The protests against police violence and racism that erupted throughout the US and the world in the summer of 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd.
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Youth-Led Action Research: Lessons Learned From a University-Community Partnership in Washington DC
Jane Ellen Palmer (American University, USA), Jessica A. Rucker (E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, USA), Vanessa A. Negrón (American University, USA), Amanda M. Harrison (American University, USA), Kefai Debebe (American University, USA), and Camille Lawrence (American University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8479-8.ch006
Abstract
In this chapter, the authors provide a case study and autoethnographic account of a youth-led, social justice-oriented, community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) project in Washington, DC. After providing background of action research, university-community partnerships, and the context of the partnership, the authors describe the three phases of the collaborative project that took place from Fall 2019 to Spring 2021. During this time, in the midst of a global pandemic, high school and college students, with support from teachers, implemented a mixed methods CBPAR project on making Black Lives Matter in schools. This chapter describes the steps taken and the lessons learned, with the intent of assisting the reader in potentially implementing something similar in their community or at their university.