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Ella Baker's catalytic leadership : a primer on community engagement and communication for social justice /

"Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an influential African American civil rights and human rights activist. For five decades she worked behind the scenes with people in vulnerable communities to catalyze social justice leadership. Her steadfast belief in the power of ordinary people to create change co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parker, Patricia Sue, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Colección:Communication for social justice activism ; 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an influential African American civil rights and human rights activist. For five decades she worked behind the scenes with people in vulnerable communities to catalyze social justice leadership. Her steadfast belief in the power of ordinary people to create change continues to inspire social justice activists around the world. This book describes a case study that translates Ella Baker's community engagement philosophy into a 'catalytic leadership praxis' that others can adapt for their work. Catalytic leadership is a concrete set of communication practices for social justice leadership produced in equitable partnership with, instead of on, communities. The case centers the voices of African American teen girls who were living in a segregated neighborhood of an affluent college town and became part of a small collective of college students, parents, university faculty, and community activists learning leadership in the spirit of Ella Baker"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 177 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0520972090
9780520972094