Resources

The report shows ways to support programs that apply culturally sensitive techniques to disrupt the school-to-jail pipeline and repair the education-to-employment pipeline. "The Right to Dream" gives examples of promising practices that create pathways for youths to want to stay in school, complete their education or training, and pursue successful careers, regardless of immigration status.

The report is organized around five experiences that define social and economic equity for men and boys of color, which in turn highlight nine priorities that require our attention and investments in order to remove structural barriers to success and allow young Latino men to see a clear path toward a positive future: 

1. Our Economy’s Missing Middle explores how trends that squeeze communities of color out of the middle class, which began more than 40 years ago, were accelerated during the Great Recession.
2. Our Broken Education-to-Employment Pipeline looks at how our educational system and accountability-focused reforms have underserved young men of color and pushed them out of the school to-career pipeline
3. Too Many Men of Color Are Missing explores the inequitable incarceration rates of African American and Latino men, as well as their risk of dying from violence.
4. Where We Live Is Killing Us explores how where we live shapes life expectancies and particularly the disproportionate effect of environmental risks on communities of color.
5. Searching for a Stable Foothold Despite Disruptive Immigration Policies explores how a shifting legal context impacts how young Latino men envision, plan for, and work toward a future in the U.S.