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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)Children across the country have shared that they want the right to be present and have a meaningful opportunity to participate in their dependency proceedings. We wholeheartedly agree. This issue is so critical that...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)Generally, when we think of a heroine, someone like Billie Holiday doesn't usually come to mind. This article is written to show why that is a mistake and to highlight what we (old and young alike) can learn from...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)"Nothing about us, without us!" It was in the late 1990s when I heard this rallying cry from young adults experiencing homelessness during a symposium organized by the National Network for Youth (NN4Y)...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)Youth experiencing homelessness face multiple barriers and unique challenges that require more coordinated federal, state, and local responses in order to meet their needs to make youth homelessness rare, brief,...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)8) Youth-Initiated, Shared Decisions with Adults This happens when projects or programs are initiated by youth and decision-making is shared between youth and adults. These projects empower youth while at the same time...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)The school-to-prison pipeline (STPP) has been described as a series of practices and policies that funnel children and adolescents from public schools into our juvenile and criminal systems. Despite jurisprudence from...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)Law school prepares students for how to think like lawyers who are representing adults. Courses include substantive classes such as criminal law, civil procedure, and property. The curriculum emphasizes the application...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)The American Bar Association contracted with lived experience experts to provide feedback on these articles as part of the ABA's commitment to youth engagement, as established under ABA Resolution 115: "Effective reforms...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)In this issue of Human Rights, we focus on achieving access to justice for those among us who are so many times easily ignored or overlooked--our children. The belief that "children should be seen and not heard" would...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)A published opinion from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals provides a glimpse into a deeply problematic practice: On a Friday afternoon, 12-year-old J.B. went to the state police barracks with his parents upon request...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)"I was a zombie," Jimmy said. "I was on seven psychotropic medications when I was 14 years old. I couldn't eat. I had chest pain." Jimmy knew even at that age he didn't need all the medications he was being prescribed....
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)"Whatever you do for me, but without me, you do against me." --Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948 I grew up in poverty and spent my teen years in the American foster care system. As a ward of the court, my daily life was...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)Returning home from college this past spring, my 20-year-old trans son mentioned that a friend was staying at school. "Is she working at the theater?" I asked. The college has a popular theater program, and it's common...