Latina youth leadership conference articles
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A crisis call line run by Native youth, for Native youth
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. — Rosanna Jackson, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs here, counts herself as one of the resilient ones. Her childhood in the 1970s and 80s was tough. Home didn’t always feel like a safe place to be. There’s a stigma that leads to people “not talking about their […]
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Ghana Grows Programme empowers Ghanaian youth through Youth Policy Dialogue
In a remarkable display of youth leadership and engagement, the Ghana Grows Youth Policy Dialogue has empowered over 2,100 young voices – a blend of 200 in-person attendees and 2,000 virtual participants – from the community, district, and national levels across Ghana on Saturday, April 20 at the Ho Technical University. The Ghana Grows Programme […]
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4 more L.A. County probation officers put on leave in connection with 'youth-on-youth violence'
Four L.A. County probation officers have been placed on leave in connection with “youth-on-youth violence” inside a Downey detention facility, officials announced Friday. The discipline comes after eight officers working at Los Padrinos juvenile hall were placed on leave for allowing a group of youths to beat up a teen in December. The involvement of four more sworn peace officers may indicate that troubling incidents of guards being present while youths assault each other are more widespread...