Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Feb 2018 Open Access

Youth Activism and Community Writing by Latina Youth

Jasmine Villa ; Taylor Figueroa

Abstract

In this article, we examine how Latinitas, a non-profit organization aimed towards empowering Latina youth through multimedia and technology, is a site of resistance. Latinitas provides linguistic, cultural, and technological resources as means to promote empowerment in the Latinx community, thereby creating and nurturing a space for Latinx youth. This article is written by two members of Latinitas: Jasmine Villa, Coordinator for the Youth Editorial Advisory Board, and Taylor Figueroa, a high school senior and Contributing Writer for Latinitas Magazine. Using personal experiences and testimonios, this article highlights how Latinitas sustains social justice efforts by providing an interplay of multimodal spaces (physical and digital) for Latinx youth to use as a platform for self-expression.

Journal
Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2018-02-01
DOI
10.59236/rjv17i3pp70-86
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Open Access
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multimodality race and writing
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