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IS NOW the NORM BECAUSE the ENTIRE VILLAGE HAS FAILED and GENERATION “Y” DESERVES to KNOW WHY! 1 Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council “We Have Failed Our Children” “We Have Failed Our Children” “PRISON CULTURE” IS NOW THE NORM BECAUSE THE ENTIRE VILLAGE HAS FAILED AND GENERATION “Y” DESERVES TO KNOW WHY! 1 Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council “We Have Failed Our Children” TABLE OF CONTENTS Opening Message to our Children ----------------------------------------------------------------------5 5 Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 7 Definition of Generations X, Y and Z -----------------------------------------------------------------16 1 Know Your Global Rights -----------------------------------------------------------------------------17 17 Convention on the Rights of the Child -------------------------------------------------------- 19 15 Youth Issues at the United Nations ----------------------------------------------------------------34 34 Secretary Clinton on World Population Day ---------------------------------------------------------35 35 The World’s Youth Population ------------------------------------------------------------------------35 35 Moments in America for our Children ----------------------------------------------------------------36 36 Each Day in America ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 3 How is Gang Life Destroying our Children? ------------------------------------------------------------37 11 Facts About Gangs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------39 3 National Drug Threat Assessment ---------------------------------------------------------------------40 40 Innocent Children Pulled Into Violent Gangs --------------------------------------------------------41 41 Gang Violence Among Youth Increasing Because of Economy ----------------------------------42 42 10 Most Dangerous Gangs in the World -------------------------------------------------------------43 43 Top 10: Notorious Gangs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------47 47 Mexican Drug Cartels operate in U.S. through Street Gangs -------------------------------------50 50 The Counterproductive War on Gangs --------------------------------------------------------------53 53 Mexican Drug Cartels in NYC -------------------------------------------------------------------------54 5 How does youth unemployment affect our youth? --------------------------------------------------55 56 ILO Global Employment Trends 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------55 56 U.S. Youth Unemployment Soars --------------------------------------------------------------------56 56 America’s Youth Unemployment Rate Tops 50% ----------------------------------------------------57 Youth Unemployment: Mideast 'ticking time bomb' -----------------------------------------------57 57 Caricom youth joblessness higher than in other regions ------------------------------------------58 58 Recession leaves almost half of all young blacks out of work -----------------------------------59 59 Congresswoman Lee on June Jobs—Congressional Black Caucus ------------------------------60 60 Congressman Bobby Rush Introduces Legislation for Youth Jobs ---------------------------------61 H.R. 4920 "Employing Youth for the American Dream Act” -------------------------------------61 61 Detroit Diary: Don’t Leave Young Workers Behind ----------------------------------------------62 62 Youth Joblessness Surging, OECD Warns ------------------------------------------------------------64 6 Global Entrepreneurship Week -----------------------------------------------------------------------64 64 Youth Unemployment Bomb --------------------------------------------------------------------------65 65 Teen Joblessness This Summer Was the Worst Ever in U.S. -----------------------------------------71 HIV/AIDS and our Children ----------------------------------------------------------------------------72 7 The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the African American Community ------------------------- 73 HIV/AIDS Surveillance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------74 74 2500 New Infections Every Day ----------------------------------------------------------------------76 76 Magic Johnson and HIV --------------------------------------------------------------------------------79 79 Substance Abuse and our Children --------------------------------------------------------------------80 80 Drug Czar Admits War on Drugs Failure ------------------------------------------------------------81 81 Teen Drugs News Release ----------------------------------------------------------------------------82 82 Teen Use of Heron, Alcohol, Pot Climbing ----------------------------------------------------------84 84 The New Face of Heroin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------85 85 2 Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council “We Have Failed Our Children” TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 2 Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population ----------------------------------------- 86 SA: The World's Drug Addict ------------------------------------------------------------------ 88 Healthcare, Insurance and How They Affect our Children -------------------------------------------89 8 Child Mortality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------90 90 How Does Poverty Affect our Children? ----------------------------------------------------------------91 91 U.S. Poverty Rate Swells to 1 in 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------91 91 Rise in Child Poverty Could Lead to Increase in Crime ----------------------------------------------92 92 Global Poverty Facts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------93 93 Child poverty nears 25 percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------94 94 Campaign to End Child Homelessness ------------------------------------------------------------9595 Latin America and Caribbean Children in Poverty ---------------------------------------------------98 98 Latin American Children Living in Poverty ----------------------------------------------------------99 99 Child Poverty in America ----------------------------------------------------------------------------100100 60 Minutes Shines Light on Child Poverty ------------------------------------------------------------101 Economic Collapse—20 Facts About Child Hunger and Poverty ---------------------------------104 105 How is Gun Violence Destroying our Children? -----------------------------------------------------107 107 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data -------------------------------------------------109109 Protect-children-not-guns-2010-report ------------------------------------------------------------110110 How Does War and Conflict Affect our Children? ---------------------------------------------------111 111 Wars in the World --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------113113 Water Wars ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------123122 State of the world ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------126125 Armed conflicts blocking schooling ---------------------------------------------------------------128127 How are Attacks on Education Destroying our Children? ------------------------------------------130 129 Education Under Attack 2010—UNESCO Reports ------------------------------------------------131 130 After 20 years, U.S. still won’t sign child’s rights treaty ------------------------------------------------133 Court limits harsh terms for youths ------------------------------------------------------------------134134 Death penalty: China challenged to end executions secrecy -------------------------------------135135 New York Finds Extreme Crisis in Youth Prisons --------------------------------------------------136 136 Total correctional population ------------------------------------------------------------------------137137 Incarceration in the U.S. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------138 138 A Nation Incarcerated: The American Gaol Crisis ------------------------------------------------139139 “The Playground Jail” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------140140 NAACP Supports the National Criminal Justice Act ----------------------------------------------141 141 Prisons, Jails & Probation – Overview -------------------------------------------------------------142142 Education Behind Bars: Lowering Recidivism -----------------------------------------------------145 145 Prison Break: Hip-Hop Behind Bars In 2010 ------------------------------------------------------150150 The Real Cost of Prisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 152 How the Educational System has Failed our Children ----------------------------------------------154 154 America’s Promise Alliance Addresses High School Dropout Crisis --------------------------------155 1 CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker Reports --------------------------------------------------156156 Earn More With an Advanced Degree -----------------------------------------------------------------156 156 Literacy Report released by the National Center for Education --------------------------------158158 High School Dropout Crisis Threatens U.S. Economic Growth ---------------------------------159159
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