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Education

Young Black Activists are the Past, Present, and Future of the Fight for Civil Rights and Black Lives

June 18, 2020 | Texas
Child Health

COVID-19 Food Benefit (P-EBT) Safe for Immigrant and Mixed-Status Families – Deadline Extended to July 31st

June 17, 2020 | Texas
Child Welfare

Youth Voices are Essential in Reforming the Child Welfare System

June 17, 2020 | Ohio
Child Poverty

New analysis from CDF: Housing Is a Racial Justice Crisis: Solutions for Children and Families During COVID and Beyond

The COVID pandemic is magnifying our housing and racial inequities at the same time it is creating financial instability for too many families. Without federal intervention, millions of families, especially Black families, will fall behind on rent and could be subject to eviction in places that adopted no protections for renters or in places where eviction moratoriums have begun to expire. If Congress fails to act, the harm will fall unequally on Black children and families, who are already disproportionately harmed by high housing costs, homelessness, and the devastating economic and health effects of the current pandemic.

June 17, 2020 | National
Child Poverty

Supreme Court Shores Up Protections for LGBTQ Workers--And Their Families

This week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ employees who have confronted workplace discrimination in a landmark decision that not only has powerful civil rights implications, but also powerful implications for children’s well-being.

June 16, 2020 | National
Education

Technology in Schools: Education Equity & COVID-19

June 16, 2020 | Ohio
Child Poverty

Supreme Court Shores Up Protections for LGBTQ Workers—and Their Families

the Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ employees who have confronted workplace discrimination in a landmark decision that not only has powerful civil rights implications, but also powerful implications for children’s well-being.

June 16, 2020 | National
Immigration

Celebrating DACA Amidst Uncertainty

June 15, 2020 | Texas
Immigration

Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter: 6/15/20

Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, and our bi-weekly action opportunities.

June 15, 2020 | Texas
Youth Justice

Why Ending Police Violence and Racist Policing is a Children’s Issue

We will continue to urge our nation’s leaders – and our partners in the children’s advocacy field – to take decisive action to fight for systems and communities that protect and value Black children and their livelihoods mean just as much as white children. People of all walks of life are demanding urgent, effective, and transformative change. That starts with holding our police accountable and ending police violence, but it does not end there. Our children are watching. When will they see a change?

June 12, 2020 | National

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