(Re)storying our Education: Black School Counselors Engaging and Cultivating Black Joy and Resistance in P–12 Schooling

Authors

Renae D. Mayes, University of ArizonaFollow
Riley Drake, University of Wisconsin-StoutFollow
Adrianne C. Robertson, Rowan UniversityFollow
Carla B. Cheatham, College of Education, Seattle University, Seattle, USAFollow
Betsy M. Perez, Department of Counseling, California State University, Fullerton, USAFollow

Abstract

With the rise of national anti-DEI and anti-CRT legislation, public school continues to be unsafe for Black youth, their families, and Black educators. Yet Black people still find themselves in P–12 schools working to create fugitive spaces that resist the carceral nature of schooling while promoting abolitionist principles of healing, community, and joy. Toward this end, the authors interviewed 10 Black school counselors to understand their role in creating these spaces of Black joy and resistance. Findings from this study will help to expand the approaches Black counselors take in creating Black joy and resistance across educational spaces.

Recommended Citation

Mayes, R. D., Drake, R., Robertson, A. C., Cheatham, C. B., & Perez, B. M. (2025). (Re)storying our Education: Black School Counselors Engaging and Cultivating Black Joy and Resistance in P–12 Schooling. Black Educology Mixtape "Journal", 3(1). Retrieved from https://repository.usfca.edu/be/vol3/iss1/14