We’re excited to host a discussion with Rosa Angela Calosso on her work with the CUNY-Initiatives on Immigration and Education Project; we will explore linkages between education settings - like our school systems and popular education - immigration justice, and grassroots organizing as we make sense of and resist this increasingly fascist political climate. We’re unpacking the racialized and classed immigrant experience, what it means to take care of one another and fiercely hold on to our agency, build relationships under the threat of violence, and leverage education as a site and practice of freedom (hooks, 1994).
About Rosa: Rosa Angela Calosso (she/her/ella) is a doctoral candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center in the Urban Education Program. Born and raised in Queens, NY, to Dominican and Salvadorian parents, her upbringing informed a strong understanding of immigration issues, Blackness, and gendered politics, leading her to be part of a couple of immigrant-centered projects. In the last four years, she has served as a participatory-action researcher in immigrant communities in the Bronx, facilitated information sessions for teacher educators and candidates on incorporating topics and immigration issues in the classroom. Most recently, she has co-curated an immigration literature guide for PK-12 students, highlighting the transformative power of immigration-centered stories. Additionally, she supports teacher educators on computer-integrated teacher education praxis and tools through projects such as CUNY Computing Integrated Teacher Education (CUNY-CITE). Rosa’s dissertation research explores how Black Dominican women utilize social media as a tool for community-building, educational space, and critical reflection and resistance. Rosa’s work highlights Black Dominican women’s ability to teach, cultivate community, and resist institutional ‘isms in an age when mainstream media uses social media users’ content to discuss global political discourses and explicate sociopolitical events.
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