Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article highlights some of the successes the Humanities Out There (HOT) program at the University of California, Irvine had when partner- ing with progressive institutions, namely with the Chicano/Latino Studies program at the university and with the arts program in a local high school. The first program engaged students in exploring the history underlying their communities, and the second helped students to dramatize their life experi- ences before a local public using their home languages. Analyzing what en- abled HOT’s successes, I urge others sponsoring youth literacy to seek out, and make alliance with, progressive institutions within public education.
Recommended Citation
Langdon, Lance. “Allies in Progress: The Public-School Institutions We’ve Ignored.” Community Literacy Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 2020. pp. 110-129. doi:10.25148/14.2.009039.
