Sentences with phrase «of youth of color»

Olla Mitchell from the Parent Connection Group, and the Venice / Santa Monica chapters of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women will also be present to share about her work to support education campaigns in support of youth of color in particular.

The systemic criminalization of youth of color, youth with disabilities, and youth of color with disabilities in schools is one of the most egregious examples of structural racism and violence in this country.

Moreover, a larger percentage of youth of color report same - sex behavior or GLB identity than the percentage of white youth (31 percent vs. 26 percent).

According to Act 4 Juvenile Justice, for more than 35 years the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) has provided critical federal funding to states to comply with a set of core requirements designed to protect children from the dangers of adult jails and lockups; keep young people safe; keep children charged with status offenses out of locked custody; and address the disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system.

From the «Black Lives Matter» movement to disproportionate suspensions of youth of color in our schools, to the lack of support for school staff, it is clear that we must take bold steps to ensure all students, regardless of race and zip code fulfill their potential.

On the anniversary of Freddie Gray's death and to commemorate the anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, more than 20 mostly Black and Brown - led youth organizations, representing thousands of youth of color from across the country, published a petition calling attention to their demands in the ongoing debate around school safety, gun control and violence against youth.

The #YouthDemand statement highlights the already deeply entrenched «school - to - prison pipeline,» and makes a compelling demand for reforms for school safety and gun control that do not involve increased policing, surveillance and doubling down on policies that criminalize of youth of color at their schools.

Her recent work examines the impact of stressful and traumatic life experiences, such as community violence exposure, on the psychosocial functioning of youth of color, the coping strategies that youth use to manage violence exposure, and the family factors that encourage youth to use more adaptive coping strategies.

Students from Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights recently took to the streets to demand action on gun control and to challenge the criminalization of youth of color.

It has led to important conversations about the criminalization of youth of color, the militarization of the police, and what we can do to end such injustices.