No One Can Arrest Our Dreams

ISBN-13: 9781032657134 / Twarda / 2024 / 152 str.

Clarice O. Thomas

Opis

A narrative inquiry into the lives of three men, Robert, Raheem, and Warren, this book shares their stories about over-discipline in school, adverse teacher-student relationships, and violent community policing that proceeded and intersected with their involvement in the criminal justice system.

Spis treści

An Important Author’s Note  Introduction. Storying Dreams in Black Education  1. Living and Learning in the Carceral Matrix
 Storied Reflection. Remembering Relationships With/In Spaces  2. Navigating the Fork in the Road  Storied Reflection. Teaching in Real Time  3. Survival Mode  Storied Reflection. Trouble Around the Corner  4. Restoring Broken Dreams  Conclusion. Storytelling for Educational Justice  Something to Tell My Mom: An Autoethnography of Teaching in the Prison Education Program  A Note on Narrative Inquiry 

O autorze

Clarice O. Thomas, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies & School of Education at Saint Louis University. She is the director of the Teaching Well Institute for School Transformation (TWIST) and teaches courses in the Prison Education Program. Dr. Thomas’s research has focused on storytelling for social justice in teacher education and improving racial justice in mass incarceration issues. She is the recipient of a PEN America Writing for Justice fellowship to advance her work that examines the impact of multi-generational incarceration on Black families and communities in the U.S.