Shaking the Table provides perspectives and narratives of
practitioners working in, or who have worked in, identity centers.
Colleges and universities across the country continue to grapple with
supporting students in their marginalized identities, including
gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, ability, socioeconomic
status, religious identity, and citizenship status. The creation of
spaces and centers to support students in their acclimation,
belonging, and identity development has been one way institutions have
sought to address the needs of those with marginalized identities.
Those working within these spaces have provided students with
transformative learning and developmental experiences. Despite this
contribution to campus equity and inclusion efforts, the voices and
experiences of those engaged in this work are often invisible. In the
face of increasing resistance to equity and inclusion work nationally,
and the multiple demands placed on the staff in these spaces, it is
crucial to center and uplift these voices that are often relegated to
the margins. This book features first-person accounts of the
complexities, challenges, joy, and resistance practitioners experience
while surviving and healing through and from this work. Shaking the
Table is a resource of guidance, wisdom, connection, and community for
those who share in this labor and who aspire to do this work. It is
also a call to action for colleagues, supervisors, and institutional
leaders to better understand, champion, and uplift those working in
these spaces.
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Survival and Healing Amongst Identity Center Practitioners
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781805922247
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok