Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice

Dr. Laura Wray-Lake is Professor of Social Welfare at UCLA, USA. She has conducted research for over a decade on youth civic engagement. As an author and lifelong learner, she has over eighty publications that document young people's power to contribute to their communities and to create social and political change. Elan C. Hope is Director of Research and Evaluation and Policy Research Associate, USA. She is an expert in youth development, racial justice, and well-being. She is an award-winning author of over sixty articles that explore how young people challenge oppression and create positive change in their communities. Laura S. Abrams is Professor of Social Welfare at UCLA, USA. She is a youth justice expert and an award-winning author of five books and over 100 articles. She is a member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and the recipient of the 2021 UCLA Chancellor's Public Impact Award.

1. Introduction: young black changemaking and the road to racial justice Laura Wray-Lake, Elan C. Hope and Laura S. Abrams; 2. Young black changemaking: civic actions with a purpose Elena Maker Castro, Laura Wray-Lake and Dominique Mikell Montgomery; 3. Non-black school spaces: how black youth encounter and resist racism Jason Anthony Plummer, Domonique Kianna Henderson and Laura Wray-Lake; 4. Identity and changemaking: what it means to be black and pursuing racial justice Elan C. Hope, Channing J. Mathews and Laura Wray-Lake; 5. Launching points: how black youth start their changemaking journeys Laura Wray-Lake, Sara Wilf and Mariah Bonilla; 6. Families: a keystone of young black changemaking Dominique Mikell Montgomery, Domonique Kianna Henderson, Victoria Millet, Elan C. Hope and Laura Wray-Lake; 7. Organizations: hubs for developing black youth's civic agency Laura Wray-Lake, Sara Wilf, Mariah Bonilla and Elena Maker Castro; 8. Summer 2020: young black changemakers confronting racial injustice Laura S. Abrams, Jason Anthony Plummer and Laura Wray-Lake; 9. Freedom dreaming: hope for racial justice and lasting change Laura Wray-Lake, Elan C. Hope, Laura S. Abrams, Mariah Bonilla, Domonique Kianna Henderson, Elena Maker Castro, Channing J. Mathews, Dominique Mikell Montgomery, Victoria Millet, Jason Anthony Plummer and Sara Wilf.