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Leadership For Social Justice: Authentic Participation In The Case Of A Community Center In Caracas, Venezuela, Katia Paz Goldfarb, Jaime Grinberg
Leadership For Social Justice: Authentic Participation In The Case Of A Community Center In Caracas, Venezuela, Katia Paz Goldfarb, Jaime Grinberg
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This is a case study of a leader who fosters authentic participation for advancing social justice in an urban community center in Caracas, Venezuela, located in the midst of poverty, marginality, and social and economic alienation. This educational space enables the local community to control the destiny of their own institution. Learning from this case, we argue that urban educational transformation might succeed in terms of practicing social justice, if leadership facilitates and creates urban sanctuaries by working with the communities and not on the communities; fosters an organizational structure that is flexible and democratic; and creates a safe (trusting) …