Communities, Power, and Change

Catalog description

This course prepares students working on education related issues to engage diverse families and communities in strengths-based, collaborative methods that promote equitable learning opportunities. In particular, the course seeks to empower students to develop critical reflective skills in order to better meet the needs of families marginalized by school-sanctioned parent involvement initiatives. Students will develop working understandings of these concepts and the dynamics of power structures as they prepare to work with and alongside students, families, and communities in anti-racist, culturally sustaining, and community-oriented ways.