Abstract
Through a testimonio methodology—a narrative genre interested in social justice, in depth interviews tap into the retrospective experiences of research participants who, in their youth, critically organized and participated in collective revolutionary actions that were an expression of transformative resistance against an educational policy that they identified as xenophobic. State lawmakers sought to, and eventually did, destroy a program through and within which students were thriving, one which amplified the rhythm of their hearts, and whose success was overwhelmingly supported by substantial evidence. In efforts to protect the program, the community rose up in protest actions of all sorts; a large majority of these actions were heavily organized and led by the youths themselves. With their cameras adjusted to a humanizing aperture, a responsibility to their communities, to their histories, and to humanity found itself coursing through their veins. As research attempts to morph into sound system, six testimoniantes photobomb the academic reel with their stories of resistance and reflections on their experience of education in relation to their experience of resistance. The polyphony of their voices and an analysis framed by art and poetry offer a glimpse into various dimensions of education and consciousness formation in lalucha, and attempt to carve out spaces for further dialogue in the process.