Children's Rights's Twitter Profile Analysis @childrensrights on Twitter

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We owe our children a future where they feel safe in their neighborhoods, where Black children know that their lives matter—where childhood is protected. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackChildrenMatter #ProtectChildhood

Universities provide #mentalhealth support to students during Derek Chauvin trial @ABC https://t.co/aaMF6FwhtE #ChildMentalHealthMatters

Justice today, but not guaranteed tomorrow. We must keep fighting for a more just, equitable country for our kids. https://t.co/ZGJv50visD

Jordan Thompson shares his experiences of living in institutions growing up: "I'm really struggling to think of one kid that I grew up with that did not end up in a jail cell. You see the endless cycle... I was like 15/16 when I realized the staff are not helping these kids."

Racism and bias are widespread in the child welfare system, subjecting Black families to unnecessary surveillance and forced separation. We stand in solidarity with advocates and organizations to disrupt institutional racism and its effects on Black and Brown families. https://t.co/er8OigBFEE

A staggering 40,000 children have lost a parent to #COVID19 as of February. Black children comprise only 14% of children in the US but 20% of those who have lost a parent to the virus. #ChildMentalHealth must be a priority—now and after the pandemic. https://t.co/DWu5w1RSsh

28 states have privatized at least part of their foster care system. Reports confirm: when states pass off their responsibilities to foster children to private contractors around the country, kids are at high risk of abuse and neglect.

So much has happened in the last few months in our work to keep vulnerable children safe and we do not want you to miss any of it. Take a look at the tremendous progress made for children in our Spring 2021 edition of Notes from the Field: https://t.co/pHEKmAm4ai

Join @ThinkOf_Us on April 15, 2021, for a virtual National Town Hall for Older Foster Youth. Learn about the new funding support related to Chafee and some of the Aysha E. Schomburg, J.D.'s initial priorities. 🗓RSVP: https://t.co/7KYCkHQ3kz

“Child welfare exists in a space where poverty and public health and civil rights collide. If that wasn’t clear prior to the pandemic, it really should be glaring now.”—David Kelly, Children’s Bureau. https://t.co/8IAOS70odr

Kayla's experience chronicles the price paid by children when forced into systems that fail to provide compassion, disrupt childhood development, and inflict additional trauma. She is speaking out & advocating for the thousands of children who go unheard: https://t.co/jtY86K10To

"we should aspire to build a society where transgender youth—as well as all youth—are able to thrive and unlock their full potential." https://t.co/ShannvbOqK

During the pandemic, family reunifications have plummeted. @julia_lurie from @MotherJones takes a heartbreaking look at families who fear losing their children permanently and that their children are being traumatized by the prolonged separation. https://t.co/8IAOS7hZC1

"it’s time we all put kids first and find solutions that keep them safe. And that means both at the border and in cities and towns across the country where what’s happening to kids is not making headline news." —Kayla Muzquiz, Children's Champion Member https://t.co/Oj2PkTOMiw

Covid-19 has taken an immense toll on kids’ psychological well-being. A @Verywell survey found that 60% of parents reported being concerned with their kids’ mental health right now. @AmyMorinLCSW offers ways to help children through the pandemic. https://t.co/iBZGKjhGVk

& my heart rips again. Ma'Khia Bryant was a child. A child. A child.

Say her name, #MaKhiaBryant.

While the details are emerging, Ma'Khia Bryant's killing highlights the dangerous and all-too familiar pattern of law enforcement involvement in the #fostercare system. #MakiahBryant (1/3) https://t.co/yBtXUtyqza

While today’s verdict restores some hope that our system can be responsive to unnecessary violence by police, we have a long way to go. We believe that change requires more truth-telling about our past and our present.

While today’s verdict is a small win for police accountability and may help heal a grieving community, the systems that allowed George to be murdered — ripping him away from his family and the communities that loved him so much — remain fully intact.

Today, justice was served for the Floyd family, but we still live in a nation clothed in injustice. True justice for Black Americans can only come through a complete revolution of values. We need an overhaul of systems deeply rooted in racism. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

To the Black kids waiting and watching: You matter. You are loved. You have worth. You have value. Don’t let ANYTHING tell you otherwise.

The jury has just been called in to read the verdict for the #DerekChauvinTrial. It will be announced at 3:30pm CT today. Please take a moment to send the Floyd family strength and love.

No family should have to flee to another state for their child to thrive. https://t.co/vZYaAEFQ6c

Black children are taken into #fostercare at a disproportionately high rate and languish longer before being adopted, reunited with their parents or aging out of the system. @Bethany @ChildrensRights @nasw https://t.co/mlZmlK8cg9

Let’s normalize Black children being seen as children

California sent thousands of children to out-of-state facilities run by a for-profit company. Reports of abuse followed. Now, confronted with a @SFChronicle and The Imprint investigation, the state is bringing every child home. #newsforgood https://t.co/6XLUoFVbP6

📢 “Denying medically necessary care, and turning school into a place where transgender and nonbinary youth cannot trust the adults around them to act in their best interests, would only work to increase social isolation and stigma” @CaseyJPick 📢 https://t.co/uuk3utscxo

“25.7% of LGBTQ youth [in foster care] lived in a group home, compared with only 10.1% of non-LGBTQ youth.” @EdLawCenter @ChildrensRights #UnmutePHLyouth https://t.co/vUCPwHkd8j #silencedbythesystem

During #COVID19, 1 in 5 Latino and Black households with children struggle to get enough food. The pandemic has magnified the racial/ethnic disparities in food insufficiency, employment, housing, and health care access. #NPHW https://t.co/uoEsCMXSSB via @NRCHispanic