Leading the Way: Young Women's Activism for Social Change
Leading the Way is a collection of personal essays written by twenty-one young, hopeful American women who describe their work, activism, leadership, and efforts to change the world. It responds to critical portrayals of this generation of "twenty-somethings" as being disengaged and apathetic about politics, social problems, and civic causes.\ Bringing together graduates of a women's leadership certificate program at Rutgers University's Institute for Women's Leadership, these essays provide...
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Leading the Way is a collection of personal essays written by twenty-one young, hopeful American women who describe their work, activism, leadership, and efforts to change the world. It responds to critical portrayals of this generation of "twenty-somethings" as being disengaged and apathetic about politics, social problems, and civic causes. Contributors reflect on controversial issues such as gay marriage, gender, racial profiling, war, immigration, poverty, urban education, and health care reform in a post-9/11 era.
Forward Mary S. Hartman xiAcknowledgements xixIntroduction Mary K. Trigg 1Part 1 Learning Leadership: From Life to Activism1 Going Back Home: Teaching Literature and Poetry to Latino and African American High School Students Kristy Clementina Perez 212 Soldier in a Long White Dress: Notes from the Battle for Same-Sex Marriage Andrea E. Vaccaro 303 Living While Muslim: Human Rights Advocacy in the Post-9/11 Era Arwa Ibrahim 394 "What Are You?": Projecting the Perspective of the In-Between Ingrid Hu Dahl 495 Leading by Example: My Mother's Resilience and Power in the Fight against Poverty Rosanna Eang 586 Acting on a Grander Scale: Ending Health Care Disparities in the Latino Community Carol Mendez 677 Learning the Meaning of One: Reflections on Social justice Education Jessica H. Greenstone 76Part 2 Reimagining Leadership: New Models8 Storybooks and Fairytales from Rural Teso: Leadership as Local Problem Solving Sivan Yosef 879 Navigating Identity Politics in Activism: Leading Outside of One's Community Allison M. Attenello 9610 Finding the Face in Public Health Policy: Leadership Learning through Outreach Courtney S. Turner 10711 Eating with a Spoon: Learning from Women at the Grass Roots of Society Dahlia Goldenberg 11712 Giving Voice to the Unheard: Writing with Women in Trenton Kristen Lyons Maravi 12913 Moving through Message: Feminist Counternarratives for Social Change Liza Brice 13914 The Transformation of a Chrysalis: Becoming a Global Citizen Sasha Taner 146Part 3 Leadership in Practice: Creating Change15 Changing the Face of Leadership: Legislatorsat Large for American Women Edna Ishayik 15516 Choosing Nursing: A Feminist Odyssey Jan Oosting Kaminsky 16717 Safe Keepers and Wage Earners: South Asian Working Women in the United States Anuradha Shyam 17418 Blurring the Lines That Divide: Social Change through Activism, Politics, and the Space Between Shira Lynn Pruce 18419 Practicing Leadership: The Unexpected Plunge into Politics Alanna Chan 19520 Stories from the Sidelines: Career versus Family Megan Pinand 20521 Creating Knowledge: Feminist Music Scholarship as Activism Mary Simonson 212Contributors 223Index 229
