2. Collaborative Research in Action (CRiA) is a two-semester, intergenerational, and multi-institutional ethnic studies and social justice project.
CRiA engages with historically underrepresented populations in academia – students of color, first-generation college students, and students of lower socioeconomic status - to examine the lived experiences of our communities, share findings, and propose and enact alternatives to today’s critical issues.
CRiA seeks to blur institutional boundaries and promote organizational collaboration through participatory action research at the local level. 

3. Inaugural University of Arizona High School Student Symposium on Ethnic Studies April 20th, 2015

4. “No single organization is responsible for any major social problem, nor can any single organization cure it.”
Kania, J. & Kramer, M. (2011). Collective Impact. Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter.

5. CRiA
Collaborative
Research in
Action

6. CRiA Partner Organizations
Pima Community College
CRiA Partner
Organizations
University of Arizona
Tucson Museum of Art
Community Based
Organization/Non-profit
Salt of the Earth Labor College
Coalición Derechos Humanos
Las Milpitas de Cottonwood
Middle School/
High School
Tucson Magnet High School
Pueblo Magnet High School
Hollinger K-8
Gallego Arts Magnet Middle School
Utterback Middle School
Sunnyside High School
College/
University
BICAS
La Pilita Cultural Center
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation

7. Approach, Method, Theory, & Framework CRiA Planning
Praxis
Counter-Hegemony
Critical Race Theory
CRiA Organizing
Collective Impact
Training Workshops for CRiA CBO’s
Conscientizacao
Network Analysis
Right to the City
CRiA Research Workshops in Middle & High Schools
Problem-Posing Education
Youth Participatory Action Research
Annual Youth Symposium
Radical Healing
Approach,
Method,
Theory, &
Framework