Pride 2020: Using Power and Privilege for Justice

For this year’s Pride celebration, when community feels more important than ever, we have invited three colleagues to reflect on the past, present, and future of Pride and to offer their thoughts on the 50th anniversary of Pride events.  We hope their reflections will help bring us together, to re-energize our movement, and inspire us

Pride 2020: Policies Over Labels

For this year’s Pride celebration, when community feels more important than ever, we have invited three colleagues to reflect on the past, present, and future of Pride and to offer their thoughts on the 50th anniversary of Pride events.  We hope their reflections will help bring us together, to re-energize our movement, and inspire us

Juneteenth and Challenging Anti-Black Racism

Today—Friday, June 19th—is Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On this day in 1865 (two years after the passing of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation), Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, TX with the news that the Civil War had ended and that enslaved people of Texas were

Pride 2020: Centering Racial Justice

For this year’s Pride celebration, when community feels more important than ever, we have invited three colleagues to reflect on the past, present, and future of Pride and to offer their thoughts on the 50th anniversary of Pride events.  We hope their reflections will help bring us together, to re-energize our movement, and inspire us

HOPE: Filling in the Science Behind Protective Factors

CSSP’s Senior Associate Cailin O’Connor provides her reflection about her work with the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework as a guest author for HOPE—Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences and explores how by both assessing the strengths of children, families, and communities and measuring positive childhood experiences,  we can work to ensure that all families and children have support to ensure positive experiences, promote better outcomes, and combat barriers tied to systemic oppression.

Pride 2020: Reflections on Past, Present, and Future

2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. This momentous anniversary had folks taking the time to remember Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, trans women of color who risked everything to fight back against police violence. As I consider their legacies, I am reminded again of the many parallels between things that took place

DULCE: A Multi-Sector Approach to Addressing the Social Determinants of Health During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE) is a universal, evidence-based pediatric care innovation that addresses the social determinants of health and supports relational health for families with infants in communities that are under-resourced and have been marginalized by racist systems. As the United States grapples with COVID-19, existing inequities have been exposed, bringing

HOPE Stands with Black Lives Matter

These past few days, the killing of George Floyd has opened a raw wound, one among many, caused by police brutality and a system built on racism. HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) seeks to create a world in which every child has the chance to live a long, healthy life. The four building blocks

How COFI Training Has Impacted Me and My Community

The Parent Leader Network (PLN) provides a space for parents in EC-LINC communities to collaborate with and support each other, represent the parent perspective, and advocate for parent voice and leadership in early childhood systems. Over the past year, members of the PLN have presented in their local communities and at national convenings on race

Changing the Mindset: Foundational Relationships Counter Adversity with HOPE

The three of us have been talking together for years, and have come to believe that it is important to articulate our common vision for the work we lead on behalf of children, families and communities. We are making a commitment to become allies in this important work, intentionally aligning the work on foundational relationships