Knapp, Michael SSamuelson, Catherine2013-11-142013-11-142013-11-142013Samuelson_washington_0250E_12140.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/24203Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013This qualitative case study delves into the work that community-based organizations do with recent immigrant families and schools in low-income communities by examining the cultural brokering process of one particular CBO. Understanding how an organization approaches working with families and their schools; how organization staff attempt to build understanding, trust, communication, and ultimately relationships between families and schools they work with; and how they attempt to develop the community's capacity for mutually beneficial engagement--in particular, its sociocultural capital--as well as the schools' cultural competence, sheds light on the brokering process and demonstrates the critical role that community-based organizations can play in bridging existing gaps between schools and recent immigrant families in low-income communities.application/pdfen-USCopyright is held by the individual authors.Community-Based Organization; Cultural Brokering; Cultural Capital; Immigrant Families; Social Capital; Sociocultural CapitalEducationeducation - seattleThesis