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Opening doors : community centers connecting working-class immigrant families and schools / Nga-Wing Anjela Wong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wong, Nga-Wing Anjela, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Social justice across contexts in education ; v. 7.
- Social Justice Across Contexts In Education, 2372-6849 ; vol. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrant children--Education.
- Immigrant children.
- Youth centers.
- Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation.
- Asian Americans.
- Asian Americans--Education.
- Community centers.
- United States.
- Community centers--United States.
- Social work with youth--United States.
- Social work with youth.
- Asian Americans--Education--United States.
- Youth centers--United States.
- Immigrant children--Education--United States.
- Community and school--United States.
- Community and school.
- Education--Parent participation--United States.
- Education--Parent participation.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 160 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2018]
- Summary:
- In 2014--for the first time--over 50% of those in U.S. public schools are students of color. Furthermore, children of immigrants, the majority of whom are of Asian and Latinx origin, are the fastest-growing population in the U.S. Addressing their needs has become an important issue facing educators, researchers, and policy makers nationwide. More importantly, working-poor and low-income immigrant families of color need support and resources to negotiate and navigate between their home/community and their school/dominant society. Opening Doors: Community Centers Connecting Working-Class Immigrant Families and Schools examines the role and impact of a community-based organization (the Harborview Chinatown Community Center) and its youth program (the Community Youth Center), which is located in an East Coast city. Framed by the "Community Cultural Wealth" framework (Yosso, 2005) and Youth (Comm) Unity, Opening Doors argues that the Harborview Chinatown Community Center helps low-income Chinese immigrant families negotiate and navigate their multiple worlds. Specifically, this book examines the services and support for low-income and working-poor Chinese American immigrant families during out-of-school hours--back cover.
- Contents:
- Community-based organizations centering family-community-school partnerships
- Portraits of Chinatown, Harborview, and HCCC
- Parents' relationship with children and U.S. schools
- Youths' relationship with family and school
- Accessing information, opportunities and advocacy
- The importance of youth (comm)unity
- Revisiting and reflecting with the CYC youth
- Implication for policy & practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781433146855
- 1433146851
- 9781433146862
- 143314686X
- OCLC:
- 1001298097
- Publisher Number:
- 99976753025
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