Youth
[Editor’s Note: The following contains an edited excerpt from “Revealing the Conspiracy: Youth, Gangs, Violence and Drugs, June 25, 1989, which originally appeared in the Final Call Vol. 8, No. 12.] In the times of Moses, Pharaoh saw the Children of Israel multiplying. So he said, “Come, let us deal wisely with them lest they […]
The Reimagine Black Youth Mental Health (RBYMH) initiative is about improving the mental well-being of Black youth and families in Minnesota and expanding the approach to mental health. This three-year policy demonstration project is supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health grant. Goals Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – For many people, picking up the phone and scrolling through social media is a mindless activity. It’s something people do for hours every day. On Tuesday, the U.S. Surgeon General stopped in Lincoln for a discussion on social media and how it’s impacting youth across the country. Dozens of people gathered […]
The new “Young Black Alive” campaign is aimed at tackling the underlying human rights issues behind Brazil’s soaring youth homicide rate. © Anistia Internacional Brasil By Atila Roque, Executive Director of Amnesty International Brazil Earlier this week, many people around the world waited with bated breath for a grand jury’s decision in a case where . […]
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — As a senior in high school at what she says is a fairly diverse school, Akira Shorter has never had a black teacher. She isn’t alone in that. Arizona Department of Education reports that only 4% of teachers in the state are black, which leaves many students of color without an […]
The United States is heading into a “quagmire, if not crisis” of gambling addiction among young people, according to counselors and clinicians – prompting calls for a regulatory crackdown. Treatment clinics are grappling with an influx of patients in their teens and early 20s and helplines are reporting record levels of calls. “There’s a lot […]
Recipients of the City of Victoria’s annual International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) Youth Grant program have been selected for 2023. This year, five projects that support and empower Black youth in Victoria have been awarded funding. “The return of this grant program is an important step towards making Victoria a more welcoming […]
That gathering (called the Turning Point Summit) follows a Gandhi King Mandela conference in South Africa last summer that convened youth activists, community leaders and others to advance new ways to apply the legacies of Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. — notably their use of nonviolent resistance against injustices of colonization, […]
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About a decade ago, 125 amateur cyclists from all over the UK filed into the laboratories at King’s College London. Aged between 55 and 79, they were there to participate in a long-term study examining how regular physical activity affects the ageing process. Janet Lord, professor of immune cell biology at Birmingham University, who conducted […]