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All posts tagged "race"
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1.9KNewsCan 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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1.2K► ReportsWalking on eggshells: Teachers’ responses to classroom limitations on race- or gender-related topics
A new report summarizes responses of teachers to recent limits placed on their curriculum.
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737GrantsSupport grants for southern organizations led by women and girls of color
GRANT FOCUS: Women/Girls of Color, Girls' Development, Youth Leaders, Gender Equity, Systemic Racism | Amount: $20,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: Jan. 13,...
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1.8KGrantsSTEM education and learning improvement program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, STEM Education, Informal Learning, Research | Amount: $150,000 - $3,500,000 | Deadline: Jan. 11, 2023
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2.0KNewsAlabama’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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5.7KNewsAsian-Black activism, going back decades, now is being rekindled
Launched in winter 2019 by a Black woman and an Asian American woman, both 27, People Matter echoes cross-racial collaboration extending back...
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3.1KNews‘There’s no safe place’: One queer youth shelter serves all of New Mexico
LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides...
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2.1KNewsTrans kids’ treatment can start younger, new guidelines say
A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition treatment, including sex hormones and surgeries. The...
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2.2K► Reports2022 National survey on LGBTQ youth mental health
The Trevor Project releases findings from the 2022 edition of its annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
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636NewsTransgender treatment, doctors threatened by new Alabama law
Dr. Hussein Abdul-Latif spent the last week typing out prescription refills for his young transgender patients, trying to make sure they had...
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3.1KNewsMissouri regulates boarding schools after abuse allegations
The new law approved last year followed extensive reporting from The Kansas City Star that found that several faith-based boarding schools, including...
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1.1KNewsTexas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy...
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5.4KNewsQ&A: UPenn Prof. Dorothy Roberts makes the case for abolishing the child welfare system
For Dorothy Roberts, a scholar of race and gender at the University of Pennsylvania law school, there is nothing well-meaning or compassionate...
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1.6KNewsNew approach to teaching race in school divides New Mexico
A proposal to overhaul New Mexico's social studies standards has stirred debate over how race should be taught in schools, with thousands...
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969GrantsGrants for southern nonprofits led by women and girls of color
GRANT FOCUS: Women/Girls of Color, Minority Women/Girls, Social Change, Gender Equity, South | Amount: Up to $100,000 | Deadline: Jan. 21, 2022
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797GrantsRacial justice and equity in education grants
GRANT FOCUS: Racial Justice, Equity, Education, Minority Students, Youth Development | Amount: Up to $400,000 | Deadline: Sept. 2, 2021
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1.7KFrom the BureausLegalizing recreational marijuana likely means fewer arrests of juveniles of color
The new law is retroactive. It allows persons to have prior marijuana-related convictions for which, under the new rules, they would not...
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1.3K► ReportsMaternal Health Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Urban Institute releases new research discussing how the pandemic has affected the delivery of maternal health care and has exacerbated longstanding...
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2.3KOpinionLawyers for Juveniles Trained in Racial Justice Trials
In my 15 years of working with youth who cycle through the criminal justice system — initially as a social worker and,...
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2.0KOpinionAnalysts Propose Racial Equity in Youth Probation
Structural racism drives harsher treatment of Black youth, who are more likely than white youth to be arrested, incarcerated, placed on probation...
