Rep Zakiya Summers
From Policy to Prevention: Building a Stronger System of Support for Hinds County Youth
Rep. Zakiya Summers reflects on the Hinds County Children’s Coalition’s Youth Justice Summit and explains why Mississippi must invest in prevention, mental health care, mentoring, education and opportunity before young people encounter the justice system.
Judicial ruling protects grocery choices as Mississippi kids feel impact of SNAP changes
A federal ruling protects grocery choices for SNAP recipients, but state political decisions leave over 300,000 Mississippi children without summer food assistance.