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Children of color pushed out of Alabama schools over social media posts
By Sharada Jambulapati Jamie鈥檚 father was murdered violently while she was in middle school. To honor his memory, her family made sweatshirts with an airbrushed…
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Sandy Santana Named Executive Director of Children鈥檚 Rights
(New York, NY) 鈥 Sandy Santana, who has served as interim executive director of Children鈥檚 Rights (CR) for the last 10 months, has been named…
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AIG and Junior Achievement Prepare Local Students for the Workplace
For Immediate Release June 26, 2015 听 For More Information, Contact: Jacqueline Dolly 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Brittany Bell JA…
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Another Success for MADD! Texas Becomes 25th State To Enact All-Offender Interlock Law
AUSTIN, TEXAS (June 23, 2015)听鈥 Last week, Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 2246 into law, requiring drunk drivers to install an ignition interlock if they…
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Former JA Scholarship Recipient Says 鈥淭hank You鈥
Each year,听Junior Achievement of Abilene听is thrilled to offer multiple scholarships to area high school graduates who had received Junior Achievement programming during their high school…
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U.S. News & World Report: Children’s National Health System Ranked Among Top Ten Best Children’s Hospitals In the Nation – Children’s National Health System
Washington, DC鈥 Children鈥檚 National Health System has been named to the prestigious Honor Roll of the听U.S. News & World Report听2015-16 Best Children鈥檚 Hospitals, ranking among…
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TOMS Shares Shoes, Friendship in Nicaragua
In the Palo Verde community in Nicaragua, kids are growing and thriving鈥μ齛nd so is fresh produce, thanks to a new garden that was recently planted…
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Driving Innovative Research and Fighting for the Future Every Child Deserves
Childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. Every day, 43听children are diagnosed with cancer and the…
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Florida student feels hopeless, humiliated because of school鈥檚 punitive culture
By Amir Whitaker 鈥淚 don鈥檛 have rights,鈥 the 15-year-old boy tells me. His mother begins to sob uncontrollably. She sees the hopelessness in her son鈥檚…
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Empowering People With Cancer to Hope
Facing cancer is scary enough. Thanks to Hope Connections for Cancer Support and their free programs, no one is prevented from getting the help they…
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Police in schools put vulnerable students at risk of being unnecessarily pushed into justice system
Parents and educators may assume that police patrolling school hallways make for safer schools, but mounting evidence is showing that the practice can needlessly push…
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When the Waters Rise鈥 Feed the Children Responds
At听Feed the Children, we work day in and day out to help create a world听in which no child听is hungry.听But when disaster strikes, we also mobilize…
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