Rise Up!

"Around the world, university students of color have tired of fraudulent political discourses of racialized normativity that have violently betrayed subaltern dreams of justice. In response, they are rising to resist and challenge the destructive impact and persistence of racialized and economic subjugation on their lives and their communities. Anchored in the critical power of a Black feminist tradition, Rise Up! Activism as Education engages this reality not only through incisive critique and analysis of contemporary issues but also by advancing a much-needed call to action—if we are to genuinely dismantle and reinvent the oppressive conditions of education and society that defy our liberation."
—Antonia Darder, Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership, Loyola Marymount University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Education, University of Johannesburg
"RiseUp!Activism as Education expresses the ideas and aspirations of a new generation of student and scholar activists who feel compelled to wake up, stand up, step up, and speak up. It presents firsthand accounts from the front lines of struggle that delineate the work of an outpouring of creative and critical collaborations among people who refuse the unlivable destinies intended for them as a first step for forging new democratic practices and possibilities."
—George Lipsitz, author of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness