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May 15, 2025
May 17, 2022
A Statement from Judith Meltzer, President of CSSP, on behalf of CSSP Staff Racist acts of terrorism have become all too common in the United States, and on Saturday, May 14th, we learned of another act of White supremacist violence—this time in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, NY. Ten of the murdered men and [...]
May 13, 2022
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. Huong Vu is a member of the Parent Leader Network. She attended the National League of Cities' Congressional City Conference [...]
May 12, 2022
Photo used with permission from The California Endowment This blog, adapted from an interview with Ms. Towanda Sherry, East Oakland resident leader and organizer, with CSSP staff members Laura Kreeger and Anand Sharma. Ms. Sherry offers reflections related to a recent CSSP Learning, Equity, and Power (LEaP) session, "Authentically Engaging Community: Lessons from The California [...]
May 11, 2022
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. Lydia Gray-Holifield is a member of the Parent Leader Network and serves on the Early Learning Multnomah Parent Accountability Council [...]
April 27, 2022
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. Bentoria Murray, Brandon Lavin, and Sherrah Hill are all members of the Parent Leader Network and parent leaders of BRIDGES, [...]
April 21, 2022
Photo used with permission from The California Endowment This guest blog, written by Tia Martinez, Forward Change, offers reflections related to a recent CSSP Learning, Equity, and Power (LEaP) session, "A Foundation’s Path to Power Building and Health Equity: Lessons from The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative." Learn more about LEaP here and watch [...]
April 13, 2022
Photo used with permission from The California Endowment This guest blog, written by Jennifer Ito, USC Equity Research Institute, offers reflections related to a recent CSSP Learning, Equity, and Power (LEaP) session, “A Foundation’s Path to Power Building and Health Equity: Lessons from The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative.” Learn more about LEaP here [...]
April 12, 2022
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. Idalia Rios, a PLN Steering Committee member, is a community organizer in Santa Ana, California, and has been fighting alongside [...]
March 10, 2022
Photo used with permission from The California Endowment This guest blog, written by Shao-Chee Sim and Jennifer Mineo, Episcopal Health Foundation, offers participant reflections on a recent CSSP Learning, Equity, and Power (LEaP) session, " A Foundation’s Path to Power Building and Health Equity: Lessons from The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative.” Learn more [...]
March 4, 2022
Our growing understanding of the factors that ensure the heathy development of young children within strong families focuses both on the foundational relationships of Early Relational Health (ERH) and on the contexts and resources of families within the communities as articulated within the Community Resilience Public Health Model 3.0. These synergistic frameworks come together with [...]
