Sentences with phrase «among youth of color»

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Dru Levasseur, Transgender Rights Project director for the LGBT - rights group Lambda Legal, said postelection worries were particularly intense among transgender youths and immigrants, and transgender people of color.

Today's announcement was made during the City's first «Homelessness Among LGBTQ Persons of Color Awareness Breakfast,» sponsored by the Department of Homeless Services, Department of Youth & Community Development held at Fordham University's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx.

The fanatical homophobia behind the Councilmember's comments is particularly damaging to LGBT youth of color, who face the highest rates of depression and suicide among any LGBT demographic.

In recent years, the focus has shifted to use more positive approaches to reduce chronic absenteeism and suspension rates, which have been disproportionately high among at - risk youth, including foster youth and students of color.

Minnesota Alliance With Youth: GradMinnesota The high school graduation rate in Minnesota improved last year to 81 percent, with steady gains in struggling metropolitan districts and significant improvement among students of color.

Erkut's research on children and adolescents included a research program on raising confident and competent girls, Puerto Rican youth development, the effects of sports on girls» and boys» development and sexual behavior, evaluating youth - serving agencies» science and math programs for girls and children of color, and a study of racial / ethnic identification among adolescents from mixed - ancestry backgrounds.