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Educating for action : strategies to ignite social justice

2014

Format:	Book
Title:	Educating for action : strategies to ignite social justice / Jason del Gandio, Anthony J. Nocella II.
Publisher, Date:	Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2014] ©2014
Description:	xx, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:	"Collects the voices of activists whose combined experience in confronting injustice has generated a wealth of key insights for creating social change."--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects:	Social action -- United States. Social justice -- United States. Social movements -- United States. Social change -- United States. Peace.
Other Author:	Nocella, Anthony J., editor of compilation. II Del Gandio, Jason, editor of compilation. James, Joy, author of introduction. McLaren, Peter, author of introduction.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Acknowledgments -- Foreward : Reading peace education / Joy James -- Preface : Teaching peace / Peter McLaren -- Introduction : Peace as a political force / Jason del Gandio and Anthony J. Nocella II Part 1 : Starting with me -- Personal lifestyle / Larry Albert Butz -- Communication and rhetoric / Jason del Gandio. Part 2 : Working with others -- Participation and democracy / Joshua Ryan Holst -- Transformative justice and conflict transformation / Anthony J. Nocella II, Melissa Chiprin, Anniessa Antar, and Alisha Page. Part 3 : Getting into the streets -- Organizing your community / Drew Robert Winter -- Activist guidelines and case studies / Jason del Gandio, James Generic, Aaron Zellhoefer, and Anthony J. Nocella II. Part 4 : Social networks -- The politics of planning : conference organizing as an act of resistance / Jenny Grubbs and Michael Loadenthal -- Social media and online organizing / Jeanette Russell. Part 5 : Institutional change -- The laws and lawyers of social change / Dara Lovitz -- The courage to teach critically : anti-oppression and pro-justice dialogues in the classroom / Rita Verma -- Epilogue : Thankfulness, mutual recognition, and appreciation / Kim Socha and Anthony J. Nocella II -- Resources for peace and justice activists -- Contributors' biographies -- Endnotes -- Index.
LCCN:	2014432608
ISBN:	9780865717763 (pbk.) 0865717761 (pbk.)
Other Number:	876425177
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	457882
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Call Number:	361.2 Educatin

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