After talking to people
in communities of color this week, I found that people are scared, but they are also strong and resilient.
Many teachers of color report feeling called to teach in low -
income communities of color where positions are often difficult to fill.
He said he is «extremely proud» of his record of standing
with communities of color, women, LGBT individuals and vulnerable communities.
Test refusal connects so many issues that affect public school students everywhere but are felt hardest in
poor communities of color.
These serious public health impacts come with high costs and disproportionately
affect communities of color and those in low - income neighborhoods.
Poor
communities of color face an array of environmental health threats, including cancer, asthma, diabetes and heart disease.
And it's difficult to separate its success from the support that it has received
by communities of color at large and the black community in particular.
The combined effects of discrimination in labor, housing, and education have compounded the struggle for wealth
among communities of color.
But she has maintained that more must be done to reform the policy, which she said threatens to drive a dangerous wedge
between communities of color and police.
, in
many communities of color, we may find that parents and students have had experiences where schools have not invited parents in to share in decision - making power.
Both low - income neighborhoods and
communities of color suffer more health risks due to environmental pollution than their more privileged counterparts.
This
includes communities of color and people with low incomes, two groups that historically face more barriers to care and are less likely to have health insurance.
We work very hard to show that films
about communities of color, films that come from particular places, have a resonance that can reach across the world.
She has worked for over 20 years leading economic justice organizing campaigns to expand worker rights, immigrant rights, and the rights of low income and
underrepresented communities of color.
We also know that bike share can feel like an inaccessible resource to many low - income communities and
communities of color due to physical distance.
This can have the effect of steering homeowners into unfavorable mortgages based on where they live, which has a disparate impact
on communities of color.
He wants to fight to end cash bail and pass speedy trial reform, two issues that contribute to the continued mass incarceration
of communities of color.
Many teachers who find themselves teaching
in communities of color have a naive sense that there is no one in these neighborhoods working to help local families overcome the challenges that they face.
The groups say federal and state agencies discriminated on the basis of race and color because they failed to assess the disproportionate impacts of the proposed ACP on
communities of color as required under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
With these #KnowYourTruth graphics, we are celebrating the long history of
communities of color who have organized better school options for their kids, and are exposing the systematic racism that still exists in the public education system today.
«We desperately need a president who will fight back against the schemes that CEOs and Wall Street bankers have used to economy and steal wealth from our communities,
especially communities of color,» said Ivette Alfonso, Citizen Action of New York president.
Civil Rights Organizations Accuse Deutsche Bank, Ocwen Financial, and Altisource of Housing Discrimination in 30 Metropolitan Areas The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) announced that it has found substantial new evidence in support of allegations that Deutsche Bank, Ocwen Financial, and Altisource continue to discriminate
against communities of color in...
«And I'm here to help uplift the voices of other people in this state and city that believe that he might not know about
other communities of color because he lives very isolated up here in a very wealthy community,» said one person at the rally.
Underfunding and the rise of charter schools and standardized testing have worked to destabilize and disenfranchise low - income
communities of color across the country.
«Tobacco shops associated with crime in
urban communities of color: Medical marijuana dispensaries may not be closely linked to neighborhood violence.»
«He'd be very much challenged in this community to get votes, and in
communities of color around the city that were not supporters of Mr. Giuliani.»
We will also be
targeting communities of color who feel abused and neglected by the Cuomo administration and his austerity policies on schools, criminal justice and human services,» said Hawkins, a working Teamster from Syracuse who unloads truck at night for UPS for a living.
The brief underscores the importance of engaging low - income parents in developing solutions to address their needs, focusing on
communities of color which are disproportionately impacted by poverty, and creating partnerships between government, businesses and faith - based institutions.
Much is still up in the air, but one thing is abundantly clear: Low - income
communities of color often have fewer economic and social resources to quickly bounce back after natural disasters hit.
With a particular interest in critiquing the popular appropriation of Vogue in the early 1990s, and with the aim to bring these
queer communities of color from the Vogue scene into the institutional space, Newsome creates work that reframes how performers are represented, and highlights their enormous talent for style and bodily movement.
Police reform activists maintain that Vance's alternative of civil summonses and community service would still
hurt communities of color.
Leading environmental justice scholar Robert D. Bullard has found that «government is disproportionately slower to respond to disasters
when communities of color are involved.»
'' The war on drugs has been waged primarily in
communities of color where people of color are more likely to receive higher offenses.
Civil rights advocates last week testified during a LATFOR hearing that the lines unfairly
divided communities of color in central Nassau County as well as in Brentwood - Islip in Suffolk County, splitting minority voters — who tend to vote for Democrats — among districts now represented by white Republican incumbents.