Resilient Futures

Addressing Collective Trauma and Marginalization in Out-of-School Time Spaces

Edited by:
Jaynemarie Enyonam Angbah, Independent Consultant
Ryan D. Heath, Syracuse University

A volume in the series: Current Issues in Out-of-School Time. Editor(s): Helen Janc Malone, Institute for Educational Leadership.

Call for Chapter Proposals

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
As a result of the dual pandemics (COVID-19 and an international reckoning around social and racial inequity), youth have experienced an immense amount of collective trauma and disconnectedness from school, workforce and other educational pipelines. Throughout this tumultuous time, Out-of-School Time spaces have and will continue to serve as an important nurturing and protective space for youth development and voice. In this call for our 9th book in the series, we are looking to explore how youth and practitioners are addressing the collective trauma and opportunity facing this generation of young people.

While all young people are experiencing a level of marginalization, we are looking for narratives and bright-spot practices that are being used to address the challenges facing:

• BIPOC Youth: young people who identify as American Indian, Native American or Alaska Native, Indigenous, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino/a, Middle Eastern or North African, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

• Opportunity Youth: young people the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither enrolled nor participating in the labor market

• LGBTQIA+ Youth: young people that identify as members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex and Asexual communities

• Undocumented, First Generation, and Refugee Youth

• Youth from a Range of Ability and Disability Statuses

• Youth from Low Resourced Backgrounds and Communities (including rural, urban and suburban communities that are marginalized, impoverished or oppressed)

• Youth experiencing housing instability

For the volume, we are looking for local, national, regional, and/or scalable examples of programs, delivery models, research and policies that support accessible, equitable, sustainable, and quality programming.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:
• The role of out-of-school time learning in a post-pandemic world

• Co-creating nurturing and protected spaces for youth voice and youth development

• Navigating postsecondary options for various groups of youth

• Systems change in out of school time, youth development and afterschool spaces

PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:
Proposals should be made on three single-spaced pages, and consist of your name and affiliation, email address, a tentative title, and an abstract (100-500 words). Please include an additional page with a brief biography (100-300 words) and relevant professional publications, projects, and/or artistic works. All proposals should be sent as a single PDF to email (resilientfuturesostseries@gmail.com) by November 30, 2024.

CHAPTER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by January 31, 2025, about the status of their submission and the chapter guidelines sent. Full chapters will vary by type and can be up to 7,500 words in Times New Roman 12-point, double-spaced text, inclusive of title, abstract, manuscript, and references, should be submitted as a Microsoft Word email attachment by March 31, 2025. Manuscripts should conform to 7th edition APA style conventions. Graphics and images may be included. See Author Guidelines.

Chapters should draw from the author/s own experience and/or research and can include case studies and reflective questions for readers to engage in and think actively about concepts and processes. Central themes could be explained in text boxes to engage the reader in the arguments presented. The end of the chapter should provide a summary of key reflections and insights on the content and/or research methodology, and recommendations for further reading may provide a wide range of current sources for further exploration and encourage readers to expand their knowledge.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLICATION:
Call for Book Chapters Submissions Due: November 30, 2024
Reviews of Call for Book Chapters Submissions: January 31, 2025
Receipt by Editors of Final Draft of Book Chapters: May 15, 2025
Final Book Submitted to Publisher: May 31, 2025
Anticipated Publication: Winter 2026

Send all inquiries to resilientfuturesostseries@gmail.com

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