All posts tagged "Race, Ethnicity and Gender"

Overlooked and Under-Connected: Exploring Disparities in Digital Skill Levels Among Older Youth of Color in the US

Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss the stark racial disparities in digital skill levels of youth ages 16-24.

Black girls: Desperate black girl puts her hands in her hair

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Bring Back Black Girls Before They’re Herded Into Foster Care, Justice System

The #SayHerName movement that was launched in 2014 by the African American Policy Forum and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy...

Mental health of Black LGBTQ youth report; photo of black, LGBTQ teen in classroom

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All Black Lives Matter: Mental Health of Black LGBTQ Youth

The Trevor Project uses data collected from a national survey of over 2,500 Black LGBTQ youth to provide a comprehensive look at...

Latinx Data Gap in Youth Justice System report; graphic of young latin child with puzzle pieces missing from face

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The Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System

A new report analyzes racial and ethnic data at state-level youth justice agencies, documenting how inconsistent data categories and reporting result in...

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Maheen Kaleem is New Deputy Director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color

Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) recently announced Maheen Kaleem as its new deputy director.

sex trafficking: Homeless teenage girl sitting near brick wall outdoors

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Youth At Greater Risk For Being Sex Trafficked If Homeless, LGBTQ, Minority

Sexual crimes are prevalent domestically and globally, and sex trafficking — people brokering other humans for sex — is no exception. Data...

National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health graphic; multicolored, horizontal bar graph lines

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National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2020

The Trevor Project releases the second annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.

Fostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers For LGBTQ+ Youth in Care report; young LGBTQ+ woman in facemask

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Fostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers For LGBTQ+ Youth in Care

This new report from Children's Rights details how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already difficult situations for LGBTQ+ youth in care facilities...

Land of Inopportunity: Closing the Childhood Equity Gap report; young black child holding American flag

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The Land of Inopportunity: Closing the Childhood Equity Gap for America’s Kids

Save the Children releases the first-ever comprehensive child welfare and development rankings of all U.S. counties.

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Role of Guns Not Tracked For LGBT Community

Today, Synthia Roy works at a tattoo parlor in Jacksonville, Fla., she does set design and makeup for horror films and recently...

Native American: A child walking down a path to view ruins.

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Native American Children Protected in Groundbreaking Foster Care Settlement

For decades, we have repeated and recapitulated: Our nation’s foster care system is broken. New Mexico, which receives the lowest markers of...

girls: Big group of smiling young women pose with cards on a string; smiling woman in gray sweater, jeans, sneakers poses in front of them with jazz hands

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Head of Florida Center That Helps Girls ‘in Trouble’ Stepping Down

She’s credited with being a “visionary,” “a role model” and a literal life-saver for some of the most vulnerable girls and young...

indigenous: Roadside billboard welcoming travelers to the historic downtown Gallup.

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New Mexican Indigenous Foster Youth May Have Different Definition of Success

“You just don’t get it! When I emancipate I don’t want to move away and go off to college. I’m going back...

Suicidality Disparities by Sexual Identity persisting into adulthood report; young LGBT couple holding hands

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Suicidality Disparities by Sexual Identity Persist from Adolescence into Young Adulthood

The Trevor Project tracks rates of suicidality among LGB youth after turning 18, showing that the stark suicide disparity between straight and...

CYFD: Smiling man with red beard talks to other men in hallway, all wearing business suits.

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CYFD Forging Ahead With Native American Court, Kinship Care

It’s nearing the close of normal business hours on a Wednesday afternoon at the Albuquerque, N.M., offices of the Children, Youth and...

ICWA court: On left, 2 women in black dresses look right. On right, woman with earrings, necklace smiles.

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Native American Court to Run Under Bigger Concept of Family

It’s already tough sledding for New Mexico children and families in the state’s fractured foster care and child welfare systems. Those challenges...

Ring the Alarm: Crisis of Black Youth Suicide Report; young, sad black girl sitting in corner with head in hands

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Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America

The Congressional Black Caucus releases a troubling report quantifying and discussing the recent sharp rise in suicide rates among black youth, a...

school segregation report; young female students walking down school hallway

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When Is a School Segregated? Making Sense of Segregation 65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education

A new research report from the Urban Institute develops a more effective metric for determining the extent of school segregation within the...

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Washington State Must Help, Not Arrest Sex Trafficked, Homeless Minors

This summer, stories of now-deceased wealthy financier Jeffery Epstein’s sexual exploitations rocked the country. The girls Epstein exploited were mostly young, poor,...

charter school effects on school segregation report; black and white students reading together in school

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