Diversity Management, News and Updates
Global nonprofit group Save the Children has published a list of the best and worst-performing states for the nation’s children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey, which pulled data from the U.S. census, looked at a number of factors impacting the health and wellness of children under the age of…
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the company that controls the legacy and production of books penned by the beloved children’s author, has announced that six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published due to potentially racist and insensitive imagery. The impacted titles include And to Think That I Saw It on…
Even as he’s working to improve immigration policies left over from the outgoing Trump administration, the issue of children crossing the border and entering the U.S. illegally looks to be an ongoing problematic issue for President Biden. The 4,700 children currently being cared for by government officials is well below…
Math and reading test scores have dropped dramatically for Black, Hispanic and poor children due to COVID-19, new study warns. Results of lockdowns, home-schooling, and Zoom classrooms as a result of COVID-19 are starting to come in, and the numbers aren’t good. According to a review of more than 4…
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month takes place in October to raise awareness about this critical social and public health issue. One out of every four women and one out of every 10 men will experience sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime according to…
In the last 10 years, suicides among Black children aged 5–11 have doubled, while the rate for white children of the same age has declined. The National CARES Mentoring Movement, a mentorship organization for Black children, and The Association for Black Psychologists released a report that outlines this crisis and…
Nine in 10 children with heart problems live in countries without specialized care. Abbott is working alongside other organizations to change that. Little Heroes is an Abbott initiative to help children with congenital heart defects. Through Little Heroes, the company partners with organizations and physicians worldwide to help provide care…
The number of children uninsured shot up by more than 400,000 between 2016 and 2018, despite a strong economy, according to a recent study by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. In 2018, 4.1 million children were uninsured. That’s in stark contrast to 2016, when there was a low of…
The Trump administration separated 1,556 more immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border than previously disclosed to the public, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday. Most of the children are very young, 12 years old and under, according to The Washington Post, including more than 200 considered…
Children who have been separated from their parents at the border are showing signs of severe trauma,clinicians told investigators with a government watchdog. Some kids think their parents have been murdered, others believe their parents abandoned them at the border. They also complain about symptoms of sickness even though medically…
