June 2025:
"La Muñeca Negra: An Oral History of Margarita Montalvo and Maritza Arango Montalvo" By Paula Margarita Montalvo Jorrín, Loreto Maritza Arango Montalvo, and Yolanda Hester" https://contours.lib.umn.edu/article/la-muneca-negra-an-oral-history/
"The Dolls of Hope Project: A Case Study In HIV/AIDS Advocacy, Community Engagement, and Empowerment" By Cynthia Davis https://contours.lib.umn.edu/article/the-dolls-of-hope-project-a-case-study-in-hiv-aids-advocacy-community-engagement-and-empowerment/
April 2025:
"Chilean Arpilleras: Women Who Weave Together Memories and Resistance" by The International Journal on Human Rights (August 2020).
What is Craftivism? by Changemaker English (video, 18 min).
Craftivism: A Manifesto/ Methology by Tal Fitpatrick (2018), 1 - 4 pp.
Extra Credit:
The Aunty Sewing Squad (founded on March 24, 2020) by Kristina Wong.
Auntie Sewing Squad: Mask-Making Heroes in the Pandemic by PBS SoCal (video, 6 min)
Social Justice Sewing Academy (founded in 2017).
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (founded in 2010).
Community Quits by East Los Angeles College Chicano Studies Students (2022).
February/2021:
"Using your Voice is a Political Choice" by Amanda Gorman. (Video, 7 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plU-QpcEswo
"The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman. (Video, 6 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ055ilIiN4
California Plans to Make Ethnic Studies a Requirement for Public-School Students. Here’s the History Behind the Idea by Iris Kim (September 15, 2020) https://time.com/5888853/ethnic-studies-california/
AB-331 California High School Ethnic Studies Bill http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB331
California Department of Education Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Guidelines https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/ethnicguidelines.asp
October/2020:
Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Research, By Christine E. Sleeter, Miguel Zavala (2020).
Chapter 1 "What is All the Fuss About Ethnic Studies?" with a focus on pages 7-17. https://books.google.com/books?id=nv_LDwAAQBAJ&printsec=copyright#v=onepage&q&f=false
Remarks by President Trump at the White House Conference on American History (September 17, 2020) www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-white-house-conference-american-history/
June/ 2020:
City of Los Angeles Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Proposed Budget (Exhibit H, page 39)
April/ 2020:
"The Fundamental Question: In the Wake of the Financial Collapse Are Museum Doing Enough?" by Elaine Heumann Gurian (2009). https://sites.google.com/view/aesjbookclub/readings/current-readings?authuser=0
"How Can I Contribute? Four Steps I'm Taking to Figure it Out" by Nina Simon. (2020) https://medium.com/@ninaksimon/how-can-i-contribute-four-steps-im-taking-to-figure-it-out-d7a35b5149d5
May/2019 :
Alia Wong, "The Unique Racial Dynamics of the L.A. Teachers' Strike," The Atlantic, Jan. 14, 2019, accessed March 11, 2019,
Theresa Harrington, "Distrust is a central issue in Oakland teacher's strike," EdSource, Feb. 21, 2019, accessed March 11, 2019,
https://edsource.org/2019/distrust-is-a-central-issue-in-oakland-teachers-strike/608910.
+ Louis Freedberg, "Lessons from the Los Angeles and Oakland teachers' strike," EdSource, March 3, 2019, accessed March 11, 2019,
https://edsource.org/2019/lessons-from-the-los-angeles-and-oakland-teacher-strikes/609371
+ Alia Wong, "America's Teachers Are Furious," The Atlantic, Jan. 22, 2019, accessed March 11, 2019,
+ LA Podcast, "Strikin' Teach Memoirs," Dec. 17, 2018, accessed March 11, 2019,
October/November 2018: Lonetree, Amy. "Museums as Sites of Decolonization: Truth Telling in National and Tribal Museums." Contesting Knowledge: Museums and Indigenous Perspectives. Ed. Susan Sleeper-Smith. University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln and London, 2009. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByNuz-ZrIk_Hang2eUR2azdyVlJBbG02UFFIZ1JPYllvU0R3/view
August/September 2018: "Curating Inequality: The Link Between Cultural Reproduction and Race in the Visual Arts" by Andria Lynn Blackwood. Thesis Paper (2011). Chapters titled Introduction (pp 1-11), Findings (pp 16-39) and Conclusion (pp 40-43). (https://etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/kent1321704421/inline)
June/July 2018: "We Built This City: A Conversation with Lauren Halsey" by Mark Pieterson. https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/built-city-conversation-lauren-halsey/. "Massive Monument to South LA Is Closing to Becoming a Reality" by Matt Stromberg http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/lauren-halsey-crenshaw/
