Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities

Mari Castañeda (Ph.D., Communication, University of California, San Diego) is Professor and Chair of Communication at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Joseph Krupczynski (M.Sci., Design, University of Massachusetts-Amherst) is Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of Civic Engagement and Service Learning at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Acknowledgements – Mari Castañeda/Joseph Krupczynski: Introduction: Toward a Latinx Community-Academic Praxis of Civic Engagement – Section I: Rethinking Community and Civic Engagement – Antonieta Mercado: Civic Engagement: Learning From Teaching Community Praxis – Joseph Krupczynski: Imagining a Nueva Casita: Puerto Rican Subjectivities and the Space of the "In-between" on an Urban Farm in Western Massachusetts – Claudia A. Evans-Zepeda: Subject-Heading or Social Justice Solidarity? Civic Engagement Practices of Latinx Undocumented Immigrant Students – Marisel Moreno: Keeping It Real: Bridging U.S. Latino/a Literature and Community Through Student Engagement – Clara Román-Odio/Patricia Mota/Amelia Dunnell: Public Humanities and Community-Engaged Learning: Building Strategies for Undergraduate Research and Civic Engagement – Section II: Community Voices and the Politics of Place – Jonathan Rosa: Community as a Campus: From "Problems" to Possibilities in Latinx Communities – Judith Flores Carmona: Motherists’ Pedagogies of Cultural Citizenship: Claiming Rights and Space in a Xenophobic Era – J. Estrella Torrez: Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Respect: Storytelling as a Means of University-Community Engagement – Celeste Gonzaìlez de Bustamante: Arizona-Sonora 360: Examining and Teaching Contested Moral Geographies Along the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands – Ginetta E. B. Candelario: Saber es Poder: Teaching and Learning About Social Inequality in a New England Latin@ Community – Section III: Expanding the Media and Cultural Power of Communities – Jillian M. Báez: Media Literacy as Civic Engagement – Katynka Z. Martínez: "I Exist Because You Exist:" Teaching History and Supporting Student Engagement via Bilingual Community Journalism – Jessica Retis: Hashtag Jovenes Latinos: Teaching Civic Advocacy Journalism in Glocal Contexts – Sonya M. Alemán: Chicana/o Media Pedagogies: How Activism and Engagement Transform Student of Color Journalists – Rogelio Miñana: Lessons From Migrant Youth: Digital Storytelling and the Engaged Humanities in Springfield, MA – Contributors – Index.