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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.

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Asian Americans and the issue of affirmative action have long been used to drive a wedge between communities of color and obfuscate the real purpose of the program, which brings opportunity to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Consider Starbucks, which has pushed to diversify its huge workforce, hiring refugees and opening stores in economically neglected communities of color like Ferguson, Mo., and Jamaica, Queens.

By choosing to only buy homes from Fannie Mae, the lawsuit says, Harbour ended up with homes in areas that experienced the largest amount of foreclosures, which are the same communities targeted by subprime - mortgage lenders — communities of color.

The bride is people — the community of Jesus followers in all their shapes and colors — regardless of the structures which they collect and organize themselves within.

In the church in which he is minister, an ethnically mixed church, he is pastor to all and is guide to a faith community that seeks to invite and acknowledge the full and equal participation of all persons: men, women, straights, gays, people of color, and whites.

By promoting health equity, which will aid in the reduction of barriers and inequality in maternal and child health for women of color in the D.C. Metro Area, we aim to foster healthy individuals, healthy families and healthy communities.

In the future, we hope to proceed with the Phoenix Walks, which will raise awareness about perinatal emotional complications in communities of color and raise funds for Rising Together, a fund that will benefit organizations and individuals working with women of color around perinatal mental health.

«For years, Make the Road Action has mobilized communities from across the state to stand up to Governor Cuomo's destructive policies which put our values at odds with the needs of New York's communities of color,» Nixon said in a statement.

LGBTQ young people, particularly youth of color, deserve safe and supportive spaces in which they can find community.

Advocates have noted legalization would address the issue of low - level marijuana possession arrests, which disproportionately affect communities of color, particularly in New York.

Garner's death brought into focus a central point of Mr. de Blasio's campaign: the increasing tensions between communities of color and the police over stop - and - frisk and instances of alleged brutality, which he vowed to ease.

The group linked those practices, which they say unfairly and unconstitutionally target communities of color, with Davis» death, as well as that of Jose Hernandez - Rossy, who was fatally shot by a police officer in Black Rock in May.

But pressure is mounting on Cuomo from the minority community through a flyer being distributed by The Fair Redistricting Caucus of Color, which urges the governor to veto the lines.

So the real question is «Why is it that there are some places in the state that are doing what's right, but in communities of color, they're willing to do what the governor says he's against,» which is fracked fossil fuels, but they actually have a proposal which they said they're gonna look at alternatives, they're gonna consider alternatives.

The release also warned that the city was considering creating «waste to energy» facilities, which would use incinerators and «whose siting may be restricted to environmentally overburdened communities of color» — like Hunts Point.

«How come schools with 82 percent white students have 44 teams,» asked Bestabe Cordero, a 16 year - old senior at International Community High School in the Bronx, «And my school, which is almost 100 percent students of color, Latino and black students, we only have two teams.

Others will blame him for his policing tactics, commonly known by the term «Broken Windows,» which critics say exacerbated a breach in trust and respect between the NYPD and New Yorkers, particularly those in communities of color who they say have felt an unequal brunt of enforcement.

Income segregation among black and Latino families is now much higher than among white families, which means that low - income communities of color suffer more than ever from a double segregation by race and class.

The councilman's «New Deal» agenda includes a plan for youth employment, which Williams said would require an additional $ 100 million out of the city's $ 85.6 billion budget; free mental health counseling in communities of color, due to the stigmatization of mental health in those communities; free SAT prep classes and community college tuition; and further expanding the city's Crisis Management System.

The findings of the studythe first to measure cumulative exposure to environmental hazards of all kinds in the stateare dramatic: communities in which people of color make up at least 15 percent of the population average more than four times the number of hazardous waste sites, compared with communities having less than 5 percent people of color.

So, too, areas in which people of color make up at least 25 percent of the total population average nearly five times as many pounds of chemical emissions from industrial facilities per square mile, compared with communities where less than 5 percent of the population are people of color.

She is the founder of Melanin & Sustainable Style (also known as MelaninASS), which is an evolutionary platform that discusses the issues and celebrates the success of communities of color in sustainable fashion, green beauty and wellness spaces.

I support change, I support 50/50 in 2020, which just means, you know, people that are underrepresented — women and people of color, people in the L.G.B.T. community — get leadership positions, that they fill all positions that they've been deprived of.

Mutant assassins, plenty of Sturm und Drang and a world wheeling out of order color this impressively sophisticated sequel, which emphasizes a hunted community of outsiders.

