Sentences with phrase «immigrant youth populations»

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She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

Afua Atta - Mensah, executive director of Community Voices Heard and a Working Families Party (WFP) leader, who is the child of Ghanaian immigrants, ran for district leader in Central Harlem in 2015 due to neglect of the West African population and lack of youth engagement.

«As the Council begins our Executive Budget hearings on May 6th, we will continue to strongly push for critical investments that will greatly expand employment opportunities for our young people by increasing the number of year round and summer youth jobs, advocating for vital legal services and workforce development skills to support our growing immigrant population and fighting to combat food insecurity in our City,» they said.

Minus a well - received excursion in the field of «adult» puppet shows (Greg the Bunny, 2002 and 2005), Sean Baker's work was centred on marginalised populations in the New York / New Jersey area (where he was born): disenfranchised suburban youth in Four Letter Words (2000), illegal Chinese immigrants (Take Out, 2004, co-directed with Shih - Ching Tsou) and African street hustlers (Prince of Broadway, 2008).

Although it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the immigrant population in the United States, researchers estimate that 1.8 million undocumented children and youth are now living in the country.

Roberto Gonzales has done extensive research on undocumented immigrant youth and young adult populations in America.

Providing artists with affordable spaces while offering arts programming to underserved populations like the homeless and public housing residents as well as the youth, senior and immigrant populations that frequent libraries, would be a win - win.

Many of our programs focus on highly vulnerable populations, including youth, immigrants experiencing violence, veterans, and the reentry population.

Other work of mine has focussed on family law for youth with children (for the BC Council for Families), abused women (for the BC Society of Transition Houses), parents living in poverty (for the Salvation Army's defunct pro bono program), people in polyamorous relationships (for the Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association), recent immigrants (for SUCCESS Settlement Services), grandparents caring for grandchildren (for the Parent Support Services Society of BC) and other populations.

Each of the four MLC clinics provide free legal services to the most vulnerable populations — including people with disabilities and chronic illness, members of the LGBTQ community, undocumented immigrants and refugees, children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and people involved with the criminal justice system.

Permanency for specific populations Provides resources regarding permanency for youth, children and youth from minority groups, children and youth with disabilities, and immigrant children and youth

There is some indication that immigrant populations in these countries hold similar values to their Asian and Latin mainland counterparts.47, 15 Yet, for some youth, there appear to be generational and acculturation effects, whereby later generations are more acculturated to mainstream Westernized culture than previous generations.

«With children of immigrants comprising such a significant portion of the youth population, and our future workforce, it is critically urgent that we ensure they grow up with access to the support and resources needed to thrive.»