Sentences with phrase «disproportionately affect communities»
«In 2012, inequities in access to quality health care and health disparities continue to disproportionately affect communities of color.
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Advocates have noted legalization would address the issue of low - level marijuana possession arrests, which disproportionately affect communities of color, particularly in New York.
«The dropout problem disproportionately affects communities of color and low - income communities.
But I believe our current gun laws do not keep us safe and perpetuate a vicious cycle of violence that disproportionately affects our communities of color.
An example of that was hearing folks talk about Vision Zero with a more critical eye, specifically how problematic and dangerous it is to frame Vision Zero in terms of increased policing and enforcement of laws and how this disproportionately affects communities of color.
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Drug laws also seem to disproportionately affect minority communities.
«For communities of color that are disproportionately affected by increased policing, this bill empowers us and it protects us.»
New Yorkers are already experiencing hotter summers, more powerful storms and rising seas, which disproportionately affect already vulnerable communities.
Chargebacks are state - mandated fees imposed on a county when its residents attend another county's community college, affecting most Towns in the county but disproportionately affecting municipalities near county borders with students attending community colleges in the neighboring county.
The LGBT community is disproportionately affected by dual and intersecting traumas — domestic violence and HIV — according to Albany advocacy group In Our Own Voices.
«It is obvious to all conscientious people that the criminal justice system has had a disproportionately negative affect on black, brown and poor communities,» said Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams.
There's more: Gun violence disproportionately affects minority and vulnerable communities — children at Sandy Hook, worshipers at a Charleston prayer group, young Black men, and the LGBT community, itself the target of an estimated 20 % of all hate crimes.
«We know that the broken policy of stop - and - frisk and we know that the approach to marijuana arrests that was taken historically disproportionately affected African - American and Latino communities,» de Blasio said.
Improving Police - Community Relations: Reducing unlawful stop - and - frisks, which disproportionately affect African - American & Latino New Yorkers with a 97 % decline over four years.
«This budget, if enacted, would jeopardize our nation's educational, scientific and health enterprises and limit access to critically needed mental and behavioral health services,» said Antonio E. Puente, president of the American Psychological Society (APS) in Washington, D.C. «These cuts would disproportionately affect people living in poverty, people with serious mental illness and other disabilities, women, children, people living with HIV / AIDS, older adults, ethnic and racial minorities, immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ community.»
Obesity disproportionately affects children with low economic resources at the family and community levels.
«High blood pressure disproportionately affects the African - American community, and we must find new ways to reach out so we can prevent strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and early deaths.»
Climate change will disproportionately affect low - income communities and some communities of color (Ch.
, serves the local Asian / Pacific Islander American communities by conducting free health screenings at various community centers for diabetes, vision impairment, and hypertension, as well as hepatitis B and C, which disproportionately affect people of Asian descent.
The student group, which is the local chapter of a national organization, serves the local Asian / Pacific Islander American communities by conducting free health screenings at various community centers for diabetes, vision impairment, and hypertension, as well as hepatitis B and C, which disproportionately affect people of Asian descent.
As the vast majority of closed schools have high - minority enrollments, communities of color are disproportionately affected.
The United Way leadership team encouraged this critical approach and we identified that chronic absenteeism disproportionately affects students from low - income communities.
They will hit hardest in poor urban and rural communities and disproportionately affect minority students and those in special education.
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.
Across the country, absenteeism disproportionately affects the students from low - income families and communities of color and those with disabilities.
Grassroots community organization Empower DC plans to sue the District over Chancellor Kaya Henderson's school - closure plan, saying that the closures disproportionately affect black students.
Teacher Denise Casco at Vista del Valle Dual Language Academy in San Fernando said the inclusion of student achievement could disproportionately affect her because she serves a more disadvantaged community than others in the district.
News21 recently put out a report on how school takeovers disproportionately affect poor, black communities.
Current policies based upon property taxes discriminate against low - income communities and urban areas, which disproportionately affect people of color.
Children from low - income families and communities of color and those with disabilities are disproportionately affected.
All these have been shown to have an negative impact on an individual's mental ability and to disproportionately affect low - income and ethnic minority communities.
Low - income communities are disproportionately affected by health problems associated with fossil fuels.
Climate change will disproportionately affect low - income communities and some communities of color (Ch.
It also includes amplifying the voices of people in minority and indigenous communities who have been disproportionately affected by pollution and global warming.
«[Puerto Rico is] a perfect example of how colonialism & climate change have disproportionately affected low - income communities of color.»
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, said, «Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century,» and, «People who are marginalized or poor, women, and indigenous communities are being disproportionately affected by climate impacts.»
Part of the panel's mission is to ensure that low - income communities are not disproportionately affected by environmental issues, a goal similar to that of 2011 Prize recipient Hilton Kelley, who works to protect marginalized Gulf coast communities from industrial pollution.
«While it's an issue that affects all of us, like many other social justice issues, it is disproportionately affecting African - Americans, other people of color, low - income people and indigenous communities.»
It's also important to note that lower - income communities, children, the elderly, and some communities of color are disproportionately affected by extreme weather.
Communities of color, low - income communities, and tribal communities are disproportionately affected by climate change and environmental contamination.
The Obama Environmental Protection Agency and environmental activists frequently claim that climate change will disproportionately affect poor and minority communities.
Another focus of the afternoon rally was the connection to environmental justice, the concept that poor communities and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by pollution of all types.
Periods of extreme heat are directly related to higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease and heat stroke, particularly among the elderly and low - income communities who tend to be disproportionately affected by the impacts of all types of extreme weather.
Energy storage can replace coal or gas plants in low income and minority communities disproportionately affected by air pollution and other public health risks.
And given that Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by FASD, there was acknowledgment at the conference that Prime Minister Tony Abbott has personally taken on responsibility for Indigenous affairs.
The loss of the services Planned Parenthood provides would disproportionately affect women of color and women living in rural areas and other medically underserved communities.
Strengthen communities, particularly those disproportionately affected by incarceration and reentry, to promote family stability and opportunity The Foundation calls for the following: Judges: • Consider the impact on kids and families when making sentencing and decisions about where parents will be confined.
The most vulnerable members of our society will be disproportionately affected if community health centers are forced to cut services due to a lack of federal funding.