Gettin' My Word Out: Voices of Urban Youth Activists by Leonisa Ardizzone ’90

Leonisa Ardizzone ’90, Getting My Word Out: Voices of Urban Youth Activists (State University of New York Press, 2007)

In her first book, Ardizzone sets out to dispel the idea that young people are apathetic, using research she conducted with inner-city activists to demonstrate how youth are indeed active in the fight against violence and injustice. The author is the executive director of the Salvadori Center, an architecture education program for children in New York City, as well as a jazz singer. She was featured in “Aluminaries” in ICView 2007/1.