Activism, alliance building, and the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center /

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This critical ethnography describes the context, vision, and social change tactics of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas. It explicates the important roles of intergroup alliances, strategic use of language, and arts programming as a means of connecting personal consciousne...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: DeTurk, Sara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center.
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
Toleration > Study and teaching > United States.
Social justice > Study and teaching > United States.
Social change > United States.
Social action > United States.
Political participation > United States.
Justice sociale > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis.
Action sociale > États-Unis.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Political participation
Social action
Social change
Social justice > Study and teaching
Toleration > Study and teaching
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Research methodology
  • Place and space
  • Chicana feminist approaches to social change
  • Languaging
  • Story-centered organizing
  • Esperanza volume City of San Antonio
  • Uncompromising confrontation of injustice
  • Alliances and coalitions
  • Conclusion.

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