Category Archives: Poverty

Public-Private Partnerships: The Power to Make a Difference for Youth, Families and Communities

Posted on January 22, 2013 by tbirckhe

      The title of this post is the title of the Florida Juvenile Justice Association’s 2013 Adolescent Conference planned for February 19-20, 2013, in Orlando, Florida. The conference schedule features two dynamic keynote speakers, a wide choice of among 30 … Continue reading →

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Transitions

Posted on December 2, 2012 by tbirckhe

This past week we had the final classes of the semester, which meant that I taught the last two-hour session of the Criminal Lawyering Process, a companion course to the Juvenile Justice Clinic.  It was my ninth year teaching it, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogosphere, Books, Clinical Legal Education, Juvenile Court, Law Schools, Law Students, Legal Scholarship, Poverty, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

A Holiday Gift from Me to You. Really!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by tbirckhe

As we celebrate Thanksgiving and enter the holiday season, I am reminded of our annual family tradition, one that I imagine is shared by many across the United States. After gathering around the table with our plates piled high with … Continue reading →

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Posted in Children, Conditions of Confinement, Delinquency, Homelessness, Juveniles, Organizations, Poverty, Race, Class, Ethnicity, Rehabilitation | 2 Comments

Preventing the Tragedy of LGBT Youth Homelessness

Posted on November 16, 2012 by tbirckhe

Although there is plenty to be excited about in terms of the recent strides made in the area of LGBT marriage rights, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done for LGBT kids.  One of the largest … Continue reading →

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In the Eye of the Storm: Remembering the Most Vulnerable

Posted on November 5, 2012 by tbirckhe

Here is this week’s column, which also appears in the Huffington Post and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange: As with most natural disasters, the attention of the media was initially centered on the havoc wrecked by Hurricane Sandy. We were drawn … Continue reading →

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Shutting Down the School to Prison Pipeline

Posted on October 26, 2012 by tbirckhe

My latest piece for the Huffington Post: “School is just a waiting room to prison.” ~ African-American teenager, Washington, D.C. If you sit in juvenile delinquency court long enough, you notice a few things. Most of the kids are black … Continue reading →

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Infographic on the Criminalization of Poor D.C. Youth

Posted on October 19, 2012 by tbirckhe

From our friends at D.C. Lawyers for Youth (DCLY): DC Lawyers for Youth (DCLY) has launched a capital-wide campaign to reach out to kids, families, policymakers, practitioners and systems administrators to communicate the error in spending and judgement when it … Continue reading →

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Infographic on the State of Childhood Poverty

Posted on October 18, 2012 by tbirckhe

Richard LeDonne, a research assistant for Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health, used their data to create the powerful infographic that appears below. He offers this as background: Across the board, children living in poverty in the U.S. … Continue reading →

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No Discussion of Poverty at Presidential Debate on Domestic Issues

Posted on October 4, 2012 by tbirckhe

As we know, nearly half of Americans currently live in poverty or are very close to it.  Yet, I knew better than to expect that either President Obama or Governor Romney would take any time at last night’s debate to … Continue reading →

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