He noted the fund's «50 - 50 by 2020» goal, which means equality for «people that are underrepresented, women, and people of color, people in the LGBT community» by the year 2020.

In stark contrast to the hopeless community from which they arrive, the Capitol is a gleaming, bright - colored land of enchantment filled with wildly costumed residents seemingly bored by the atrocity of the annual event.

Franco started by asserting his support for the fight for both reform in workplace culture and greater representation of «women, people of color, people in the LGBT community» in the industry, which earned him some tentative audience applause.

The SIG will foster research that examines the ways in which organizing efforts affect school improvement and youth development, particularly in low - income communities and communities of color.

The conference, which explores issues of race, gender, class, and education, particularly as they apply to communities of color, is celebrating its 15th year of creating spaces for these critical discussions.

«To me this means first acknowledging the work that community educators, mostly in communities of color, are doing to supplement the information our children receive about themselves, their histories, and the worlds in which we exist through schools and classrooms,» says Torres Covarrubias, citing as an example the work of her friend Patrisse Cullors - Brignac at Dignity and Power Now, an organization that helps people affected by the Prison Industrial Complex.

«To me this means first acknowledging the work that community educators, mostly in communities of color, are doing to supplement the information our children receive about themselves, their histories, and the worlds in which we...

David Hinojosa, who works with the education department to provide school districts the technical support they need to promote civil rights, discussed ways in which low - income communities and communities of color can be reassured that integration does not suggest that they possess deficiencies but rather that they bring strengths that will add to a healthy school environment.

The findings suggest a need to understand parents» experiences and engagement within and across both school and community contexts, particularly for parents of color in predominantly White settings in which schools may mirror or compound the microaggressions they may experience in nonschool settings.

We embrace our diverse communities, which include immigrants, people of color, children with disabilities, the homeless, English language learners, peoples of all faiths, and the GLBTQ community.

I began to see charter schools as a vehicle through which communities of color could take back education.

Other states have established programs in community colleges, which typically enroll a higher proportion of students of color than four - year universities.

As the Chicago Teachers Union has shown, social justice unionism is the only way to counter the attacks on public education and working people, which affect all communities but disproportionately affect people living in poverty and communities of color.

1 Establish a charter school with selective admissions process and access to more resources inside an existing large school building that you covet — remember that it's easier to target people - of - color communities, which have less political power.

Coleman's arguments lamenting students of color score worse on the tests than their white peers — without acknowledging the ways in which systematic underfunding of schools, poverty, and institutional racism have disfigured our school system — end up pathologizing communities of color rather than supporting them.

We are also continuing our partnership with the Brothers, Sons, Selves Coalition which is a coalition of L.A. community organizations that work towards a common agenda to improve the lives of young men of color.

The NAACP report documents the consequences of this abandonment: inadequate funding of urban schools, a lack of accountability and oversight for charter school, most of which are concentrated in urban communities, the disproportionate exclusionary discipline of Black students, high teacher turnover, and an absence of teachers of color in both charters and traditional public schools.

We're asking parents, students, and other community advocates to join us in the fight to maintain the federal school discipline guidance, which is a critical tool that can help schools and districts reduce the use of practices that push students out of school (e.g. suspensions and expulsions) and prevent them from disciplining in ways that discriminate against students of color.

Current policies based upon property taxes discriminate against low - income communities and urban areas, which disproportionately affect people of color.

«In this fifth year of The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, we had the highest number of eligible charter management organizations, which demonstrates that these systems are growing and serving more low - income families and communities of color,» McGinity said in a statement.

It shall be the function of the Service to provide assistance to communities and persons therein in resolving disputes, disagreements, or difficulties relating to discriminatory practices based on race, color, or national origin which impair the rights of persons in such communities under the Constitution or laws of the United States or which affect or may affect interstate commerce.

In addition, he was a vital part of several charities, including the Goddard - Riverside Community Center, an organization that works for social and economic change for the poor in West Harlem and the Upper West side, Prep for Prep, which works with New York City's students of color to give them better educational opportunities and the UJA.

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.

All terms should be taken subjectively, as there is a great deal of difference of opinion within the Frenchie community as to which term defines which color.

It features steep, narrow streets (many of which are cobbled), brightly colored, single - story, flat - roofed houses and mosques which were originally built in the 19th century to serve the Cape Malay community.