May/2018: "Decolonizing Culture: Anuradha Vikram and Vivian Sming," Art Practical Audio. Sound Cloud Audio Interview. 57 min. https://soundcloud.com/artpractical/decolonizing-culture-anuradha-vikram-and-vivian-sming; Decolonizing Culture: Essays on the Intersection of Art and Politics by Anuradha Vikram. https://www.smingsming.com/products/anuradha-vikram-decolonizing-culture; "Why Cultural Critics of Culture Matter," by Elizabeth Méndez Berry. Hyperallergetic. May 3, 2018. https://hyperallergic.com/437068/why-cultural-critics-of-color-matter/
April/2018: "We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change" by Myles Horton and Paulo Freire edited by Brenda Bell, John Gaventa, and John Peters. Chapter 4: Educational Practice (pg. 145 - 197) and Chapter 5: Education and Social Change (pg. 199 - 226) https://codkashacabka.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/we-make-the-road-by-walking-myles-and-paolo-freie-book.pdf
March/2018: Poetry is Not a Luxury by Audre Lorde (1985), pp. 1-2: https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf; The Transformation of Silence Into Language Action by Audre Lorde: http://www.csusm.edu/sjs/documents/silenceintoaction.pdf (EXTRA CREDIT: Lorde, Audre. "Age, Race, Sex: Women Redefininf Difference," in Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1984. pp. 114-123. PDF.; Lorde, Audre. I am your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings by Audre Lorde. New York: Oxford Univerdsity Press, 2009. Print.; Lorde, Audre. "The Master's Tools will Never Dismantle the Master's House," in Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua (eds), This Bridge Called my Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, New York: Kitchen Table Press, 1983. pp. 94-101. PDF.; Moraga, Cherrie and Anzaldua, Gloria (eds.), This Bridge Called my Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. New York: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1983. PDF. )
February/2018: "Teaching as an Act of Love: In Memory of Paulo Freire" by Antonia Darder. Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love by Antonia Darder.
January/2018: The Failure of Whiteness in Art Education: A Personal Narrative Informed by Critical Race Theory by Sunny Spillane. The Art of Failure: The Importance of Risk and Experimentation, The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
November/2017: Nina Simon Keynote - 2017 Ecsite Annual Conference. June 17, 2017. Porto, Portual. (57 min.) and The Art of Relevance by Nina Simon. Part 1: Relevance.
September/2017: "Interview with Alyssa Machida" (Episode 3) by Paula Santos. Cultura Conscious. Podcast (audio). July 17, 2017.
August/2017: Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism by bell hooks and Amalia Mesa-Bains. (Chapters: Home and Memory) Pages: 97 - 116. Amalia Mesa-Bias, An Ofrenda for Dolores del Rio (1984). Smithsonian American Art Museum. May 2012.
July/2017: Modirzadeh, Leyla. "DOCUMENTARY THEATER IN EDUCATION." Culturally Relevant Arts Education for Social Justice: A Way Out of No Way (2013): 47.
June/ 2017: "Theoretical Considerations for Art Education Research with and about 'Underserved Populations.'" Kraehe, Amelia and Acuff, Joni B. Pages: 294-309.
May/2017: "Embracing a Critical Pedagogy in Art Education" by Shirley Hayes Yokley. Pages: 18-24. "Empowering Students through Creative Resistance: Arts Critical Pedagogy in the Immigrant Experience" by Luis-Genaro Garcia. Pages: 139-147. "Visual Culture Jam: Art, Pedagogy, and Creative Resistance" by David Darts. Studies in Art Education. 2004. Pages: 313-325.
April/2017: Reflections on Social Justice Art Education by Dipti Desai. Pages: 172-178; References: Video: Creating Equity. AIE: Continuing the Conversation. Art in Education, Harvard. April 15, 2016. (32 min); Websites: NYU: Art + Education MA Programs. Harvard: Art in Education MA Program.
March/2017: Critical Voices in Action: Teaching for Social Justice in Community-Based Art Education by Catherine A. Driskell. Georgia State University Art and Design Thesis: November 2008. Pages: 1-45.
February/2017: Notes for a Dialogue on Arts Education in Critical Times by Dipti Desai. Art Education: September 2007. Pages: 6-12.
January/2017: Social Justice and Art Education by Elizabeth Garber. Visual Arts Research: 2004. Vol. 30, No. 2. Pages: 4-16.
December/2016: An Inevitable Question: Exploring the Defining Features of Social Justice Art Education by Marit Dewhurst. Art Education: September 2010. Pages: 6-13.
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