Activists under 30 : global youth, social justice, and good work / edited by Shirley R. Steinberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steinberg, Shirley R., 1952- editor.

Series:

Youth, media, & culture series ; Volume 7.

Youth, media, & culture series ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adults--Political activity.

Young adults.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 164 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

This unique book is divided into two sections. The first section highlights specific international youth activists, their biographies, work, and accomplishments. The second section is a collection of work by youth, who address their own activism, goals, identities, and needs. Commentaries by teachers, community workers, and facilitators compliment the entries, creating a unique, intergenerational and multi-faceted volume. The book will serve to fill a gap in teacher education, highlighting and listening to youth, themselves, who, the editor, contends, should be intimately involved in their own education and futures. A new model for teacher education, this book allows teachers to understand that youth must have, and demand, a voice in the determination of their lives and futures. Previous work with youth tends to “deal with them” as a problem to be solved, a group to be managed. This book insists that youth are viable citizens and create a voice which is heard internationally. Activists under 30 is the first book of its kind, to be addressed to youth, teachers, parents, and activists. It reminds us that youth are our most valuable resource, and insists we incorporate them, invite them, and listen to them.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Dedication

Effecting Change, Making a Difference / Shirley R. Steinberg

Global Youth Activists

Abdel Rahman Alzorgan, Jordan / Revital Zilonka

Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne, Sri Lanka / Revital Zilonka

Charlene Carruthers, US / Venus Evans-Winters

Luis Fernando Cruz, US / Laura Mooney

Freedom / Shannon Patrick Garrett Jr

Tavi Gevinson, US / Miranda Campbell

Elba Hernandez, Guatemala / Lara Forsberg

Celia Ho, China / Tanya Merriman

Uncertainty / Sarah Thirkell

Natividad Llanquileo, Chile / Fernanda Soler-Urzúa and Michelle Harazny

Dylan Mahlingham, US / Shirine Aouad

Kamilia Manaf, Indonesia / Rima Arthar

Tamer Shaaban, Saudi Arabia/Egypt / Hala Kamaliddin

Natsuno Shinagawa, Japan / Paul Chamness Miller

Specs and Veil, Canada / Kayf Abdulqadir , Fartousa Siyad and Diane Watt

Matthew “Creeazn” Wood, Cree / Diana Pearson and Shima Robinson

Youth Voices

Notes on Part 2 / Michael Holden

Occasion for Hope / Sharon Friesen

Ten Hearts, One Thought / Asbah , Shivom , Simerta , Reeana , Sanjeevani , Sadia , Divjot , Puneet and Av reet

Brunch Buddies / Bridgette , Ian , McKinley , Owen , Angela , Ethan , Michelle and Peyton

Nelson Mandela High School and the #MandelaCares Project / Laiba , Mariam , Hadia , Mansi , Jenny , Ms. Martin , Mr. Chee and Mr. Sagriotis

The Future Will Be Found in Walking Together / Sameer Harris and Alix Esterhuizen

It / Maxwell Starko

Dear People My Age / Andreea Alexandra Duica

“We Have to Listen to Our Kids, and Understand Where They’re Coming From” / Karsen Black Water and Shane Wells

“We’ve Been Here, and We’re Still Here, and We’re Still Going to Be Here for Thousands of Years” / Kiara Blood and Shane Wells.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-37718-2

OCLC:

1033565664

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004377189 DOI