Youth Movement: Building on the Assets of Community for School Reform

The article discusses Youth Movement (YM), a university, community, and school collaborative in East Bay in Oakland, California designed to improve race relations. It focuses on violent conflicts between Latino and African American students at East Oakland High School (EHS) and the efforts of YM to...

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Main Author: Johnson, Ethan (Author)
Contributors: Brown, Andraé
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In: Social justice
Year: 2011, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 42-59
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Social History
Youth violence > Prevention
Social Capital
African American youth
Hispanic American Youth
California > Race relations
African American social conditions
Community-school relationships
Youth Movements
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Summary:The article discusses Youth Movement (YM), a university, community, and school collaborative in East Bay in Oakland, California designed to improve race relations. It focuses on violent conflicts between Latino and African American students at East Oakland High School (EHS) and the efforts of YM to create multiracial student teams for school-based reform efforts. Other topics covered include social capital at EHS, social conditions for African Americans in Oakland, and the relationship between EHS and the local community.
ISSN:2327-641X