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Brown, Ruth N. Lewis, Sheri 2013-05-24T22:16:02Z 2013-05-24T22:16:02Z 2015-05-24T10:00:53Z 2013-05 2013-05-24T22:16:02Z 2013-05 In order to create pedagogical methods and practices committed to educational attainment and healthy lifestyles one must recognize the impact of love as pedagogy. In my paper, I demonstrate how I utilize a concept I call “love practices” within a Black-girl-centered space entitled “Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths” (SOLHOT). When exploring the utility of love as practice among Black girls, in SOLHOT, at a local middle school in Champaign, Illinois, I ask the following: what is the relationship between love and Black girlhood? What is/are the impetus, motivation(s), and commitments of Black girls to a girl-centered space? What does it mean to be a part of a space for girls that foreground love? To assess Black girls in a context of love practices, I employ autoethnography, a method that permits me to openly discuss my experiences and research as self-reflective interpretations. My key findings, such as humility, listening, practice, imagining a critical space for Black girls, and recognizing complexities of love, are the critical lessons that have contributed to the process of organizing SOLHOT. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2013-04-18T19:19:22Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 5 Lewis_Sheri.pdf: 519215 bytes, checksum: a89217f6bbd4b0e3f6522ba4451a14f8 (MD5) Lewis_Sheri .pdf: 343042 bytes, checksum: 99e63b28bc25ba18518fcc78ca32a13d (MD5) Lewis_Sheri .pdf: 343056 bytes, checksum: 14502cb34a178b0ca6eaa934225ec344 (MD5) Lewis_Sheri .pdf: 342994 bytes, checksum: 412847230d1a2daadd508a23a372b270 (MD5) Lewis_Sheri.pdf: 519215 bytes, checksum: a89217f6bbd4b0e3f6522ba4451a14f8 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T22:16:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Sheri_Lewis.pdf: 663691 bytes, checksum: c505678783ab3b1b9f58adc80288656b (MD5) license.txt: 4061 bytes, checksum: 9c329465f6b2af7e0ea00d518b2fa843 (MD5) Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Seth Robbins (srobbins@illinois.edu) on 2013-05-24T22:18:50Z Item is restricted until 2015-05-24T22:18:31Z Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:36:09-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: 2015-05-24 17:18:31 UTC Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 44406 on 2015-05-24T10:00:53Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44433 en Copyright 2013 Sheri Lewis Black girls Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT) love practices pedagogy SOLHOT: black girlhood celebration of love, literacy, hip-hop and motherhood text University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp 1760 Educational Policy Studies 0220 Thesis M.A. PHD:Educ Policy Studies -UIUC 10KS0220PHD