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Category: Children

Black Infant Mortality

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| Black Lives Matter, Children, Health, Sexism, Women

More to Think About: Black Infant Mortality Read the entire article here.   By Linda Villarosa Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from “The Hidden Toll,” the cover story in the NY Times Sunday magazine. Black infants in America are now more than twice as likely to die as white infants — 11.3 per 1,000 black babies, compared with […]

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After Two Deaths, HPD Heeds Parents’ Demand for Crossing Guards

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| Children, Community, Uncategorized, Youth

  After Two Deaths, HPD Heeds Parents’ Demand for Crossing Guards Denise Fillion, School Crossing Guard Supervisor for the Hartford Police Department (HPD) Traffic Division, sent a letter to the Milner School office dated August 22, 2017, informing the school that two crossing guard posts associated with the school would be closing. Fillion cited “low […]

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28 Days, 28 Films

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| Children, Information, Justice, Race, Social Action

28 Days, 28 Films for Black History Month By MANOHLA DARGIS and A.O. SCOTT   https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/01/movies/28-essential-films-black-history-month.html  2/1/18 IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR since Barry Jenkins’s “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture. This awards season, Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and Dee Rees’s “Mudbound” have received multiple nominations and accolades, optimistic signs that black filmmakers are receiving more opportunities in the […]

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Connecticut’s Education System Is Flawed, But Not Unconstitutional

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| Children, Civil Rights, Education

More to Think About: Education Supreme Court: Connecticut’s Education System Is Flawed, But Not Unconstitutional by Christine Stuart    ctnewsjunkie.com HARTFORD, CT — The state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Connecticut’s education system is imperfect, but not unconstitutional. The decision may signal the end of 12 years of litigation over whether the state has been providing enough funding for […]

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What Rights Do Children of Illegal Immigrant Parents Have in the U.S.?

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| Children, Immigrants, Information, Refugee

What Rights Children of Illegal Immigrant Parents Have in the U.S. Updated By Ilona Bray, J.D., University of Washington Law School The children of undocumented (often called “illegal”) immigrants in the U.S. typically had no say in their parents’ decision to move to the U.S., but must contend with the consequences nonetheless. If those children […]

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With Integrated Schools Out Of Reach, Segregated Options Gain Favor

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| Black Lives Matter, Children, Community, Courts, Education, Information

Imperfect Choices: With Integrated Schools Out Of Reach, Segregated Options Gain Favor Twenty years after Sheff v. O’Neill — Connecticut’s decree that racial isolation in Hartford schools violated children’s constitutional rights — neighborhood schools have been left in the ruling’s shadow. Kathleen Megan and Matthew Kauffman      Contact Reporters Connecticut’s network of regional magnet schools, long hailed […]

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WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM

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| Black Lives Matter, Children, Community, Courts, Education, History, News!, Public Schools

TROUBLED SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: FIRST OF SEVEN STORIES WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM Struggling to cope with past sexual abuse and a mother who works long hours at a low-wage job, Alex regularly breaks down while at school. The screaming, crawling and crying of this 5-year-old at North Windham Elementary School – and the arrival […]

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Europe’s Child Refugee Crisis

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| Children, Immigrants, Reefugees

Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII Europe’s Child-Refugee Crisis At an age when most kids need supervision to do their homework, hundreds of thousands of minors are crossing continents alone. BY LAUREN COLLINS  Wasil awoke to the sound of a knife ripping through nylon. Although he was only twelve years old, he was living alone in a […]

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Child Care Expense Causes Stress

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| Children, News!

Poll: Cost Of Child Care Causes Financial Stress For Many Families (are you surprised?)   Maria Fabrizio for NPR Most parents have experienced sticker shock when they find out just how much it will cost to care for their infant or toddler full- or even part-time. For parents who have little choice, this can be […]

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Activities for Children – Swimming Lessons

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| Children, Community

Activities for Children     Black children ages 5 to 19 drown in swimming pools at a rate more than five times that of white children. That suggests a lot of blacks are not learning to swim, said Dr. Julie Gilchrist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the USA Swimming Foundation, about […]

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RSS UCC News

  • Shari Prestemon named Acting Associate General Minister for Wider Church Ministries September 20, 2023
    A new United Church of Christ national leader has been called. The UCC Board voted in a special meeting Monday, Sept. 18 to appoint the Rev. Shari Prestemon as Acting Associate General Minister for Wider Church Ministries and Co-Executive for… The post Shari Prestemon named Acting Associate General Minister for Wider Church Ministries appeared first […]
  • Grief, healing, hope: Join the Movement honors 60th anniversary of Birmingham church bombing September 19, 2023
    On Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb was detonated at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., by four members of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, 60 years later, the United Church of Christ’s Join the Movement Toward Racial Justice… The post Grief, healing, hope: Join the Movement honors 60th anniversary of Birmingham church bombing […]
  • Tens of thousands of climate activists march in NYC September 19, 2023
    At least 75,000 climate activists showed up Sunday, Sept. 17 in New York City as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels. People of many faith perspectives were represented, including the United Church of Christ. The national UCC, along… The post Tens of thousands of climate activists march in NYC appeared first on United […]

RSS Our Daily Bread

  • Beautiful Restoration September 22, 2023
    In his wonderful book Art + Faith: A Theology of Making, renowned artist Makoto Fujimura describes the ancient Japanese art form of Kintsugi. In it, the artist takes broken pottery (originally tea ware) and pieces the shards back together with lacquer, threading gold into the cracks. “Kintsugi,” Fujimura explains, “does not just ‘fix’ or repair […]
  • God Covers Our Sin September 21, 2023
    When a single mother had to find work to take care of her family in the 1950s, she took on typing jobs. The only issue was that she wasn’t a very good typist and kept making mistakes. She looked for ways to cover up her errors and eventually created what’s known as Liquid Paper, a […]
  • Shooting Ourselves in the Foot September 20, 2023
    In 2021, an engineer with the ambition to shoot an arrow farther than anyone in history took aim at the record of 2,028 feet. While lying on his back on a salt flat, he drew back the bowstring of his personally designed foot bow and prepared to launch the projectile to what he hoped would […]

RSS National Public Radio – News

  • 'Not sure where the airplane is,' pilot told 911 dispatcher after F-35 ejection September 22, 2023
    4-minute recording captures bizarre circumstances for the resident explaining that a pilot parachuted into his backyard, the pilot who doesn't know what became of his jet, and a puzzled dispatcher.
  • Tropical storm warning puts mid-Atlantic coast under threat of winds and flooding September 22, 2023
    A disturbance is likely to strengthen into a tropical storm when it's expected to hit North Carolina late Friday, forecasters said, posing flooding and other threats as far north as New Jersey.
  • Mexico is defending an undocumented immigrant arrested under a new Florida law September 21, 2023
    Mexico's government is providing legal help for an undocumented immigrant arrested in Florida under a state law making it a crime to transport undocumented workers — in this case a crew of roofers.

RSS Think Justice: The Vera Institute

  • How the United States Punishes People for Being Poor September 21, 2023
  • 32 People Have Died in LA County Jails This Year September 14, 2023
  • Families Demand Action over Los Angeles Jail Death Crisis September 12, 2023

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