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At a time of pandemic, recession, public lynchings, and uprisings for racial justice, our nation is at a crossroads. The mounting stress and economic fallout from COVID-19 and racial turmoil is widening the equity gap for young people and communities of color. We are in a crisis and need action and investment from the public and private sector to support the solutions proposed for decades by young people and racial justice leaders. What we need is a New Deal for Youth.
Today, we are releasing the final set of data from our 2020 Youth Data Portrait focusing on safe communities. This set of data shows how Black and Brown youth are not safe in their communities due to racist systems of oppression and divestment in the health and wellbeing of young people of color.
CLASP created a 2020 Youth Data Portrait that analyzes data related to economic justice, healing and wellbeing, and safe communities for youth and young adults before and during the pandemic. We have released this data to begin a dialogue on a New Deal for Youth that responds to the historic roots and current scale of the crisis. When the once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe is over, our future as a nation will depend on how intentionally we invest in this and future generations.
Please use our social media toolkit to join us in sharing this data.
- Young people of color are not safe in their communities due to racist systems of oppression and divestment in the health and wellbeing of Black and Brown youth. We need a #NewDealForYouth. #WhyWeCantWait https://bit.ly/ND4YSC
- Young Black men and women continue to be disproportionately stopped and arrested. We need a #NewDealForYouth that dismantles these racist systems of oppression. #WhyWeCantWait https://bit.ly/ND4YSC
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