Better Schools for Everyone Are Possible: Stories and Lessons from Immigrant Organizers & Educators

The panel will consist of organizers and educators from Philadelphia who work with youth from immigrant, migrant, and refugee families. They will share their own stories to disrupt dominant narratives of immigrant students. They will also discuss the intergenerational and intersectional effects of oppression, and what they have learned from youth empowerment spaces about the role that critical education can play in supporting transformative and liberatory teaching and learning.

Speakers include:
Duong Ly, of VietLead
Wei Chen, of Asian Americans United
Olivia Vazquez, of JUNTOS
Yves-Marie Desir, of AFAHO
Dee Asaah, of AFAHO and Penn GSE

Moderator: Claire Wan, Penn GSE Graduate Student