebuilding: Youth Empowerment Through Participatory Filmmaking in Yogyakarta, Indonesia  175Dody Wibowo, Nitiprabhu Pramatatya, and Glory Prayoga Victor Fanggidae18.  The Human Right to Higher Education: A Digital Toolkit for Refugees Through the Article 26 Backpack Initiative  184Keith David Watenpaugh19.  Unlearning to Relearn: Building College-Community Partnerships in South Carolina  194Alysa M. Handelsman20.  Community-Engaged Praxis on Human Rights Education and Migration: Building Relationships Between Colleges and Local Public Schools  204Melanie Hidalgo, Arlene Chen, and Maria Hantzopoulos21.  Concluding Thoughts: The Necessity of Community-Engaged Praxis  212Amy Argenal, Sandra Sirota, and Maria HantzopoulosEndnotes  215References  221Index  247About the Editors and Contributors  261