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Please join Center for Thriving Children for this virtual event as we ask leading scholars and Boston College Lynch School students: In a time of historic uncertainty, how can we ensure children thrive? Moderated by Jackie Mader, we hope you will add to what is sure to be a robust audience discussion.

I joined 57 social scientists in filing an amicus brief urging #SCOTUS to protect the lives and rights of people experiencing homelessness. Criminalizing homelessness is cruel AND it's bad policy #JohnsonVGrantsPass #housingnothandcuffs. publicjustice.net/grantspass-v-j…

SCOTUS will take up Grants Pass v Johnson, the most significant case regarding homelessness in 40 years. 57 social scientists, including myself, filed an amicus brief on the case. We need more social housing. Criminalizing the unhoused solves nothing. tinyurl.com/ytdstkr7

UCLA Ed & IS Dean Christina Christie catches up with alums Elianny & Earl Edwards at #AERA2024 -both are doing great work in Boston!

As city schools work to address the rising number of homeless students, local charter schools have barely identified any students experiencing homelessness. Charter school administrators and counselors say the enrollment process is keeping these kids out. newbedfordlight.org/alma-del-mar-g…

Jailing/fining people for sleeping outside is not the solution to rising levels of homelessness—housing is. Expanding rental assistance can help close the widening gap between incomes and rents. More from Peggy Bailey and Anna Bailey cbpp.org/blog/solutions…

"Homeless students don’t have equal access to Massachusetts charter schools" More than 10% of New Bedford students (!) are dealing with homelessness, but charters have largely missed the problem — so have not been part of the solution New Bedford Light newbedfordlight.org/alma-del-mar-g…

I hope the 2024 #RIFactbook provides the direction needed to help us all march towards equity and justice. RI KIDS COUNT

Do I have any friends in marketing? Centering Black Children in Education (CBCE) is looking for someone in marketing to help with creating social media materials, web development and a host of other things. We have a budget to pay you! Please spread the word.

.Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced $40M to help nonprofits and government agencies provide free legal assistance for low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction. The deadline to apply for this first-of-its-kind federal funding is August 20. usich.gov/news-events/ne…

New for the New Bedford Light, "Segregation in New Bedford." There are more segregated schools in New Bedford today than in 1971, when the district was 1 of 4 in violation of the 1965 MA Racial Imbalance Act. "Residential segregation is everything," Supt O'Leary told me....

Come work at #BC! BC is hiring an Assistant Professor for #HigherEd program focused on: ✅ College student development ✅ Student experiences and engagement ✅ College environments Applications close on September 27, 2024 Learn more at apply.interfolio.com/149846

Become a part of the Boston College Lynch School faculty as an Assistant Professor of Higher Education. This full-time, tenure-track position focuses on advancing student development & research on student affairs. Learn more about the position bit.ly/3SFc3Ut

Yet the only major “response” to #homelessness is #sweeps and #criminalization. #HousingNotHandcuffs #housingisahumanright thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Happy to share that my book will be published next April amazon.com/Housing-All-Fi… #housingisahumanright #HousingNotHandcuffs

Marcellus Williams (2024) Troy Davis (2011) Stanley Tookie Williams (2005) I remember Bloods and Crips all over California, publicly, saying they would lay down arms if they just let Tookie live. I remember the phone calls to Georgia in 2011. And now this. Abolish it all.

We are giving out micro grants of $50-$500 to girls & gender expansive young people across the nation to organize & host gatherings w/ their loved ones & community about voting and long term civic engagement strategizing … APPLY!! Justice and Joy National Collaborative tinyurl.com/Rapid-Response…

So excited to spend my Friday evening Georgetown University. This event is open to the public, please RSVP and join us for some critical discourse on school policing and safety.

📰Earl Edwards, Ph.D. explores the racialized impact of homelessness in the U.S. 🇺🇸 Structural #racism and #homelessness intensified by the limitations of the McKinney–Vento Act. Discover how public personas shaped harmful policies. Read more: mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/9… #blackhistory