2020 AAG Keynote

“They Say Pushout, We Say Pushback!”

A Transformational Resistance Framework for Youth Development and Healing Justice Outcomes

The first annual local scholar-activist keynote session of the Critical Geographies of Education Specialty Group. Dr. Johnny Ramirez will present his work on using La Cultura Cura Framework in collaboration with Denver-area youth as part of the Gang Rescue and Support Project (GRASP) Initiative. La Cultura Cura Framework is “an indigenous healing-centered process that empowers young people through teachings, curriculum, and ceremonies that seek to holistically address the intergenerational pain and trauma experienced by Communities of Color; and most importantly provides strategies and practices that support movement toward a healing journey.”
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Date: April 7, 2020
Time: 10:15-11:30AM
Location: Plaza Ballroom F, Sheraton, Concourse Level
Participants: Johnny Ramirez (University of Denver), Carlos Sanchez (GRASP), Sam Elfay (GRASP), Madelaine Cahaus (University of Minnesota), Sallie Marston (University of Arizona), Dan Cohen (Queen’s University), and Alice Huff (UCLA).