Using Hispanic Memoirs to Create a Culturally Sustaining Common Read Program
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reading program, hispanic students, pedagogical approach, curricular approachAbstract
This article shares a best practice for developing a Common Read program grounded in a culturallysustainingpedagogy(Paris,2012)withinadiverseurbancommunitycollege. The authors make the argument for choosing memoirs by Latinx/Hispanic authors to promote greater cultural understanding and connections for both students and faculty, especially in light of the current political climate in the United States. Recent memoirs by Rosie Perez, Sonia Sotomayor, Richard Blanco and others are discussed as strong examples of successful Common Read texts, and a suggestion is made for a HETS and/or HACU-wide Common Read program.
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