Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2002
Journal / Book Title
Journal of School Leadership
Abstract
This is a case study of a leader who fosters authentic participation for advancing social justice in an urban community center in Caracas, Venezuela, located in the midst of poverty, marginality, and social and economic alienation. This educational space enables the local community to control the destiny of their own institution. Learning from this case, we argue that urban educational transformation might succeed in terms of practicing social justice, if leadership facilitates and creates urban sanctuaries by working with the communities and not on the communities; fosters an organizational structure that is flexible and democratic; and creates a safe (trusting) environment where the local community is engaged in authentic participation.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Paz Goldfarb, Katia and Grinberg, Jaime, "Leadership for Social Justice: Authentic Participation in the Case of a Community Center in Caracas, Venezuela" (2002). Department of Educational Foundations Scholarship and Creative Works. 15.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/educ-fdns-facpubs/15
Published Citation
Goldfarb, K. P., & Grinberg, J. (2002). Leadership for social justice: Authentic participation in the case of a community center in Caracas, Venezuela. Journal of School Leadership, 12(2), 157-173.