by Stanley Augustin | Jul 29, 2013 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
It has been almost two weeks since a jury of six women found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter. It has been over a year since Trayvon Martin, a then 17-year-old boy, was tragically shot and killed as he walked from a Florida...
by Stanley Augustin | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog
With quarantine safety measures in place across the country, LGBTQ+ youth are at an even greater risk of social isolation and depression. Online resources have become increasingly more important for LGBTQ+ youth to maintain their mental and emotional health during and...
by Stanley Augustin | Mar 7, 2013 | Blog
It comes as little surprise that a fierce debate on the use of affirmative action in education has erupted over the past few months. Last October, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case pertaining to the consideration of...
by Stanley Augustin | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
As the sequester takes effect, questions loom over how across-the-board budget cuts will affect federally-funded education programs.While most school programs will not experience the brunt of these cuts until the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, schools...
by Stanley Augustin | Mar 1, 2013 | Blog
Today, the sequestration is set to take effect. The sequester will cut funding for education by a total $3 billion. The cuts will bear an array of deafening consequences for millions of our nation’s most vulnerable children. Such consequences would dissolve...
by Stanley Augustin | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
In light of the tragic school shooting in Connecticut that killed twenty school children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, there has been a loud call to increase the number of armed security in our schools. On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, Obama forwarded...
