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In our latest blog post, Dr. Stephan Blanford reflects our conversation with Ijeoma Oluo at Voices for Children, and how it left him feeling inspired, energized, and ready to take action! Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gXK6vnMD

Last month, we had a powerful session with partners from across the country to discuss a broader call to talk about collective care. The idea that we all have a role to play in the care of the nation's children and families is a practice and the wisdom that has been held by generations of communities across this country. It also turns out that it is an important strategy for the road ahead. We are all connected, our health is interdependent and so it is far past time for to build that recognition into our systems and structures. It requires us to call on our government to show up in different ways and invest in the resources and infrastructure that will enable every child to grow up in families that are well and it requires our leaders and resource decision-makers to make care a priority. So grateful to be joined by these amazing partners. Andrew Volmert, senior vice president of research at the FrameWorks Institute David Alexander, president at Leading for Kids Erica Phillips, executive director at the The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Child Care Julia Sosa, parent leader representative from United Parent Leaders Action Network (UPLAN) David Alexander offered his own perspective on why we must engage in collective care below. For more on this go to www.everyfamilyforward.org or by following these amazing people and organizations.

I share these sentiments Tekita Bankhead, M.S. (and now I think you should share with me how I can get a copy of this photo lol)

Compassion can transform how we live together. We are so pleased to have Alex Nunn of Action for Happiness supporting and joining this movement of compassionate action! Learn more about his work and how you can get involved in changing our world for the better: https://bit.ly/3UIuZCg

August is Civic Health Month, a nationwide celebration held to showcase the strengthening relationship between health care, healthy communities, and civic participation. Civic health refers to how communities come together to identify and address public issues, as defined by the National Conference on Citizenship. It is measured through social connections, community involvement, and political participation. The Wisconsin 2024 Civic Health Challenge encourages residents to actively contribute to their community's civic health through daily challenges centered on four themes: social connection, community connection, voting, and political engagement. https://lnkd.in/gSJ4KSrW

The Anchor Strategy is a place-based approach to building community health and wealth by means of local hiring, investing, purchasing and community engagement. Discover more in this edition of the Prioritizing Equity series from the American Medical Association. https://lnkd.in/giicie4p

Growth in personal development with Parents On A Mission. Growing together with Parent Leadership.

Have you signed up yet for our upcoming learning experience on Decolonizing Trauma-Informed Practice? This is an offering you will not want to miss, facilitated by Sabrina Meherally and sahibzada mayed (صاحبزادہ مائد). Throughout this session, we will critically examine existing frameworks and paradigms, aiming to dismantle institutionalized approaches to trauma that contribute to the pathologization of people’s lived experiences. By exploring the origins of common trauma-informed practices and the significance of the liberatory harm reduction movement, we will contextualize trauma within an abolitionist and anti-colonial context. Through thought-provoking reflections and creative prompts, we will imagine alternative pathways, emphasizing non-prescriptive, non-pathologized, care-based methodologies that prioritize individual agency and community empowerment. Registration is still open: https://lnkd.in/gsg7vcB9

For Dr. Rachel Walter, one of the most rewarding aspects of being an OB/GYN is sharing in the joy of families as they welcome a new child into the world. Being part of such an important and life-changing moment is an honor she treasures deeply. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/g6MtRZYZ

DaVita's annual Community Care Report highlights meaningful milestones that propel our corporate citizenship commitments forward. From improving access to transplantation for our patients to reducing our environmental impact for our planet, we're proud of the progress we made in 2023. Check out the report: https://ow.ly/ffyn30sEHj4