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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Autor principal: Johnson, Ethan (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brown, Andraé
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
En: Social justice
Año: 2011, Volumen: 38, Número: 3, Páginas: 42-59
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
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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Sumario: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