Sentences with phrase «urban communities of color»

«Even though tobacco shops have rarely been targeted by the police or community for intervention,» he added, «based on our data, we believe tobacco shops in urban communities of color should be regulated to improve community health in the same way as alcohol outlets and other public nuisances.»

Tobacco shops, also known as smoke shops, may represent potential «nuisance properties» in urban communities of color, a study led by a researcher at the University of California, Riverside has found.

For a poor, urban community of color to prosper — or, nowadays, survive — good education that's free and relevant is essential.

Not exact matches

At 7 p.m., — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Sens. Brian Benjamin and Kevin Parker join AARP NYS Director Beth Finkel, state NAACP President Hazel Dukes and NY Urban League Executive Director Arva Rice to address disparities hurting New York's communities of color on WBLS's «Open Line» with Judge Bob Pickett and Bob Slade, Schomberg Center for Research for Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., Harlem.

At 10 a.m., AARP, the Asian American Federation, Hispanic Federation, NAACP and Urban League join Tony Award - winning actress Priscilla Lopez, Senator Jesse Hamilton and Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Yuh - Line Niou for launch of policy solutions agenda to address disparities in health, economic security and livability that are hurting New York state's communities of color; City University of New York Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Many students of color reside in low - income, urban communities and too often do not receive an adequate education and unfortunately, do not get a chance to see such life benefits.

Therefore, I will work to safeguard this under - served population's educational rights to ensure that students of color in urban communities receive the quality education they deserve and can reach their full potential.»

«Growing up as a low - income student of color in an urban community, my mother always stressed the importance of education to my sister and me; I saw the many benefits of focusing on my education growing up and I continue to see them even now.

His research has examined: 1) how school reform intersects with equitable community development, with a focus on school and community leaders and 2) how geography influences educational opportunity for children of color in urban school districts.

The NAACP report documents the consequences of this abandonment: inadequate funding of urban schools, a lack of accountability and oversight for charter school, most of which are concentrated in urban communities, the disproportionate exclusionary discipline of Black students, high teacher turnover, and an absence of teachers of color in both charters and traditional public schools.

Current policies based upon property taxes discriminate against low - income communities and urban areas, which disproportionately affect people of color.

Teachers who work in urban and poorer communities, those that work with students of color, those that work with English language learners and those that teach students with special education needs will be especially punished under the new teacher evaluation system.

Research from MIT, Stanford and Harvard have repeatedly documented that in states with comprehensive charter school laws, public charter schools outperform traditional public schools, especially those serving students who are low - income, living in urban communities, are children of color and are English - language learners.

His spectacular frenzies of color and form become visual analogues of the very urban landscape from which he scavenged his materials — poetic visual kaleidoscopes of the communities and underground economies to which Bradford's inherently referential source material gestures, and the volatile emotional admixture of desires, concerns and vitality that make up the complex socio - economic layers of Bradford's worlds.»

His works often call into question issues of police violence and authoritarianism exercised against youth and communities of color, as well as highlight vernacular language, architecture, and food culture associated with the urban lexicon.

Not only do these photographs «make us aware of the role and power of community,» he writes that they also «illuminate the transitions, displacements and complexity of urban life as well as the conventions or biases that color our understanding of it.»

Known for her vibrant color photography, Opie examines various facets of American life, from the identities of individuals to subcultures and communities, to urban settings, and majestic natural surroundings.

And we've relied on community development organizations like the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation in Brooklyn and civil rights organizations like the Urban League of Portland to conduct exhaustive outreach in low income communities and communities of color.

Some communities of color: There are racial disparities in climate - sensitive exposures to extreme heat in urban areas, and in access to means of adaptation — for example air conditioning use.235, 236,237,238 There are also racial disparities in withstanding, and recovering from, extreme weather events.239, 240

As discussed earlier, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that communities of color, poor communities, and certain other vulnerable populations (like new immigrant communities) are at a higher risk to the adverse effects of extreme weather events.263, 264,239 These vulnerable populations could benefit from urban planning policies that ensure that new buildings, including homes, are constructed to resist extreme weather events.303