{"product_id":"amplifying-youth-voices-through-critical-crystal-chen-lee-9781032335469","title":"Amplifying Youth Voices Through Critical Literacy and Positive Youth Development: The Potential of University-Community Partnerships","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the transformative power of critical literacy in fostering youth engagement through university-community partnerships. It is based on a six-year study by The Literacy and Community Initiative (LCI) at North Carolina State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the potential, possibilities, and challenges of using critical literacy in university-community partnerships to amplify youth voices. Through the LCI program, youth in four community-based organizations completed a critical literacy curriculum, published their writings in a book, and participated in public readings to engage and lead their communities. The authors draw on data from semi-structured individual interviews, focus groups, youth narratives, and socio-emotional surveys across four unique youth populations. The youth populations involved collaborations with youth of color in urban communities, Latine immigrant and second-generation youth, girls in foster care and high-risk situations, and youth from immigrant and refugee backgrounds. Results of the study suggest that after engaging in the LCI critical literacy program, youth demonstrated improved literacy skills, enhanced social-emotional well-being, and increased community leadership and self-advocacy. Presenting a novel theoretical framework for the effective use of critical literacy to promote positive youth development in conjunction with first-hand insights into the successful development and sustainment of university-community research partnerships, this book ultimately provides a unique insight into how critical literacy and successful university-community partnerships can combine to result in powerful support for underserved culturally and linguistically diverse youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to scholars, educators, and practitioners with interests in critical literacy, positive youth development studies, and adolescent research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Crystal Chen Lee,Jose Picart,Jennifer C. Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032335467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032335469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Crystal Chen Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175775514879,"sku":"9781032335469","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8e0cf0a-fc1a-478a-ab38-af7753a9d0a8.jpg?v=1771335828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/amplifying-youth-voices-through-critical-crystal-chen-lee-9781032335469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}