A panel on gang violence on Long Island brought testimonies of former gang members who explained how family reunification policies have been a factor in creating disaffected immigrant youths who become prey to gangs, Noticia Long Island reports.
Founded in East Harlem in 2016, the Escuela de Mariachi Ángeles de NY teaches mariachi to children as young as 6, Diario de México USA reports.
Kids as young as 11, as well as people without immigration status, will be voting this week in the participatory budgeting program, in which residents of participating City Council districts decide how to spend millions of dollars on public projects, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Maya Dixon, one of the gold award winners of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, talks about her art, which features scenes from the Bronx, with The Riverdale Press.
At New Jersey-based nonprofit Cholo Organization, students raise funds to provide grants to low-income students of Peruvian descent, Reporte Hispano reports.
Get a glimpse inside a Chinese language school for children in Chinatown through a series produced by SinoVision.
Ahead of the release of “Maineland,” a documentary that follows Chinese students at a boarding school in Maine, director Miao Wang speaks to World Journal about her own experience as a teenage student from China.
Two New Jersey siblings started Storychatter to convey Indian mythology to Indian-American children, reports News India Times.
Amsterdam News takes a look at the underrepresentation of Black and Hispanics at the city’s specialized high schools.
Sing Tao Daily writes about the Fujianese immigrant family of high school student Peter Wang, who was killed in Florida last week.
Immigration lawyers say it has become harder for children in deportation hearings to get legal representation, City Limits reports.
As community organization Make the Road New York is providing anti-bullying training in city schools, its representatives are also asking the DOE to become more involved, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Author Jacqueline Woodson talks with Brooklyn Daily about being named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress.
Antonio Javar Hairston hosts the third annual “I Am King” seminar in Harlem to educate and inspire 100 young Black men, reports Amsterdam News.
Brooklyn Community Pride Center has received a $120,000 grant to fund a paid internship program for the underserved young LGBTQ professionals in Brooklyn, writes Brooklyn Paper.
