American Educational Research Journal
Volume 56, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 2262-2294

Extracurricular Settings as a Space to Address Sociopolitical Crises: The Case of Discussing Immigration in Gender-Sexuality Alliances Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election (Article)

Poteat V.P.* , Calzo J.P. , Yoshikawa H. , Rosenbach S.B. , Ceccolini C.J. , Marx R.A.
  • a Boston College, United States
  • b San Diego State University, United States
  • c New York University, United States
  • d New York University, United States
  • e Boston College, United States
  • f Vanderbilt University, United States

Abstract

School-based extracurricular settings could promote dialogue on sociopolitical crises. We considered immigration discussions within gender-sexuality alliances (GSAs), which address multiple systems of oppression. Among 361 youth and 58 advisors in 38 GSAs (19 in 2016–2017/Year 1; 19 in 2017–2018/Year 2), youth in Year 1 reported increased discussions from baseline throughout the remaining school year; differences were nonsignificant in Year 2. In both years, youth reporting greater self-efficacy to promote social justice, and GSAs with advisors reporting greater self-efficacy to address culture, race, and immigration discussed immigration more over the year (adjusting for baseline). In interviews, 38 youth described circumstances promoting or inhibiting discussions: demographic representation, open climates, critical reflection, fear or consequences of misspeaking, discomfort, agenda restrictions, and advisor roles. © 2019 AERA.

Author Keywords

LGBTQ youth Social justice Immigration extracurricular groups gender-sexuality alliance

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85063966819&doi=10.3102%2f0002831219839033&partnerID=40&md5=7b4f6a18aa9fb235aea37f6befc31638
DOI: 10.3102/0002831219839033
ISSN: 00028312
Original Language: English