Giving Yourself Permission

Giving Yourself Permission

Last month, we certified 20 people to teach “Considering Yourself a Mandated Supporter,” a training for educators on how to connect families to resources. The main idea behind the training is that protecting children doesn’t begin and end with reporting child abuse–...

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Working in Contradiction

Working in Contradiction

  Written by Executive Director Claire Louge I’ve been wrestling with a particular contradiction. It often shows up in group work around systems change. I don’t know if it can be resolved, but I’d like to share in case you wanted to join me in my noodling. This...

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Pinwheel Party Celebrates Families

Pinwheel Party Celebrates Families

Every child is filled with remarkable promise. It’s our shared responsibility to protect and nurture that potential. If we want to help children thrive, we must work to strengthen the environment  in which children grow: their families and their community. During...

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The Key to Good Leadership

The Key to Good Leadership

I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately, and what it takes to be a good leader. In conversations with leaders I admire, I’ve realized there’s one quality I respect most of all, and I think that this quality might be the most defining characteristic of a good...

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