Umoja Joe

Autor/in	Leff, Lila
Titel	Umoja Joe
Quelle	In: Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 7 (2010) 2, S.66-69 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1946-7109
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Poverty; At Risk Students; Secondary School Teachers; Cultural Pluralism; Educational Change; Advocacy; Student Development; Urban Schools; Youth Programs; High Schools; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Kulturpluralismus; Bildungsreform; Sozialanwaltschaft; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Jugendsofortprogramm; High school; Oberschule
Abstract	It was spring of 2004 when Joe Cytrynbaum interviewed to become the Program Director at Umoja Student Development Corporation in Chicago. Umoja is a weird hybrid of a youth development/educational reform organization. The organization operates from the premise that all sustainable change (for individuals and systems) has to happen in the context of meaningful relationships; that purposeful relationships are the first step in making anything better--even the hard core, long-term impacts of poverty. Its operational formula is part art and part science. It involves moving into the most under-resourced and under-performing high schools in Chicago and walking beside students in their journey. In this article, the author offers a remarkable glimpse of Joe at work at Umoja, the Chicago youth advocacy organization Joe joined immediately after his graduation from Penn's doctoral program in education, culture, and society. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. 3700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. e-mail: journal@gse.upenn.edu; Web site: http://urbanedjournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10