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Child Health

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

June 17, 2020 | Texas
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
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
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
Immigration

Celebrating DACA Amidst Uncertainty

June 15, 2020 | Texas
Education

Senate Hearing Describes a “Perfect Storm” of COVID-19 Problems for Country’s Marginalized Students

Without a large and urgent Congressional investment in public education, our students are facing a “perfect storm” of problems caused by COVID-19: schools with scant budgets will be forced to make massive cuts, which will likely come from the parts of school budgets meant to provide critical resources to marginalized students, exactly at the moment when students are going to need more support than ever.

June 12, 2020 | National
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
Immigration

Protecting Immigrant Communities: The ACLU Border Community Watchline

June 11, 2020 | Texas
Education

Vote-By-Mail is a Racial Justice Issue

June 9, 2020 | Texas

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