Youth Organizing as a Developmental Context for African American and Latino Adolescents

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-294

  Kirshner, Ben ^a   Ginwright, Shawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Civic engagement; Ecological context; Race and ethnicity; Youth organizing; Youth programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865290197     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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