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4.0KCompton Jr. Posse Fights Gang Membership on Horseback
Since local violence peaked in the 1990s, the Compton neighborhood has battled gang culture and worked to lower its high crime rates....
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4.4KFrom Dropout to Diploma at Youth Opportunities Unlimited in Los Angeles
Last year, 11th-grader Terri Holden, 17, found herself on the road to dropping out of high school — like one in every...
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1.9KJohn Legend Plays Backup at Panel on Mass Incarceration
“We have allowed our most vulnerable children to be thrown away, to be traumatized, to be locked up in these...
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1.7KA National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America
This new report published by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) demonstrates the...
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2.9KHilary Pennington is the First Executive Vice President of the Ford Foundation
Hilary Pennington has been appointed as the Ford Foundation's first executive vice president. This position will have her oversee the foundation's domestic...
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3.3KLA Doctors Promise to Fight for Adequate Health Care for Undocumented Patients
Video: Paula Ilonz LOS ANGELES — The physicians of Los Angeles + USC Medical Center weren’t inside for their normal rounds on...
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4.9KNorth Carolina Group Keeps Dreamers’ College Goals Alive
Video: Roger Newton SANFORD, North Carolina — As a high school sophomore and DACA recipient, the connections Danny Rodas made through his...
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3.7KNorth Carolina Dreamers Volunteer, Mentor Young People
Ernesto Cervantes Trejo, 23, teaches Catholic confirmation classes to teens at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Sanford, North Carolina. Video: Roger Newton...
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2.3KQuality Counts 2018 – Grading the States
The 22nd edition of Education Week's Quality Counts report comprehensively ranks every state's school system, giving every state a letter grade from...
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3.0KOne Dreamer in New Mexico Is Social Worker By Day, Dance Instructor By Night
Video: Roger Newton SANTA FE, New Mexico — Mauricio Lopez-Marquez hadn’t wanted to be carted from Mexico City to Santa Fe when...
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3.8KAbout Our DACA Series
Since September 2017, when President Donald Trump started dismantling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), some 690,000 young adults across...
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2.4KByron Sanders has been Named as the Next President and CEO of Big Thought
The Dallas, TX-based education nonprofit, Big Thought, has chosen Dallas-native Byron Sanders as its next president and CEO. He succeeds Giselle Antoni,...
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2.6KUnderstanding DACA’s Discontinuation, Its Impact on Adults Who Work With Youth
WASHINGTON — They teach school, provide health care, work construction jobs and use high-tech skills at the world’s most iconic companies. But...
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2.1KDisregarding the Best Interest of the Child: License to Discriminate In Child Welfare Services
This brief from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation discusses the troubling state legislative push over the past several years to allow taxpayer-funded...
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1.8K‘The Students Are More Challenging, Stemming from Trauma’
Marisela Montoya is the director of education for Foundation Communities, a nonprofit affordable housing organization in Austin, Texas.
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4.0KMiddle-school Girls Learn to Lead Via Improv After-school Program
Actress Riti Sachdeva stands before a group of 11- and 12-year-old girls and whips out a direction.
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3.6KHenrietta Fore is the New Executive Director of UNICEF
Henriette Fore is the new executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). A true veteran in leadership of both the...
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1.8KThis Youth Worker in DACA Fears for His Future As He Helps Students in Similar Situation
As an undocumented student, David Blancas had to push hard to shape his future. He couldn’t drive without fear of being stopped....
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1.5KDan Porterfield, Ph.D. will be the Next President and CEO of the Aspen Institute
After a nine-month search process, the Aspen Institute has chosen Dan Porterfield, Ph.D. to be its next president and CEO. On June...
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1.8KTeens Feel the Magic of Intergenerational Service Learning Trips, Leader Says
“I tried my very first beignets this morning and fell in love,” wrote Fredericka Tucker, 18, after a visit to Cafe du...
