'Listening to Black Women' and Ending Adultification Bias

Building on its groundbreaking 2017 "Girlhood Interrupted" study showing that adults view black girls as more adult-like and less innocent than white girls, Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality today released a follow-up study that finds black girls routinely experience adultification bias, titled "Listening to Black Women and Girls: Lived Experiences of Adultification Bias." Read more >

 

What are the Impacts of Youth Organizing?
	Youth organizing engages young people in building power for social change, and uses distinct set of culturally and contextually resonant practices to develop youth leadership within a safe and supportive environment. This new resource by the Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing compiles the latest research about the powerful, proven outcomes from youth organizing. Read more >

Harming Our Common Future: America's Segregated Schools 65 Years after Brown

A new report by UCLA's Civil Rights Project marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case declaring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. There have been many changes since the ruling, but intense levels of segregation—which had decreased markedly after 1954 for black students—are on the rise once again. New York remains the most segregated state for African American students with 65% of African American students in intensely segregated minority schools. Read more >

65 Years After 'Brown v. Board,' Where Are All the Black Educators?
	After the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board decision, tens of thousands of black teachers and principals lost their jobs as white superintendents began to integrate schools but balked at putting black educators in positions of authority over white teachers or students. Read more >