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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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The Power of Community: Mobilizing for Family and Schooling

The Power of Community: Mobilizing for Family and Schooling

Delgado-Gaitan, Concha

Paperback

Series: Immigration and the Transnational Experience

General Education

ISBN10: 0742515508
ISBN13: 9780742515505
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Nov 13 2001
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Fifteen years ago, Concha Delgado-Gaitan began literacy research in Carpinteria, California. At that time, Mexican immigrants who labored in nurseries, factories, and housekeeping, had almost no voice in how their children were educated. Committed to participative research, Delgado-Gaitan collaborated with the community to connect family, school, and community. Regular community gatherings gave birth to the ComitZ de Padres Latinos. Refusing the role of the victim, the ComitZ paticipants organized to reach out to everyone in the community, not just other Latino families. Bound by their language, cultural history, hard work, respect, pain, and hope, they created possibilities that supported the learning of Latino students, who until then had too often dropped out or shown scant interest in school. In a society that accentuates individualism and independence, these men and women look to their community for leadership, support, and resources for children. The Power of Community is a critical work that shows how communities that pull together and offer caring ears, eyes, and hands, can ensure that their children thrive-academically, socially, and personally. It offers a fresh approach and workable solution to the problems that face schools today.

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