“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