Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: Centering Community-Engaged Praxis in Peace, Social Justice, and Human Rights Education 1

Amy Argenal, Sandra Sirota, and Maria Hantzopoulos

SECTION 1: THEORIZING COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PRAXIS

1. Activist Accompaniment as Pedagogy 10

Amy Argenal and Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga

2. Centering Living Knowledges in Migration Studies and Community-Centric Praxis: A Letter to Students, Accountability Partners, and Future Builders 19

Jane Pak

3. Challenging Structures of Coloniality Through Co-Authorship: A Framework for Praxis 31

Rina Malagayo Alluri and Zeus Hans Mendez

4. “Steelpanning” Decolonial Peace Education: Grassroots Peacebuilding Through Restorative Circles 38

Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams, Kyle Bushell, LaToya Williams-Mohammed, Sheirané Beckles, Carlene Donald, and Kerrie-Ann Gayadeen

SECTION 2: RESEARCH POSSIBILITIES FOR COMMUNITY- ENGAGED PRAXIS

5. Participatory Action Research as Liberatory Educational Praxis 49

Melissa Ann Canlas, Rachel Brand, and Gabriela Holmes

6. Agency, Belonging, and Exclusion in a Youth-Led Movement Organization: Reflections on a Youth Participatory Action Research Project 59

Sandra Sirota, Taylin Santiago-Williams, and Zeraiah Ramos

7. Purposeful Work: Forging a “For Us, By Us” Model Through a Black Community Activist Research Collaborative 68

Linda Francis Ross, T. Gertrude Jenkins, Eghosa Obaizamomwan Hamilton, and Colette Cann

8. STEM Community Praxis: Toward Social Justice–Based Program Evaluation in Education 77

Christine A. Liboon, Bilgehan Ayik, and Jason N. Dorio

9. Indigenous Peoples’ Collective Rights and Human Rights Education: Lessons From the Indigenous Navigator Partnership in Lomerío, Bolivia 88

Romina Quezada Morales

10. The Mobile Café of Migrant Justice: The Ambigú Trashumante Barra de Café Ambulante Project 97

Augusto M. Rivero

SECTION 3: COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PRAXIS IN INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL SPACES

11. Reciprocity in Community Practice: Reflections From an Arts-Based Climate Justice Project With Adolescents 110

Norin Taj

12. “Those Closest to the Problem Are Closest to the Solution”: Moving From Incarceration to Community-Engaged Justice Through Co-Generative Praxis 120

Matthew M. Green, Consuela Gaines, Norris Henderson, Checo Yancy, and Ilona Prieto

13. Starting From Scratch? The Challenges and Rewards of Starting a Place-Based Peace Education Center 130

Leonisa Ardizzone

14. Welcome Through Football: Building Inclusive Communities With Refugee Children Through Sport 141

Lida Tsene

15. Exploring Liberatory Praxis Through Youth-Centered Participatory Programming 152

Heidi I. Fahning, Joanna Tzenis, Erma Fetić Mujić, Zhuldyz Amankulova, and Ashley Purry

SECTION 4: COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PRAXIS THROUGH FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SPACES

16. Equitable Futures: Antiracist Praxis Through Community and Higher Education Collaborations 162

Nicole Gao, Nyhisha T. Gibbs, Grace Hill, Taneisha N. Means, Sophie Mode, Shona Tucker, and Eva Woods Peiró

17. Bridging Gaps in Peacebuilding: Youth Empowerment Through Participatory Filmmaking in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 175

Dody Wibowo, Nitiprabhu Pramatatya, and Glory Prayoga Victor Fanggidae

18. The Human Right to Higher Education: A Digital Toolkit for Refugees Through the Article 26 Backpack Initiative 184

Keith David Watenpaugh

19. Unlearning to Relearn: Building College-Community Partnerships in South Carolina 194

Alysa M. Handelsman

20. Community-Engaged Praxis on Human Rights Education and Migration: Building Relationships Between Colleges and Local Public Schools 204

Melanie Hidalgo, Arlene Chen, and Maria Hantzopoulos

21. Concluding Thoughts: The Necessity of Community-Engaged Praxis 212

Amy Argenal, Sandra Sirota, and Maria Hantzopoulos

Endnotes 215

References 221

Index 247

About the Editors and Contributors 261

Partnering for Transformation in Schools and Beyond

Community-Engaged Learning in Peace, Social Justice, and Human Rights Education