LGBTQQ Youth Using Participatory Action Research and Theater to Effect Change: Moving Adult Decision-Makers to Create Youth-Centered Change

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 47-66

  Wernick, Laura J ^a   Woodford, Michael R ^b   Kulick, Alex ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

LGBTQQ; participatory action research; school climate; theater; transformative community organizing; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902143328     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2014.901996     Document Type: Article

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