Public Acts

As this book documents local, specific, and contextualized acts of resistance and offers a detailed analysis of varied forms of public literacies, it functions as a template to inform and inspire resistant practices in diverse communities.

Erica Meiners is Assistant Professor of Education and Women's Studies at Northeastern Illinois University and the principal of an alternative high school for formerly incarcerated men and women in Chicago.
Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco works as a community educator, social researcher, and is visiting faculty at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.