Sources - Research Behind This Project

Bloemraad, I., & Terriquez, V. (2016). Cultures of engagement: The organizational foundations of advancing health in immigrant and low-income communities of color. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 165, 214–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.003

Corning, A. “Disconnected but Hopeful: What a New Survey Reveals about Civic Life in America - National Civic League.” National Civic League, 30 Sept. 2025, www.nationalcivicleague.org/disconnected-but-hopeful-what-a-new-survey-reveals-about-civic-life-in-america/.

Dai, J. D., Yellowtail, J. L., Munoz-Salgado, A., Lopez, J. J., Ward-Griffin, E., Hawk, C. E., LeBlanc, J., Santos, N., Farero, A., Eason, A. E., & Fryberg, S. A. (2023). We Are Still Here: Omission and Perceived Discrimination Galvanized Civic Engagement Among Native Americans. Psychological Science, 34(7), 739–753. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231165271

Fenn, N., Sacco, A., Monahan, K., Robbins, M., & Pearson-Merkowitz, S. (2024). Examining the relationship between civic engagement and mental health in young adults: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of Youth Studies, 27(4), 558–587. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2156779 

Flynn, G. B. (2017). Afterword: Black Arts Movements: Echoes of Resistance. Black History Bulletin, 80(1), 33–34. https://doi.org/10.1353/bhb.2017.0003

Gates, T. G., Lillie, S., & Vargas, C. (2025). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Gender Expansive, and Queer+ Volunteerism in the United States: Social Needs, Civic Engagement, and Psychosocial Well-being. Journal of Psychosexual Health, 7(2), 180–186. https://doi.org/10.1177/26318318241256461

Goulden, A., Kattari, S. K., Slayter, E. M., & Norris, S. E. (2023). ‘Disability Is an Art. It’s an Ingenious Way to Live.’: Integrating Disability Justice Principles and Critical Feminisms in Social Work to Promote Inclusion and Anti-Ableism in Professional Praxis. Affilia, 38(4), 732–741. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231188733

Harris, S., Owen, R., & De Ruiter, C. (2022). Civic Engagement and People with Disabilities: The Role of Advocacy and Technology. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 5(1), 70. https://doi.org/10.54656/AWPE1856

Hayes, K., & Kaba, M. (2023). Let This Radicalize You. Haymarket Books. 

Johnson, A. E. (2023). What If We Get It Right?  One World.

Kafai, S. (2021). Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice and Art Activism of Sins Invalid (1st ed.). Arsenal Pulp Press.  

Kane, K. (2021). Art, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Resistance in the Age of Big Oil: Corwin Clairmont’s Two-Headed Arrow/The Tar Sands Project. American Indian Quarterly, 45(2), 152–195. https://doi.org/10.1353/aiq.2021.0010

Lei, Y. (2025). From Hashtags to Humanitarianism: Civic Engagement and Digital Mutual Aid During Natural Disasters. Communications in Humanities Research, 80(1), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2025.KM27171

Lorde, A. (2008). Sister outsider : essays and speeches (Revised edition.). Crossing Press. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspxdirect=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=n labk&AN=739170

Milstein, C. (2017). Rebellious mourning : the collective work of grief. 

Rodriguez, D. X., & Tuschling, L. (2021). HereToStay: murals of resistance and civic engagement. Continuum (Mount Lawley, W.A.), 35(2), 294–313. https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2021.1903395

Spade, D. (2020). Mutual Aid : Building Solidarity during This Crisis (and the Next). Verso. 

Suarez-Balcazar, Y. (2021). Latinx Immigrant Families With Youth With Disabilities Participating in Civic Engagement to Promote Social Justice. Social Justice Research Collaborative. https://doi.org/10.5210/sjrc.v0i0.11751

Taylor, D. (2014). Toxic Communities. NYU Press. 

The SoCal for Palestine Coalition. (2024). Decolonized Worldmaking: Campus Encampments for Civic Engagement. Radical Teacher (Cambridge), 130(130), 20–30. https://doi.org/10.5195/rt.2024.1340

Youth Climate Action in Toronto. (2025). Youth Climate Engagement Strategy City of Toronto. City of Toronto. https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/8f3a-YCAT-Final-Feb-2025-AODA-Version.pdf