Re-Membering, Re-Framing, and Re-Imagining Latino Leadership in Education: Reflections on Community, Higher Learning, and Higher Education

This document traverses through a series of genealogical stories that span close to a century to provide context to higher learning, education, and development. The stories of elders help us re-member their dreams, re-frame the process for growth, and re-imagine the possibilities for development at the self, organizational, and community levels. Grounded in a community context, the authors present the history of people, place, and work as they learn to become more effective educators.

Introduction

The introduction concerns the role of Chicano/Latino leadership in history and faith politics. It also introduces the reader to Fr. Luis Olivares and his place in history, especially in his key leadership of the sanctuary movement in Los Angeles during the 1980s. There is also a discussion of the research strategy to write the biography.Finally, the introduction connects the earlier struggles to protect refugees and immigrants with the present issues of immigration and refugee policies.