From Being System-Involved to Changing the System

Infiltrating the System

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9729361
AutoresShiv R Desai (0000-0002-3111-1761, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume54
Fascículo1
Páginas77-98
Data de publicação2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00131245211004559
OpenAlexW3150122981
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências 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