CHAPTER 10
Sí Se Puede: Social Activism and Coalition Leadership
LEADERSHIP BY THE MANY brings people together, reinforces a strong sense of culture and community, and articulates a shared vision that inspires people. This is the prelude to the real work of Latino leaders: concerted and collective social action. As “minorities,” Latinos have experienced discrimination and exclusion. This drives an activist leadership form, which builds coalitions and cultivates a critical mass of people with the purpose of changing the social and economic conditions that perpetuate inequality.
Latinos become activists because of the inequities they saw in their own families and communities. When Arturo Vargas joined his parents in picketing his overcrowded barrio ...
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