Voices launches Race Matters Institute

Right beside this blog on the Voices.org homepage, you’ll see that “Equity and Diversity” is one of our main causes at Voices for America’s Children. But it’s not just one of our issues; it touches all of the others. So…

Healing the racial divide

Today I wanted to draw your attention to one foundation’s commitment to healing the racial divide in America. Dr. Gail C. Christopher, vice president
of programs for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, a Voices for America’s Children funder, has penned…

Black children disproportionately in foster care in 46 states

We’ve known for a long time that African American children depend on the foster care system more than other races.  But a new report shows that African American children are disproportionately represented in the system in nearly every state.

The…

Latinos filing more citizenship applications, increasing influence

In a demographic trend that could have big implications for election season, Latinos are leading the way in citizenship applications, according to a study of the ya es hora ¡Ciudadanía! campaign.  During the immigration protests of 2006, Latinos…

Black Administrators in Child Welfare Annual Conference Addresses Disproportionality

Disproportionality in child welfare occurs when a group is overrepresented in the system as compared to their proportion in the population. For example, Black children are 31 percent of the child welfare population but only 14.7 percent of the children…

Controversy around W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Racial Healing Initiative

We strongly disagree with an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by Stephan Thernstrom that argued that certain efforts to address racism in our society are misguided.

Voices for America’s Children, the nation’s largest network of multi-issue children’s…

Racial gaps in early learning

Early Ed Watch yesterday provided an excellent overview of the early learning listening tours being conducted now by the Department of Education.  As Congress considers renewing federal education programs, one issue we’d like policymakers to listen to is…

The Ugly Return of School Segregation

Although racial segregation has been outlawed for more than 50 years, de facto segregation is appearing in schools across the country. As the Washington Post reports, a white flight in school transfers taking place in one rural Mississippi school…

State with highest increase in child poverty: Colorado

A KIDS COUNT report issued by Voices member Colorado Children’s Campaign shows child poverty is rising faster there than anywhere else in the nation. I wish we had better news to report, but the number of children living in…