Introduction -- "Unlivable conditions": health and housing -- "Where the rats come out": slumlord neglect -- "Silent killers": mold and asthma in public housing -- "Where are we going to wind up?": the trauma of foreclosure -- "As if they're passing away": gentrification -- "We have a petition": speaking out and taking action -- "They put us down when we already down": police and juvenile justice -- "He starts grabbing me": student perspectives on policing in and out of schools -- "It's a memorable moment": stop-and-frisk policing of students in the community -- "All my youth was locked up in prison": juvenile incarceration and the war on drugs -- "He never got to meet me": growing up with incarcerated parents -- "Their wrists are too small, so you have to handcuff them up by their biceps": zero-tolerance policing in school -- "I was 15. came home at 25.": juvenile detention in Rikers -- "On the side of the kids": restorative justice and student action -- "The legal right to be somebody": immigration -- "Fearful of any institution": challenges facing emergent bilinguals -- "In the desert, the mountains, the cold-with only water": border crossing stories -- "I was doing really bad": a downward educational spiral -- "She's barely home": labor exploitation and parent school participation -- "Not having a dad": deportation and forced single-parent homes -- "He never went to school": a climate of fear -- "I was empowering my people": student immigrant rights -- "People are strong when they stand together": gender and identity -- "I never went back": bullying and anti-LGBTQ violence -- "Get the hell out!": family rejection and LGBTQ homelessness -- "The place for me!": inclusive school cultures and legal silencing -- "I never talked with anybody about this": sexual harassment -- "Being the sexy girl": body image and self-objectification -- "I look fat": body image and eating disorders -- "Save a kid's education": girls support groups and gay-straight alliances -- "Some place to call home": foster care and child welfare -- "They stole 10 years from me": the trauma of family separation -- "The system failed me": the disproportionate academic impact of foster care -- "Welfare queens": the criminalization of poor black mothers -- "She could not take care of herself": parental substance abuse " -- "Not me, not mine": aging out and youth advocacy -- Conclusion "I've got your back": moving from trauma and resilience toward -- Student activism -- "Sites of possibility" -- "A knock on the door": a sign of the times -- "Where we want to be": participatory action research -- At the screening: parting thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the author
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