Achi

Imoni — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:35:11 +0000

I see it in my work every day. The things that can keep a family whole are so basic. … Get someone that housing voucher, or help them find a job or fix their credit score. It’s usually very doable things that can mitigate the harm and preserve families.

Imoni — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:33:32 +0000

Even if the world is challenging and hard, we shouldn’t just be asking young people about their traumas. We should be finding out what helps them thrive and figuring out how we can make those things possible.

Imoni — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:31:32 +0000

I want to help break down the destructive generational structures that children in foster care inherit. But also celebrate memory and ancestry – including my own ancestors, who have been right there with me for 32 hard years.

Youth Justice

Imoni — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:45:28 +0000

The nation far outpaces other countries in detaining and criminalizing young people. Involvement in the youth justice system is well-established to have lasting negative effects on youth. Children and communities are better off when children are not locked up.

Racial Justice

Imoni — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:42:52 +0000

Child welfare systems perpetuate the oppression of Black, Indigenous, and other children and families of color through traumatic surveillance, investigation, and removal practices. The failure of the U.S. to dismantle racist systems and revoke laws that lead to family separation is an urgent civil and human rights issue.

Immigration Rights

Imoni — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:37:30 +0000

There is a long pattern of human rights violations against immigrant children detained by the US government. America has a legal and moral obligation to provide children in its custody with shelter, food, recreation, education, and medical care, and to reunite them with their families.

Government Accountability

Imoni — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:34:13 +0000

Children are too often harmed by US child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and healthcare systems. Through strategic advocacy and legal action, Children’s Rights holds these systems accountable for the well-being of the children in their care.

Family Together

Imoni — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:30:08 +0000

Government systems are separating children from their families and placing children in institutions and other group facilities in violation of their civil and human rights. Children’s Rights is a leader in a movement to raise public awareness of the harm done to young people and end this practice.

Child Health

Imoni — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:21:49 +0000

Government systems are denying children equitable access to basic health care in violation of their civil and human rights. Children’s Rights is working to transform systems and break down the barriers to timely and adequate physical and mental health services for children.

Hello world!

Imoni — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:54:07 +0000

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