From Being System-Involved to Changing the System

Infiltrating the System

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9729361
AutoresShiv R Desai (0000-0002-3111-1761, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen54
Número1
Páginas77-98
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00131245211004559
OpenAlexW3150122981
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas28

One model for engaging young people to be more civically minded and to help them develop a critically conscious sociopolitical identity is through youth organizing and participatory action research. Over the last 3 years, I have worked with Leaders Organizing 2 Unite and Decriminalize (LOUD) members—a majority of which we system-involved—who have worked toward creating a more socially just and humanizing juvenile justice system through youth activism and youth participatory action research (YPAR). Through this process, youth have developed their sociopolitical identity by finding their voice, speaking out against injustices, and raising awareness on critical issues that are needed to reform the juvenile justice system, where minoritized youth are overrepresented, sentenced longer, and face more severe punishments. Thus, this paper seeks to address the processes of YPAR that empower system-involved youth to advocate against racist policies and challenge the oppression found in the juvenile justice system

Action (physics · Citizen journalism · Criminology · Economic Justice · Identity (music · Juvenile · Oppression · Participatory action research · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social justice · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Youth Development and Social Support