Lift Us Up, Don't Push Us Out!

Mark R. Warren is professor of public policy and public affairs at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and the founder and cochair of the Urban Research-Based Action Network. The author of three books, including most recently A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform, Warren studies and works with community and youth organizing groups seeking to promote equity and justice in education.

David Goodman is an award-winning independent journalist and the author of ten books, including four coauthored with his sister, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman.

Preface

INTRODUCTION
Building an Educational Justice Movement
Mark R. Warren

PART ONE: Building the Power for Change: Parent, Youth and Community Organizing

CHAPTER ONE
“I Can’t Make a Teacher Love My Son”: A Black Parent’s Journey to Racial Justice Organizing
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar

CHAPTER TWO
#SouthLAParentLove: Redefining Parent Participation in South Los Angeles Schools
Maisie Chin

CHAPTER THREE
Speaking Up and Walking Out: Boston Students Fight for Educational Justice
Carlos Rojas and Glorya Wornum

CHAPTER FOUR
Fighting for Gender Justice: Girls of Color Assert Their Voice
Kate McDonough and Christina Powell

CHAPTER FIVE
The Freedom to Learn: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline in the Southwest
Pam Martinez

PART TWO: Building Alliances for Systemic Change

CHAPTER SIX
#FightForDyett: Fighting Back Against School Closings and the Journey 4 Justice
Jitu Brown

CHAPTER SEVEN
There Is No National Without the Local: Grounding the School Discipline Movement in the Mississippi Delta
Joyce Parker

CHAPTER EIGHT
The School Is the Heart of the Community: Building Community Schools Across New York City
Natasha Capers

CHAPTER NINE
Fighting for Teachers, Children and Their Parents: Building a Social Justice Teachers Union
Brandon Johnson

CHAPTER TEN
#EndWarOnYouth: Building a Youth Movement for Black Lives and Educational Justice
Jonathan Stith

PART THREE: Educators for Justice: Movement Building in Schools, School Systems & Universities

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Teachers Unite!: Organizing School Communities for Transformative Justice
Sally Lee and Elana “E.M.” Eisen-Markowitz

CHAPTER TWELVE
Can Schools Nurture the Souls of Black and Brown Children?: Combatting the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Early Childhood Education
Roberta Udoh

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
System Change: Following an Inside-Outside Strategy as a School Board Member
Mónica García

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Walking into the Community: Community Partnerships as a Catalyst for Institutional Change in Higher Education
Maureen D. Gillette

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
#schoolismyhustle: Activist Scholars and a Youth Movement to Transform Education
Vajra Watson

PART FOUR: Intersectional Organizing: Linking Social Movements to Educational Justice

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Janitors Are Parents Too!: Promoting Parent Advocacy in the Labor Movement
Aida Cardenas and Janna Shadduck-Hernandez

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The Same Struggle: Immigrant Rights and Educational Justice
José Calderón

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Organizing Intersectionally: Trans and Queer Youth Fighting for Racial and Gender Justice
Geoffrey Winder

CONCLUSION
Conclusion: Educational Justice as Catalyst for a New Social Movement
Mark R. Warren

About the Contributors

Acknowledgments
Notes