Disruption Through Concientización

Abstract

Disruption through Concientización introduces a framework for Latinx family engagement, VERDAD: (1) Valor, (2) Engagement, (3) Respeto, (4) Disruption, (5) Action, and (6) Deber. The VERDAD lens provides a transformative way for examining and understanding the experiences of trauma and healing for Latinx families in schools. Disruption through Concientización draws on the previous work of pedagogy of the puppet, which exposed the deficit ways Latino and refugee families have been positioned in marginalized ways regarding their engagement in schools. Drawing on ethnographic methods, the authors unpack the disconnect these families experience in schools by reflecting on 1) Concientización and the colonization of families in schools, 2) humanizing and validating trauma, and 3) by being spirit warriors Saliendo de la invisibilidad. Their experiences reveal the VERDAD that occurs in the lives of Latinx families in schools.