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Throughout the "New South," relationships based on race, class, social status, gender, and citizenship are being upended by the recent influx of Latina/o residents. Doing Good examines these issues as they play out in the microcosm of a community health center in North Carolina that previously had served mostly African American clients but now serves predominantly Latina/o clients. Drawing on eighteen months of experience as a participant-observer in the clinic and in-depth interviews with clinic staff at all levels, Natalia Deeb-Sossa provides an informative and fascinating view of how changing demographics are profoundly affecting the new social order. She argues persuasively that "moral identities" have been constructed by clinic staff. The high-status staff -- nearly all of whom are white -- see themselves as heroic workers. Mid- and lower-status Latina staff feel like they are guardians of people who are especially needy and deserving of protection. In contrast, the moral identity of African American staffers had previously been established in response to serving "their people." Their response to the evolving clientele has been to create a self-image of superiority by characterizing Latina/o clients as "immoral," "lazy," "working the system," having no regard for rules or discipline, and being irresponsible parents. All of the health-care workers want to be seen as "doing good." But they fail to see how, in constructing and maintaining their own moral identity in response to their personal views and stereotypes, they have come to treat each other and their clients in ways that contradict their ideals

In this article we share teaching strategies that feminist teachers can use to respond to anti-abortion and anti-choice arguments. We also provide teaching techniques that feminist instructors can adopt in their classroom to teach about abortion and reproductive health. The paper identifies common students' arguments and enumerates possible responses. We address religious arguments against abortion (for example, legal abortions increase sexual promiscuity, abortion is morally wrong) and students' view of abortion as racial genocide.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Louie F. Rodriguez -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. GENEALOGIES AND REFLECTIONS OF ACTIVIST SCHOLARPRACTITIONERS AND THEORISTS -- 1. Critical Race Feminista Methodology: The Challenges and Promises of Preparing Graduate Students in Community-Engaged Research -- 2. Developing Chicanx Studies Methods: Living Racial Justice with Teachers, Communities, and Students -- 3. Liberating Methodologies: Reclaiming Research as a Site for Radical Inquiry and Transformation -- PART II. CREANDO CONFIANZA (BUILDING TRUST): DOING COMMUNITYENGAGEDWORK -- 4. Recovering Chicana/o Movement History Through Testimonios -- 5. El Museo del Norte: Passionate Praxis on the Streets of Detroit -- 6. Negotiating Tensions: A Community-Based Approach to Document the Challenges Parents Face in Advocating for Their Children's Education -- 7. Aquí en Confianza (Here in Confidence): Narratives of Migration, Mental Health, and Family Reunification of Mexican Immigrant Men in the California Central Valley -- 8. Dar y Recibir (To Give and to Receive): Collaborations Between University Researchers and Chicanx/Latinx LGBTQ Communities -- 9. Testimonios of Empowerment and Belonging by Farmworker Mothers: CBPR and the Creation of the Squire Town Student-Run Clinic -- Conclusion: Consejos y Advertencias (Advice and Warnings): Sustainability and Community-Based Participatory Research in Chicanx Studies -- Contributors -- Index.

In a sample of twenty-five farmworker children and youth of Mexican origin, six to seventeen years of age, 50 percent responded that they felt "depressed" and "sad" much or most of the time. They said that their parents' long hours and harsh working conditions as seasonal farmworkers were a constant source of anxiety and stress. The children also expressed a sense of vulnerability due to the risk of losing an undocumented parent through arrest, detention, and deportation. We used photovoice, which emphasizes community participation through documentary photography for the purpose of social action, to enable the children to explore their own thoughts and emotions. We were particularly interested in what the indicators of the five-item CES‑D scale meant for the farmworking children in our sample. Children's optimal development depends on a sense of security and belonging within both family and community. For parents, teachers, and the community at large, the photovoice project helped raised awareness of the struggles faced by farmworker youth and the mental health consequences. The results of our pilot study raise important questions about the likely mental health effects of the anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies being pursued by the new Trump administration.