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3.6KHenrietta Fore is the New Executive Director of UNICEF
Henriette Fore is the new executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). A true veteran in leadership of both the...
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3.7KBobby Cagle, New LA Child Welfare Chief, to Find High Demand, Too Few Foster Homes
Bobby Cagle, a former foster child and caseworker, is set to take over as head of Los Angeles Department of Children and...
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1.7KThis Pro-justice Reform Candidate in Brooklyn, NY, Started Activism at Age 12
Twenty-three years ago, New York City Council candidate Anthony Beckford faced long odds when he spoke out...
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3.0KYoung People a Focus for Anti‑fascism, Anti-Trump Movement
It was a school night and well past Joshua Vega’s bedtime when most of the world learned that Donald Trump had won...
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2.8KGetting $50 Million More for California After-school Programs Took Group 3 Years of Lobbying
California after-school programs statewide were able to breathe a small sigh of relief this year after Gov. Jerry Brown set...
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1.9KPoetry Helps Young Angeleno Cope With Deportation of Family Member
Eleven-year-old Violeta Esquivel feels uncomfortable in President Donald Trump's America, especially after he announced the phasing out of the DACA (Deferred Action...
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2.2KTroubled Kids Work It Out Through Therapeutic Drumming
Therapeutic drumming is an important program for the Youth Villages Inner Harbour Campus, a juvenile residential mental health treatment facility on 1,200...
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1.4KMentoring a Girl in Construction
"I say anything a guy can do, a girl can do, and it’s just as [conceivable] for us to be out there...
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1.1KPerformance Is a ‘Vehicle for Youth Development’
You could feel excitement in the air at 7 Stages Theatre in Atlanta as mentors, choreographers, young artists and stage designers prepared...
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1.8KHow a New York Police Official Targets Thoughts to Fight Crime
When Carlos Jennings got out of prison in 2014, he wanted to kill the person who helped put him there. “I wasn’t...
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5.3KHow LA County Began to Face Its Big Problem With Youth Being Sex-Trafficked
Michelle Guymon is a hero in the world of child sex trafficking prevention. Seven years ago, she had no idea Los Angeles...
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1.6KJessica Colotl Again Threatened With Deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement
"Just because someone is driving without a license or ends up in jail for a minor traffic violation ... [they] should not...
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2.3KLA’s Youth Probation Camps Have a Problem With Graduating Kids (But Not What you Think)
The Los Angeles County Office of Education boasts that scores of young people who were at risk of dropping out of high...
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2.9KFear of Deportation Leads to Rise in Mental Health Symptoms Among Youth
For 17-year-old Alejandro, dealing with anxiety has been a normal part of teenage life.
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1.1KClosing the Gap: Youth Workers Helping Youth of Color
Struggling youth, especially those of color, face unique challenges in reaching their goals as they grow up, but according to the educator...
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1.1KTeen Mothers
Meriwether County parent educator Erma Harden works in Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services’ Circle of Care program, an organization that provides...
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1.4KPoverty Simulation Pushes Educators, Youth Workers to Reflect, Relate
Educators and youth workers participated in the National Youth-At-Risk Conference's annual poverty simulation in Savannah, Georgia, in March 2017.
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1.8KConferences Highlight Challenges, Solutions: Threat to After-school Funding, High Need Among Youth
As 2,000 after-school workers gathered in Dallas earlier this week for the annual National AfterSchool Association convention, they immediately understood the convention...
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1.2KLatina Youth Once Threatened With Deportation Speaks Up
The story of 21-year-old undocumented student Jessica Colotl made headlines when she faced deportation after being arrested in 2010 for driving without...
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2.3K‘Dear Mr. President:’ What Muslim Youth Want President Trump to Know
Teens and young adults in Georgia set the record straight about Islam and speak candidly about what it means to be young...
