No One Can Arrest Our Dreams

A narrative inquiry into the lives of three men, Robert, Raheem, and Warren, this book shares their stories about over-discipline in school, adverse teacher-student relationships, and violent community policing that proceeded and intersected with their involvement in the criminal justice system.

Auteur

Clarice O. Thomas, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies & School of Education at Saint Louis University. She is the director of the Teaching Well Institute for School Transformation (TWIST) and teaches courses in the Prison Education Program. Dr. Thomas's research has focused on storytelling for social justice in teacher education and improving racial justice in mass incarceration issues. She is the recipient of a PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship to advance her work that examines the impact of multigenerational incarceration on Black families and communities in the United States.