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RT @npquarterly: Both corporations and foundations have increased support for #Blackentrepreneurship. But will these investments significantly reduce inequality? @Center4PopEcon @Blavity @MehrsaBaradaran #inequality
How Do We Build Black Wealth? Understanding the Limits of Black Capitalism
Both corporations and foundations have increased support for Black entrepreneurship. But will these investments significantly reduce inequality?
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RT @TheImprintNews: When young and vulnerable populations don’t have access to stable housing, they are exposed to additional dangers, writes Olivia Valdovinos.
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RT @First5LA: new documentary on @Hulu, #Aftershock, shows how much work still lies ahead to bring down #Black #MaternalMortality rate & prevent other families from sustaining such a terrible loss. Click below to read @Salon’s interview w/ the co-directors
"Aftershock" directors on Black maternal mortality & needing midwives
Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee discuss their new Hulu film's moving portrait of families left behind a birth
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RT @FosterCareFilm “Minnesota is leading the way w/ the Fostering Independence Grants. This funding really changes the calculation for the 80% of fosters who want to go to college—& that dream can be real now” #FosterCare #college #education #Minnesota
MN offers former foster care students $3.8 million in higher education grants
(The Center Square) – A $3.8 million investment Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota legislators made in 2021 will provid...
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RT @jsmccullou: Self-harm behavior has skyrocketed in Texas’ youth prisons, all while the agency can’t seem to keep anyone on the payroll.
Despite significantly fewer kids being locked up, self-harm behavior was assessed *80% more* in 2021 than 2019.
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Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on th…
The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using wate...
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RT @19thnews: Medication abortion is approved by the FDA, so for many people, if abortion becomes illegal the question about self-managing abortion is more one of criminal risk than medical risk.
What self-managed abortion looks like now — and how an end to Roe v. Wade could change it
Medication abortion is approved by the FDA, so for many people, if abortion becomes illegal the question about sel...
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RT @AECFNews: The #EITC in combination with the expanded #ChildTaxCredit reduced poverty by over 40% in the past year — amounting to nearly 5 million children lifted out of poverty. https://bit.ly/3ldE7xh
RT @NorCalGrant: The way we respond to white supremacist terrorism is key to building and maintaining healthy, just narratives and communities around achieving #RacialEquity #EndWhiteSupremacy
Only by working for a more just, equitable & peaceful future can we hope to foster a safe environment for all of us. Go to http://bit.ly/rejecthate for tips on facilitating meaningful conversations about safety, community & education in the wake of white supremacist terrorism.
RT @CaseyGrants Learn more about the Ready to Rise public-private collaboration making interventions on dominant structures of youth punishment & incarceration, made possible by @LibertyHill Foundation, @CalFund, & state funding. #EndYouthIncarceration https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/5/10/the-kids-arent-alright-how-a-public-private-collaboration-is-working-to-reduce-youth-incarceration-in-la-county
RT @HOUmanitarian: New crisis, old inequities: How the baby formula shortage disproportionally hurts low-wage families
New crisis, old inequities: How the baby formula shortage disproportionally hurts low-wage families
Carla Cevasco, a history professor, talks about how longtime inequities make the baby formula crisis worse for many families.
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RT @19thnews: It’s hard to hate up close, she told herself.
In 2016, Amber Briggle invited Ken Paxton to dine with her family and meet her trans son. He did. Now, she wants to know why he issued a directive stating gender-affirming care is child abuse.
Ken Paxton dined with the family of a trans kid. They now feel under attack.
Paxton issued a directive that states gender-affirming care is child abuse after Paxton after visiting the family of a trans kid in 2016.
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RT @GreaterGoodSC: In a forthcoming study in the journal “Emotion,” Stanford psychologist Jennifer Aaker & coauthors find that meaning is a stronger predictor of happiness for people with low incomes than those with greater financial resources.
How Happiness and Meaning Change As You Make More Money
Wealthy people may be happier. But a new study finds that money can’t buy a sense of purpose.
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RT @RWJF The science is clear that racism & discrimination impact health. The latest @Health_Affairs on #RacismAndHealth explores the policies and practices needed in the U.S. to build an anti-racist healthcare system. Learn more https://bit.ly/35Wu2jW
RT @calwellness: ICYMI: Why we should rethink credit checks for job candidates. The unfair practice hampers efforts to attract top talent and build diverse staffs, say two foundation leaders. Learn more here @Philanthropy:
Why We Should Rethink Credit Checks for Job Candidates
The unfair practice hampers efforts to attract top talent and build diverse staffs, say two foundation leaders.
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