Sentences with phrase «disenfranchise communities of color»

State takeover of public schools fragment school authority, disenfranchise communities of color, and ignore parent and community concerns.

There's some crosstalk after that, with Kennedy making the point that the new district «continues to disenfranchise communities of color.»

«Just as leaders in Michigan rightly directed the conversation to Flint in their hour of need, I am urging that we pivot the physical venue to a site like the Brownsville Recreation Center and subsequently focus the discussion matter to solutions for issues impacting historically disenfranchised communities of color,» Adams said.

Not exact matches

To continue to broaden PSI's ability to reach diverse and disenfranchised communities, we will aim to have a PSI coordinator of color in every state, or in as many states as possible.

Underfunding and the rise of charter schools and standardized testing have worked to destabilize and disenfranchise low - income communities of color across the country.

The real interests of the «disenfranchised communities that we care about — students of color and poor students,» he said, get lost in the power struggle.

Founded in 1995 by Joseph «Rev. Run» Simons of the legendary hip - hop group Run - DMC, along with media mogul Russel Simmons and visual artist / community builder Danny Simmons, the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation began with the goal of filling the gap that «disenfranchised and people of color face in both accessing the arts and exhibition opportunities.»

The environmental justice (EJ) movement seeks to change that by giving disenfranchised communities — often communities of color — a voice and empowering them to organize and get involved in decision making processes.