ABSTRACT

¡Juntos Podemos!/Together We Can! is a multigenerational, districtwide collective of educators, community organizers, and activists. Located in eastern Los Angeles County, the group developed intentionally and horizontally to address the disenfranchisement of the working-class communities of La Puente and Valinda using the California Voting Rights Act. Drawing from a praxis-oriented approach, ¡Juntos Podemos! explores the process of organizing and its connection to theory and practice. This approach builds from the experiences of members to see how different positionalities influence their participation in the struggle for school transformation. First, we highlight the politics of the school district and history of community-based school organizing from which ¡Juntos Podemos! emerges. Second, we present narratives of two collective members who grew up in different areas of the district at distinct time periods to illustrate how their experiences were shaped by dominant ideologies of schooling and why they became involved in ¡Juntos Podemos! Third, we discuss how our efforts to change the ways school board members are elected as a first step in shifting the composition of the school board. We conclude with a discussion of transformation as an ongoing process that draws on multiple approaches and strategies.

摘要

¡ Juntos Podemos !/Together We Can! 是一个由教育工作者、社区组织者和活动家组成的多代、跨地区的集体。该组织位于洛杉矶县东部，有意横向发展，以解决拉普恩特和瓦林达工人阶级社区使用《加州投票权法》被剥夺公民权的问题。借鉴以实践为导向的方法，¡ Juntos Podemos ! 探索组织的过程及其与理论和实践的联系。这种方法建立在成员的经验之上，以了解不同的立场如何影响他们参与学校转型的斗争。首先，我们强调学区的政治和社区学校组织的历史Juntos Podemos！出现。其次，我们介绍了在不同时期在学区不同地区长大的两名集体成员的叙述，以说明他们的经历如何受到主流学校教育意识形态的影响，以及他们为何参与“¡Juntos Podemos! ”。第三，我们讨论了我们如何努力改变学校董事会成员的选举方式，作为改变学校董事会组成的第一步。最后，我们讨论了转型是一个利用多种方法和策略的持续过程。