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Black Mothers Trapped in Unsafe Neighborhoods Signal the Stressful Health Toll of Gun Violence in the U.S.
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What You Need to Know About Environmental Justice
EcoWatch May 10, 2023Environmental justice movements work to end or stop disproportionate amounts of environmentally negative practices in vulnerable communities.
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Kingmakers of Oakland: Transforming an Education System that Fails Black Boys
Kingmakers of Oakland May 10, 2023As a black boy in the San Francisco public school system, Chris Chatmon didn’t have access or exposure to Black history classes. It wasn’t until college that he was able…
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READ THE TRANSCRIPT In this episode, you’ll gain an understanding of how bias commonly plays out in the hiring process, and how organizations can better recruit and retain a powerful, diverse workforce that expands opportunity across lines of race and gender.Our guests are Alfonso T.
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Black Mothers Start Microschools to End School-to-Prison Pipeline
The 74 May 6, 2023In the Arizona desert, a new school model has Black parents driving across city lines to drop their children off each morning. Frustrated with what they say is their public schools’…
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Metrics for Success in Science Careers Uphold Racism and Sexism
Futurity May 6, 2023The metrics that mark career success for researchers are biased against already marginalized groups in science, say 24 researchers. The criteria that measure progress—or lack thereof—include how often a researcher’s…
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How Racism Harms Black Girls in Philadelphia Public Schools
Chalkbeat May 5, 2023Black girls who attended Philadelphia public schools say they faced systemic inequities regardless of demographics at their schools, according to an Education Law Center report.
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Surge Institute May 3, 2023Nearly 10 years ago, Carmita Semaan founded the Surge Institute with the intention of educating, amplifying, and elevating leaders of colors who could create transformative change for young people, their…
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Funding Disparities for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
abcNEWS May 2, 2023The average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the average Ivy League school in 2019, according to a new report on the underfunding of HBCUs released Tuesday…
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How Can School Districts Get More Mental Health Professionals?
Chalkbeat May 2, 2023The push aims to help address the shortage of mental health professionals in New Jersey schools and to increase diversity among those professionals.
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Highlighting Arab American Giving Trends in the U.S.
Johnson Center Apr 28, 2023Mohamad Jaafar shares a brief history of Arab American giving and highlights important themes in Arab American philanthropy today.
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