Sentences with phrase «girl of color»

And the treatment of girls of color is especially harsh.

«All young women and girls of color need to have the same access to resources,» she said.

The forum, «Breaking Silence: A Town Hall Hearing on Women and Girls of Color in Baltimore,»...

Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., Rosa Lau, A.L.M.: Educational Equity for Girls of Color: A Multi-level Media Strategy Lunchtime Seminar October 18, 2012 (39:59 min.)

In an interview with Good Morning America, Richardson said: «I wanted all girls, especially girls of color, to know that they can be whatever they wan na be when they grow up.

Dr. Shakeshaft was also the principal investigator on a three - year National Science Foundation project to promote interest in science careers among seventh and eighth grade girls, particularly girls of color from low - income families.

2) Work that responds to the structural harms and systemic barriers girls of color face through organizing, advocacy, base - building, and narrative - shaping efforts that are national and local in scope.

Taste of chocolate god girls of color turn me on in the worsts kinda way it drives me crazy.

Those efforts have been widely praised for the resources they are bringing to some of society's most disadvantaged children, but also have raised concerns over whether girls of color are being unfairly left behind in this rising trend.

«It's been very helpful, because it was one of the few studies that really looked at girls of color and not just at one bloc,» said Kristen Golden, the director of public education at the New York - based Ms. Foundation.

With discussions about race gaining momentum across the country, Filmmaker Melissa Lowery is doing her part to make sure girls of color are included in the conversation.

The report finds that fewer than half of all states require SROs to receive youth - specific training, and, in particular, that SROs receive little, if any, training focused on girls of color, nor supports in the form of relevant community resources.

While off on her solitary adventures through the backfields, a young girl of color comes upon a little robot who has lost his way.

My first book «Marshmallows Galore» portrays children of all nationalities, my second «The Wooly Adventures of Purl» is a story of a little girl of color.

Girls of color also face specific factors that push them out of school, like sexual assault, criminalization and teacher stereotyping, yet girls are often excluded from current...

School resource officers and the schools they serve require a culture shift to reduce the discipline rates of girls of color, writes Rebecca Epstein.

While Miss Preston's, the school in Dread Nation is specifically for girls of color to be combat - trained to fight zombies, in other respects it resembles the Native American boarding schools of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

«I wanted all girls, especially girls of color, to know that they can be whatever they wan na be when they grow up.

And, this notion is at the core of Tamesha Webb's mission as an educator: to change the school experience for young girls in the United States, particularly girls of color.

Younger is a leader for women's health, safety and economic security, and most notably, was a leader of Prosperity Together, the initiative announced at the White House in November that will provide $ 118 million in funding for women and girls of color.

A brown girl front and center who looks like me in the role of Meg, a girl traveling to different planets and encountering beings and situations that I'd never seen a girl of color in.

With star Storm Reid as pre-teen «Meg,» DuVernay explores what it means to be a girl at that age, especially what it means to be a girl of color.

Researchers found black girls at Oakland Unified were least likely of all girls of color to report caring relationships with teachers and complained of being misjudged as disruptive and punished disproportionately for violating dress codes or reacting to sexual name - calling and touching, most often by other students.

While all boys account for two out of three suspensions, girls of color are also overrepresented in the remaining one - third of suspensions.

With the exception of Asian and Latino students, research shows that «more than one out of four boys of color with disabilities... and nearly one in five girls of color with disabilities receives an out - of - school suspension.»

These include students with disabilities, boys and girls of color, English learners, and Native American, low - income, and LGBTQ students.

The message for our young girls of color is that women of all backgrounds should have equal opportunities at elected leadership and that our country will benefit from having a government with varied experiences and perspectives.

Be Her Resource: A Toolkit about School Resource Officers and Girls of Color.

«I believe this is dangerous because there is an implicit bias against boys and girls of color.»

They were least likely of all girls of color to report caring relationships with teachers and complained of being misjudged as disruptive and punished disproportionately for violating dress codes or reacting to sexual name - calling and touching, most often by other students.

Those issues came to light in a report by the Oakland - based Alliance for Girls on the district's girls of color that found black girls had «uniquely negative experiences.»

Researchers found black girls at Oakland Unified were least likely of all girls of color to report caring relationships with teachers and complained of being misjudged as disruptive and punished disproportionately for violating dress codes or reacting to sexual name - calling and touching, most often by other students.

While all boys account for two out of three suspensions, girls of color are also overrepresented in the remaining one - third of suspensions.