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All posts tagged "Racial-Ethnic Fairness"
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3.3KGuest Opinion EssayTrauma for Youth Is Everywhere … But We Can Heal It in Newark
On a sunny afternoon in 2006, I was driving my four sons to a cookout in Newark, N.J., my hometown. We had...
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1.8KNewsNeoliberal Systems Undermine Ability to Serve Youth Of Color After School: Author
Leah Davis remembers the first brochure she saw for the after-school and college prep program Educational Excellence.
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1.9KNewsRaise the Age Is No Panacea for North Carolina Youth
Issues raised by the school-to-prison pipeline in North Carolina can’t be pinpointed to just one factor. But, said Peggy Nicholson of the...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow White Service Providers Can ‘Do the Work’ With People of Color
I am neither a man nor a person of color, but this past year I’ve worked in a program for men of...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayNetflix Show an Inside Look at Power of Prosecutors, Media in Youth Justice Cases
Netflix’s highly anticipated limited series, Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" is now out. It chronicles the story of the infamous Central...
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3.2KNewsRep. Lucy McBath, Other Leaders Talk About Working With Opportunity Youth of Color
Achieving equity in the U.S. starts with giving young people of color a level playing field, Rep. Lucy McBath says.
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1.8KNewsS.O.U.L. Sisters Empowers Black Girls Most Impacted by Inequality
Last month, a group of girls at a juvenile detention center in the Bronx sat in a discussion circle with a teaching...
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1.7KFrom the BureausA Civil Rights Movement Grows in Brooklyn
Two meetings last week, one in a ragged community center across the street from a waterfront Brooklyn housing project, the other in...
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1.3KNewsFormer Attorney General Holder Urges Action on Racial Issues Under Trump
Panelists at a discussion on race spoke mostly about collective response to a president they fear will roll back the rights of...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayImplicit Bias: More Than Just a Few Bad Apples
Youth of color experience the worst outcomes in every youth-serving system, including law enforcement, child welfare and education, the data show conclusively.
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995NewsRacial Disparities Persist Even as School Suspensions Decrease, Federal Data Shows
Out-of-school suspensions dropped 20 percent nationally in recent years, but students of color and students with disabilities are still more likely to...
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1.6KNewsRestorative Justice Can Help Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline, NY Panel Says
Raising the age to be charged as an adult and restorative justice are crucial in slowing the school-to-prison pipeline, New York panelists...
