Activists under 30 : : global youth, social justice, and good work / / edited by Shirley R. Steinberg.

• Superior document: Youth, media, & culture series ; Volume 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Steinberg, Shirley R., 1952-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Youth, media, & culture series ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 164 pages).

This unique book is divided into two sections. The first section highlights specific international youth activists, their biographies, work, and accomplishments. The second section is a collection of work by youth, who address their own activism, goals, identities, and needs. Commentaries by teachers, community workers, and facilitators compliment the entries, creating a unique, intergenerational and multi-faceted volume. The book will serve to fill a gap in teacher education, highlighting and listening to youth, themselves, who, the editor, contends, should be intimately involved in their own education and futures. A new model for teacher education, this book allows teachers to understand that youth must have, and demand, a voice in the determination of their lives and futures. Previous work with youth tends to “deal with them” as a problem to be solved, a group to be managed. This book insists that youth are viable citizens and create a voice which is heard internationally. Activists under 30 is the first book of its kind, to be addressed to youth, teachers, parents, and activists. It reminds us that youth are our most valuable resource, and insists we incorporate them, invite them, and listen to them.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Effecting Change, Making a Difference / Shirley R. Steinberg -- Global Youth Activists -- Abdel Rahman Alzorgan, Jordan / Revital Zilonka -- Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne, Sri Lanka / Revital Zilonka -- Charlene Carruthers, US / Venus Evans-Winters -- Luis Fernando Cruz, US / Laura Mooney -- Freedom / Shannon Patrick Garrett Jr -- Tavi Gevinson, US / Miranda Campbell -- Elba Hernandez, Guatemala / Lara Forsberg -- Celia Ho, China / Tanya Merriman -- Uncertainty / Sarah Thirkell -- Natividad Llanquileo, Chile / Fernanda Soler-Urzúa and Michelle Harazny -- Dylan Mahlingham, US / Shirine Aouad -- Kamilia Manaf, Indonesia / Rima Arthar -- Tamer Shaaban, Saudi Arabia/Egypt / Hala Kamaliddin -- Natsuno Shinagawa, Japan / Paul Chamness Miller -- Specs and Veil, Canada / Kayf Abdulqadir , Fartousa Siyad and Diane Watt -- Matthew “Creeazn” Wood, Cree / Diana Pearson and Shima Robinson -- Youth Voices -- Notes on Part 2 / Michael Holden -- Occasion for Hope / Sharon Friesen -- Ten Hearts, One Thought / Asbah , Shivom , Simerta , Reeana , Sanjeevani , Sadia , Divjot , Puneet and Av reet -- Brunch Buddies / Bridgette , Ian , McKinley , Owen , Angela , Ethan , Michelle and Peyton -- Nelson Mandela High School and the #MandelaCares Project / Laiba , Mariam , Hadia , Mansi , Jenny , Ms. Martin , Mr. Chee and Mr. Sagriotis -- The Future Will Be Found in Walking Together / Sameer Harris and Alix Esterhuizen -- It / Maxwell Starko -- Dear People My Age / Andreea Alexandra Duica -- “We Have to Listen to Our Kids, and Understand Where They’re Coming From” / Karsen Black Water and Shane Wells -- “We’ve Been Here, and We’re Still Here, and We’re Still Going to Be Here for Thousands of Years” / Kiara Blood and Shane Wells.