기사
Leveraging Privilege
- 개인저자
- Laura J. Wernick
- 수록페이지
- 323-345 p.
- 발행일자
- 2012.06.28
- 출판사
- University of Chicago Press
초록
Scholars and practitioners suggest that some people with power and privilege organize within their own communities to create change and help shape a just society. However, extant literature offers no model of how those with privilege organize to support these goals while remaining accountable to cross-class movements and avoiding replication of existing, unjust power structures. This mixed-methods case study examines how an organization of young adults who have (or will inherit) wealth alters a transformative model to effectively organize people with wealth. The article extends the literature on community organizing by proposing a model for organizing people with wealth and privileged identities to responsibly leverage their resources and access to elite institutions. Working with these young adults, a cross-class team of organizers uses its collective knowledge and experience to develop critical consciousness, build skills, and create action plans that responsibly support social justice.