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november 2016
By aligning our agendas on issues such as the school to prison pipeline, police brutality, and toxic masculinity, we have an opportunity to really lift up these issues on a national scale. Collaborative efforts and unity make stronger voices. So we are not whispers but a cohesive and loud yell that we care about these issues, that we see these issues, we support the change that needs to happen. Not only do we need to align with other National movements, but align ourselves as well in order to have a stronger and more powerful voice.
Accountability Within the Movement: Addressing Indigenous and Gender Disparities in Rural California / Read Full Article
Latest Opportunity Youth Data Released
Measure of America released More Than a Million Reasons for Hope: Youth Disconnection in America Today, which updates the national, state, county and metro area opportunity youth estimates. The data are disaggregated by gender and race and ethnicity. New additions to the report include: American and European metro area comparisons, and examination of disconnection by different group characteristics such as motherhood, marriage status, disability, English proficiency, citizenship, educational attainment, institutionalization, and household composition.
The report findings include the youth disconnection rate declined in the United States for the sixth year in a row, reaching a low of 11.7 percent in 2016. Yet, a chasm of nearly 20 percentage points separates the disconnection rates of racial and ethnic groups.
Access the full report or the interactive tool to learn more.