Sentences with phrase «youth of color»

Her research focuses on the role of schools and community - based organizations in shaping developmental outcomes for youth of color.

Unfortunately, too many of our schools fail to meet the needs of all students, especially youth of color.

Our longitudinal, mixed - methods study focused on the role schools can play in preparing youth of color to analyze, navigate, and challenge oppressive conditions in our society.

She considers her work to be a reflection of her complex identity, which she uses as a tool in her artistic practice to empower youth of color.

The national effort to reform the nation's juvenile justice system is gaining momentum in the wake of recent high - profile cases of police brutality against youth of color.

A film collaboration between Kiki gatekeeper, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, and Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordenö, we're granted exclusive access into this high stakes world, where tough competitions act as a gateway into the daily lives of LGBTQ youth of color in NYC.

Progressive projects — with youth of color in the lead — are demanding living wage work, an end to handouts of public lands and public dollars that privilege the wealthy few, and a city that protects all of its residents from the perils of poverty, eviction, criminalization, deportation and violence.

Every year we reach 3,000 working class immigrant youth and youth of color with innovative peer - led college access support, creative arts and media programs, youth - focused political education and more.

Community partner organizations, including the Dignity in Schools Campaign, led challenging and relevant CSI discussions on the role of school police and on law enforcement and its disproportionate impact on youth of color.

««By teaching to the test, we are depriving a generation of youth, particularly youth of color growing up in low - income communities, from developing the critical thinking skills they need, and our country needs, to be competitive in this global economy,» added Matt Cregor, Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Sacramento CA About Blog Youth Forward is a new organization dedicated to supporting disadvantaged youth and youth of color through education and community action.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Ginwright further responds to the crisis of hopelessness among youth of color in urban America.

Still, I say, go with Obama, the man who wants to send more Bronx and inner city youth of color to Afghanistan, and leave the Bronx already!

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.

The new documentary returns to a safe haven for LGBTQ youths of color first examined in the landmark film Paris Is Burning.

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).

Therefore, the Commission has prioritized the health and welfare needs of GLB youth of color and transgender youth in its recommendations to state agencies for the last five years.

Strengthening school districts — Launched in 2009, the Irvine - funded California Linked Learning District Initiative was implemented over seven years within nine California school districts that, together, served 14 percent of the state's public high school students (including a high percentage of low - income youth of color, within rural and urban geographies).

He runs a youth spoken word organization called Boston Pulse Poetry, which co-empowers youth of color to create change for themselves and their communities through the art of public speaking and spoken word poetry.

This film examines Oakland's evolution through the eyes of social entrepreneurs determined that youth of color not be left on the sidelines as Silicon Valley spreads into the home of the second largest black community in California.

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.

These ineffective practices, which disengage students and can lead to imprisonment or dropping out, impact youth of color far more than their white peers.

Youth of color leading the #Sandy5 March as the crowd heads to the Brooklyn Bridge.

Fewer youth of color resided in New Jersey's detention facilities in 2014 than did in 2010; however, black males continued to be over-represented in the juvenile justice system.

And, you know, speaking to education and justice, in 2011, the u.s. department — the departments of education and justice launched a supportive school discipline initiative to reduce exclusionary discipline policies, practices and their impact on youth of color and youth with disabilities.

Robert Ziegler, who runs a gay bar on Christopher Street, and who has collected more than 1,000 signatures on a petition in support of making Christopher Street safer, said he received an angry call recently from the Chelsea organization FIERCE, which serves LGBT youth of color.

LGBTQ young people, particularly youth of color, deserve safe and supportive spaces in which they can find community.

Sacramento CA About Blog Youth Forward is a new organization dedicated to supporting disadvantaged youth and youth of color through education and community action.

The study explains how excessive and disparate suspensions of students «may lead to high rates of juvenile incarceration» — particularly among youth of color, boys and students with disabilities — in what has become known as the school - to - prison pipeline.

Kiki (Director: Sara Jordenö)-- Through a strikingly intimate and visually daring lens, Kiki offers a riveting, complex insight into a safe space created and governed by LGBTQ youths of color, who are demanding happiness and political power.

The Schott Foundation began partnering with Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools this year to support their work around organizing and providing leadership opportunities for youth of color in New Orleans.

Inner - city youth of color are often confronted by mixed messages.

Many young people in Washington, especially youth of color and from low income or rural communities, do not have access to the career connected learning experiences that foster engagement in school and interest and preparation for high - demand STEM careers.

One of her most recent projects: ID Shop had been awarded grants by The Laundromat Project, the Awesome Foundation, More Art, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and she held the workshops, ID Shop: Round Robin for queer youths and youth of color at Joan Mitchell Foundation, Hamilton Madison House, and Sylvia's Place — one of the only shelters in the city that accepts youth directly off the street, without a referral.

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.

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.

Marginalized youth in the child welfare system, including LGBTQ youth and youth of color, deserve culturally competent, safe, and supportive care.

Marginalized youth in the child welfare system, including those who are LGBTQ, youth with disabilities, and youth of color, deserve culturally competent, safe, and supportive care.

Youth of color are disproportionately represented in low - income schools.

Youth of color, the governor wrote in the executive order, are disproportionately affected.

Andrea Ritchie, the senior policy counsel for a group called Streetwise and Safe, highlighted the impact that police encounters have on «LGBTQ youth of color» in particular.

The fanatical homophobia behind the Councilmember's comments is particularly damaging to LGBT youth of color, who face the highest rates of depression and suicide among any LGBT demographic.

Apart from ballet, one of Misty's biggest passions is giving back — especially when it comes to health, education, and opportunity for youth of color and underserved communities.

Directed by Sara Jordenö and co-written by Twiggy Pucci Garcon, Kiki feels like it's entirely in the hands of its eponymous heroes, the Kiki community — a newer subset of the original ballroom scene made up of LGBTQ youths of color.

Most compelling is the potential these hearings have to illuminate the unique circumstances of GLBT youth who often remain invisible and silenced in these conversations and who are multiply marginalized — those from lower - income backgrounds and youth of color — given the commission's call for youth from diverse backgrounds to participate.

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.

A disproportionately large percentage of disciplined students are youth of color, students with disabilities, and youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.