Youth Today
All posts tagged "black youth"
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139OpinionShifting the game: Kuhn, hip-hop and the future of youth work
Hip-hop shows that the next paradigm begins at the margins. If we learn to recognize that in youth systems, we may help...
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1.2KOpinionWhen positive youth development meets the Native Tongues
At first glance, positive youth development and the Native Tongues might seem to live in different worlds. But look closer and you...
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2.1KFrom the FieldBeyond the classroom: Reimagining school, family and community engagement for Black youth
For Black youth especially, education happens through interconnected efforts of schools, families and communities.
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996OpinionRe-centering youth work across systems
We must radically reimagine how we use our resources to benefit youth.
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1.1K► ReportsBlack minds matter: Building bright black futures
This report explores whether or not California is truly doing right by Black students.
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1.1KGrantsBlack-led community organization power-building support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community/Grassroots Organizing, Movement/Power Building, Black Communities/Youth | Amount: $183,300 | Deadline: Mar. 7, 2025
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1.6KNews21 bodycam videos caught the NYPD wrongly arresting black kids on Halloween. Why can’t the public see the footage?
Police have undermined the promise of transparency and accountability that accompanied the body-camera movement.
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2.7KNewsKristin Henning: The criminalization of Black children needs to stop
We criminalize really every aspect of Black and brown adolescence, Henning says.
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2.2K► ReportsStill ringing the alarm: An enduring call to action for black youth suicide prevention
Black youth have the fastest rising suicide rate among their peers of other races/ethnicities.
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1.3K► ReportsChanging course in youth detention: Reversing widening gaps by race and place
A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.
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1.5K► Reports‘Two Battlefields’: Opps, cops, and NYC youth gun culture
A study of young gun carriers in NYC sheds a light on their perspective.
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969GrantsJuvenile justice reform leadership team grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism, Diversion, Juvenile Justice Reform | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 10, 2023
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755GrantsReducing racial disparities in juvenile justice program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparities, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2023
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2.4KNewsCan Cleveland reduce the harm eviction does to Black families?
Evictions can have far-reaching consequences beyond a miserable day with a housing magistrate.
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2.6KNewsQ&A: Monique Couvson on why philanthropy should “cede power” to girls of color
Monique Couvson is the CEO of the philanthropic institution Grantmakers for Girls of Color.
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1.7KNewsThe toll of his absence: the women supporting prisoner Almeer Nance
Jameerial Johnson's father has been incarcerated her entire life.
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1.5KNewsBLM sets up student relief fund as loan forgiveness stalls
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation launched a new relief fund Monday aimed at Black college students, alumni and dropouts overburdened...
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1.7KNewsStudents turn to TikTok to fill gaps in school lessons
Scrutiny from conservatives around teaching about race, gender and sexuality has made many teachers reluctant to discuss issues that touch on cultural...
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2.5KNewsAlabama’s food deserts: Hit hard by inflation, Black Belt children ‘still being forgotten’
A history of disinvestment and exploitation have left this region of the state, called the Black Belt, a food desert - an...
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1.9K► ReportsThe current state of diversity and equity in U.S. apprenticeships for young people
Jobs for the Future releases a new report analyzing the current outlook on diversity and equity in the nation's apprenticeship systems.
