Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Civil Rights

Racial Disparities Found Under State Health Plans

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:12:25 -0500

A detailed analysis of state-provided data has found racial disparities in health care among the three million New Yorkers in the state’s public insurance programs.

Higher Poverty Rates Found in LGBT Community

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:35:28 -0500

Recent data has found that denying LGBT people equal access to the institution of marriage, protection from employment discrimination, and other civil rights and family benefits may be contributing to higher poverty rates in the LGBT community than in the general population overall.

DREAM Act Shouldn't Languish

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:09:08 -0500

A June 23, 2009 New York Times editorial put a human face on the struggles of students arriving in America as children and graduating high school only to face huge barriers imposed by their undocumented status.

Hispanic Children Reap Big Benefits from Oklahoma Pre-K Program

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:27:55 -0600

Oklahoma's universal pre-K program has shown dramatic benefits for Hispanic students who participate in high-quality preschool programs. These children, especially those from Spanish-speaking homes, improve their English and cognitive development skills and are more likely to be prepared for kindergarten than those not enrolled.

Reviving the Goal of an Integrated Society

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:16:31 -0600

This Harvard Civil Rights Project report outlines serious challenges to the dream of equal opportunity for all students. Recent court decisions have made it more difficult to fight pressures for re-segregation -- blacks and Latino students are segregated more now than in the last four decades. The failure to address the challenges of growing student diversity is leading to a two-tiered educational system that isolates white students and disadvantages students of color.

Achieving the American Dream in a New Century

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:04:03 -0500

Start: Jul 7 2006 - 12:00pm

End: Jul 11 2006 - 5:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The National Council of La Raza NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—hosts Achieving the American Dream in a New Century.

Rosa Parks Anniversary

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:19:15 -0600

Start: Dec 1 2006 - 12:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

On this day in 1995, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

Massive Persistence

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:26:53 -0500

It's the ultimate back-to-school story: about 80 middle-aged Virginians are heading back to the classroom--more than four decades after their educations were derailed by the state's "massive resistance" campaign, which led some Virginia communities to shut down their public schools rather than integrate them. Connect for Kids Editor Susan Phillips spoke to recipients of Virginia's new Brown v. Board of Education scholarships.

National Coalition for Children's Rights

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:55:21 -0500

The mission of this organization is to inform parents and grandparents about children's issues regarding health, rights, schooling, and education.

More Than a Month's Worth of History

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:56:13 -0500

It would take a lot more than the 28 days of February to explore the new Web-based teaching tool on African-American migration from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rob Capriccioso reports on the recently unveiled �In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience.�

Agenda for Children

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:22:49 -0500

Agenda for Children is Louisiana's statewide child advocacy agency. Its mission is to make Louisiana a state in which all children can thrive, by ensuring that the basic needs of children and familie

Brown v. Board: Lessons for Tomorrow

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:07:34 -0500

The 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court school desegregation ruling in Brown v. Board of Education has produced an outpouring of reminiscence and evaluation. Today, amid national attention to the issues of school reform, school choice, and student achievement, Connect for Kids editor Susan Phillips asks what's next for our public schools.

Teens Urge States to Protect Gay, Lesbian Students

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:50:42 -0600

Gay and lesbian teen-agers, frustrated by the harassment they get at school, are asking their state legislators to step in and pass laws that would do what their teachers and principals are failing to do: protect them. This article first appeared on WomensEnews.com.

Putting Latinos in the Picture

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:18:45 -0600

Children often see their world through a lens shaped by our media-saturated culture. That's why Connect for Kids' Cecilia Garcia got involved with public television in the early 1970's, when Latinos were virtually invisible on TV. And it's why she found the new Smithsonian Exhibition, Young Americanos: Photographic Visions of Our Community, so inspiring.

Charlotte's Long Bus Ride

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:13:39 -0600

In 1957, Dorothy Counts was one of four black students to enter previously all-white schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1971, Charlotte became the first city in the country to use court-ordered busing to fully desegregrate its schools. Andrea Cooper reports that students who lived through the first wave of busing now have school-aged children of their own, and wonder when this struggle will end.