“We, as Parents, Do Have a Voice”: Learning from Community-Based Programs Effectively Engaging Parents in Urban Communities

• Published in: Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 1048 - 1077
• Main Authors: Gil, Elizabeth, Johnson, Ashley
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Community; Families & family life; Family Involvement; Parents & parenting; Program implementation; Schools; Urban areas; Wealth; community-based programs; asset-orientation; community cultural wealth; social; culturally responsive family engagement; parent participation; subjects; case studies; Urban Education; cultural responsiveness; comparative case study

Utilizing Yosso’s community cultural wealth framework as a theoretical lens, we sought to examine how nontraditional, community-based family engagement programs impacted adult family members’ thoughts and actions about engagement with their children's schools. The study drew primarily from the...