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All posts tagged "New York"
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1.7KFrom the BureausNew York Protestors, Police Both Frustrated By Use of Force Charge
After multiple reports of police using excessive force against anti-police brutality protestors in New York and charges filed against only one NYPD...
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2.0KFrom the BureausIsolated in a Harlem Youth Shelter: One Youth’s Tale of COVID-19
First, it was just a headache. A migraine burrowing into his forehead, one that heated and cooled his body, made the room...
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3.1KFrom the BureausNew York Homeless Youth Feel Lonely, Stuck, Isolated
First he lost his job as a shift manager at McDonald’s. Then the movie theater, the bowling alley, all the places he...
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3.1KFrom the BureausYouth Homeless Providers Call on New York City Officials For Plan
As a global pandemic looms over New York City, one group in particular might be getting left behind, homeless youth — a...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayNew York Residential Facilities Should Only Be Used Like ERs for Children
With Family First Act implementation underway, editorials and articles proliferate, many articulating nervousness among residential providers. With their revenue models under attack,...
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1.9KFrom the BureausMeet ‘Firefighter’ in Middle of New York Hospital’s War Against Gun Violence
On one Thursday in March, James Dobbins was towering over a group of teen boys as they all headed to a community...
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6.2KFrom the BureausNew York Activists, Academics Urge End to Gang Database
Taylonn Murphy’s phone chimed steadily as he addressed reporters gathered in a boardroom Thursday. His friends were concerned. The previous night, Tessa...
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4.6KFrom the BureausTo Help Foster Youth With Education, More Data, Analysis Needed, Experts Say
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
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2.5KFrom the BureausHomeless and Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
The New York City bureau for the Center for Sustainable Journalism has extensively reported on queer homeless youth.
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5.4KFrom the BureausAbusive Childhood, Then Foster Care Led to Homelessness
Matthew “Fire” Mishefski was days away from completing his makeshift encampment. After years of homelessness, the 24-year-old knew what he needed to...
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3.4KFrom the BureausA New York Trans Woman’s Journey: Trauma and Homelessness, Sex Work to Survive
Ael Ericha Loetterle’s experience with homelessness is the second of three stories on queer homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New...
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2.4KFrom the BureausHomeless and Queer: A Vampire in Brooklyn
Faith Alastair’s experience with homelessness is the first of three stories on LGBTQ homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New York...
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2.7KFrom the BureausBrooklyn Students, NYPD Work Together on Their Neighborhoods
Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in...
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2.3KFrom the BureausNew York Theater Stages ‘Antigone in Ferguson’
The Greek play “Antigone” tells the story of a defiant woman sentenced to death by a king who refuses to practice mercy....
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7.7KFrom the BureausThe Bully in the Bunk Bed, When Aggression Goes Beyond Sibling Rivalry
All cars used to come equipped with cigarette lighters. Those lighters got really hot. Jon found that out the hard way when...
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10.3KFrom the BureausNew York Child Welfare Advocates Want Parents to Have Representation When Their Children Removed
Angeline Montauban had no idea what was going on the day in 2013 that workers from the city Administration for Children’s Services...
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3.2K► NewsmakersGeoffrey Canada Receives the Richard Murphy Leadership Award
Geoffrey Canada is the recipient of the Richard Murphy Leadership Award for his extraordinary accomplishments in the youth services field in New...
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2.6KNewsBasketball Program in NY Goes Full-court Press on STEM
The well-meaning cannot parachute into a minority and marginalized community with a remedy for a systemic problem and expect to be easily...
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2.4KNewsFoster Students Struggle to Get Financial Aid, Advice for College
“I view myself as a lone wolf. You can be around people but still feel very much alone,” said Gianni Cuevas, who...
