Tag Archives: United States
Occupied With Inequality
While hundreds of people occupy Wall Street, calling on the 99% to stand up against the 1%, inequality has become the new buzzword. But is income and wealth inequality only a recent issue, unique to a small group of 20-somethings … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Entrepreneurship, Minority Issues, Re:LIFE Inc, ReLIFE, Youth, Youth Development, Youth Empowerment
Why The American Public School System Keeps Failing Our Youth
In 2007, 17 of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with a consistent 1.2 million dropouts every year. Meanwhile, twenty-five percent of the United States population is functionally illiterate, unable to consult … Continue reading
Criminal Justice Inequality in America: The Destruction of the African American Male
Crime has fallen, but incarcerations across the country still soar, making imprisonment for young African American men a fact of life. As Harvard Sociologist Bruce Western suggests, societal inequalities generally seem to us natural, legitimate or fixed. Much of the … Continue reading
Filed under Global Youth, Minority Issues, Re:LIFE Inc, ReLIFE, Youth, Youth Development, Youth Empowerment
Unemployment in Minority Communities: Shocking Facts About Unemployment Rates
The nation’s economic crisis began in December 2007 and since then countless people have been laid off from their jobs, and are dealing with the daunting effects of this recession. Although the state of the economy affects everyone in one … Continue reading
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Framework for Positive Youth Development: Every Child Requires These FIVE Promises
The ‘framework for positive youth development’ outlines the support that young people need in order to transition successfully into adulthood. It emphasizes the necessity of focusing on youths’ strengths, identifying their weaknesses and minimizing their risk factors. Gallup Student Poll … Continue reading
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Transitioning into Disconnection: The Need To Reevaluate America’s Foster-Care System
Aging out of the foster care system without being properly equipped for survival is one cause for youth disconnection. Approximately 29,000 youths are released from foster care every year at the age of 18. Foster care youth do not have … Continue reading
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Community Outreach Programs: Touching Youth Lives through Intervention
They groan when told its bedtime, slam doors when mom says “no,” argue when someone disagrees with their ideas, and fight strongly for what they believe in. I think most of us can agree on the fact that generally youth … Continue reading
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Protecting Today’s Youth: Should The Homeless Also Be Hopeless?
Many of us are conditioned to be afraid of homeless people. As you examine the man behind the filthy clothes, the excruciating stench, and the unshaven face, your mind unwillingly bombards you with stereotypes. They may be deranged drug-addicts who … Continue reading
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Causes of Male Youth Disconnection: Being an ‘Out of Work and Out of School’ Youth in Harlem during an Economic Recession
Download Article: PDF (Causes of Male Youth Disconnection) I have mentored youth in Harlem for over 7 years. For them, being in an economic situation where it seems like ‘when it rains, it pours’, is nothing new to most if … Continue reading
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