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Laboring in the Shadows : Precarity and Promise in Black Youth Work.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baldridge, Bianca J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baldridge, Bianca J., 1983-.
- Social work with African American children.
- African American youth.
- Local Subjects:
- Baldridge, Bianca J., 1983-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Youth workers are essential to the fabric of society.Schools, families, and many of our social institutions rely heavily on their work, yet their contributions often go unrecognized.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: Journeying to Youth Work
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION. Precarity, Paradox, and Promise
- ONE Working in the Shadows
- TWO Struggle for Power
- THREE Mourning to Movement
- FOUR Protecting Youth, Protecting Ourselves
- FIVE Shaping Black Futures amid Precarity
- CONCLUSION. The Promise and Future of Black Youth Work
- Epilogue
- APPENDIX Research amid Uncertainty
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-5036-4490-1
- 9781503644908
- OCLC:
- 1564045117
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