Talking Back and Looking Forward

The editors assembled this book in order to highlight the voices of those who do have an idea—of people who have experienced or witnessed the impact of educational injustice on the lives of marginalized youth and the educators who advocate for them. They set out to collect writing about people’s experiences--their reflections on social justice and injustice equity and inequity in and out of schools that influence educational access and opportunity. By sharing stories in poetry and prose and photography telling truths either as people on the margins or as their partners in struggles for educational justice it is the editors intentions to expand the narrative of the educational policy and practice.