Queer Multicultural Social Justice Education

<p>In <em>Queer Multicultural Social Justice Education: Curriculum (and Identity) Development Through Performance</em> I take a pragmatic approach sharing my intimate journey my stories and myself with you-the reader-as I actively perform and model the development of queer explorations (i.e. lessons) and curriculum. </p><p> </p><p>I begin this journey with three accessible histories of multicultural education queer perspectives and autoethnography respectively. These easy-to-navigate stories provide you with important background knowledge highlighting the evolution of commonalities between and need for each discipline along with their connection to identity and identity awareness as a form of social justice practice and advancement. Next I share and perform the nine explorations developed for this project collectively titled Queer Explorations of Identity Awareness. Modeling for you in practical terms how to queer curriculum and its development I openly examine my raw performances discuss my personal and analytical reflections and embrace my own personal experiences and revelations that occurred throughout this project. Finally I close with a creative reflective and story-like analysis of the process that includes a call to action from you to share your stories as a way of knowing yourself-and others-as a form of social justice education and advancement. </p><p> </p><p>This book is intended for all formal and informal educators interested in performing and developing queer multicultural social justice curriculum and practices. Inspired by Ayers (2006) I invite you on this voyage with hope and urgency (p. 83). It is time we share our stories as a form of curriculum activism and coming together.</p>