En nuestro primer podcast bilingüe, Sanaa Sharrieff entrevista a Dulce Sánchez, de Santa Ana (California), y a Blanca Fernández, de Ventura (California). Ellas reflexionan sobre sus historias de inmigración, la adaptación a sus nuevos hogares, y encontrar su voz para abogar por sus hijos, y donde esa defensa las ha llevado tanto a nivel personal como en la mejora de sus comunidades. Escuche aquí la versión en inglés o encuentre la versión en español de este episodio en nuestra lista de episodios.
  
Notas del episodio:

• Dulce y Blanca son miembros de la Red de Padres/Madres Líderes (en inglés)
• Blanca habló sobre First 5 Ventura County y Abriendo Puertas
• Dulce habló sobre Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative (SAELI), Community Organizing Family Issues (COFI) (en inglés) y Family Voices (en inglés)
• Blanca y Dulce trabajaron en el Manifiesto 2.0

In our first-ever bilingual podcast episode, Sanaa Sharrieff interviews Dulce Sánchez of Santa Ana, California, and Blanca Fernández of Ventura, California. They reflect on their stories of immigration, adapting to their new homes, and finding their voice to advocate for their children—and where that advocacy has taken them both personally and in improving their communities. Listen here for the English-language version or find the Spanish-language version of this episode in our episode list.
 
 Show notes:

• Dulce and Blanca are both members of the Parent Leader Network 
• Blanca talked about First 5 Ventura County and Abriendo Puertas
• Dulce talked about Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative (SAELI), Community Organizing Family Issues (COFI), and Family Voices
• Blanca and Dulce both worked on the Manifesto 2.0

Sanaa Sharrieff interviews Brandon Lavin of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Stephan Palmer of Hartford, Connecticut. These two fathers reflect on parent leadership, fatherhood, and what it means for their kids to see them as leaders in their communities. 

Show notes:

• Mr. Palmer is a member of the Automatic Benefit for Children(ABC) Coalition Parent Advisory Board convened by CSSP and the Children’s Defense Fund
• Brandon is a member of Parent Leader Network Steering Committee
• Brandon referred to Bridges of West Palm Beach, a program of the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, a member of EC-LINC 

LaCrisha Rose from Pratt, West Virginia, and Chrystal Tipping from Ventura, California, talk with Sanaa Sharrieff about their paths to parent leadership, protective factors, and how those experiences have impacted their parenting and their relationships with their kids, partners, and extended families. 

Show notes: 

• LaCrisha shared the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework 
• LaCrisha is a member of the national training team for “Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work” from the Children’s Trust Fund Alliance 
• Chrystal talked about the Parent Leader Network (PLN) and the development of the Manifesto for Race Equity and Parent Leadership in Early Childhood Systems - Parent Edition!
• Chrystal referred to Parent Cafe, a model from Be Strong Families
• Chrystal and Sanaa presented at the Together for Families conference
• Other resources and organizations mentioned: 
  • Ripples of Transformation: Families Leading Change in Early Childhood Systems
  • Circle of Parents
  • First 5 Ventura County
  • TEAM for WV Children
  • Triple P - Positive Parenting Program

Sanaa Sharrieff interviews Tecoria Jones and Emma Johnson about their experiences as parent leaders. Emma and Tecoria reflect on their respective experiences in South Carolina and Nebraska and nationally, and discover some parallels in their journeys as mothers who experienced the child welfare system in their own childhoods.

• Tecoria is involved in the implementation of Thriving Families, Safer Children in South Carolina: https://thrivingfamiliessaferchildren.org/  
• Tecoria serves on the board of Be Strong Families: https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/ 
• Emma is a trainer for CSSP’s Youth Thrive 4 Youth training and referred to the Youth Thrive Protective & Promotive Factors
• Emma also serves on CSSP’s Expectant and Parenting Youth Advisory Board
• Both Tecoria and Emma referred to CSSP’s Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework and Approach

Welcome back to the New Neighborhood! In this episode, Sanaa and Cailin introduce the new season, which will focus exclusively on parent leadership. Then Sanaa kicks off her new solo-hosting role, interviewing Devin D. Coleman of Jacksonville, Florida, about his parent leadership journey and his advice for other parents, especially dads. Listen and share with the dads in your life and those who would like to better engage fathers in their work.

Show notes:

• Check out Devin’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@devindcoleman3
• Devin’s website is www.devindcoleman.com
• Purchase Devin’s book, Prisoner to Poet: https://www.devindcoleman.com/product-page/prisoner-to-poet-2nd-edition
• Devin refers to his role supporting Florida’s implementation of the federal Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grant: https://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs-impact/early-childhood-systems/early-childhood-comprehensive-systems

In the last episode of the season, Cailin and Sanaa share reflections and highlights of the season, insights into their current work, and updates from past guests.

Show notes:

• www.linktr.ee/QueenSanaa
• www.lintr.ee/SavvyChicClothing
• www.youtube.com/c/qsqueensanaa
• www.savvychicclothing
• Arthur Fidel Argomaniz - Center for the Study of Social Policy
• New Neighborhood Resource Hub: Featuring Your Local Work
• Relationship and Connection: Prevention and Intervention Webinar

Description: In this episode of the New Neighborhood, we hear from Martin Balben, Tennille Call, and Randy Jensen about the early learning coalitions taking shape throughout Idaho. The conversation delves into the ongoing early childhood efforts in American Falls and highlights Read Talk Play, their early childhood literacy initiative.

Show notes:

• Read Talk Play | American Falls School District #381
• Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children
• Building Blocks of an Early Learning Community (check back in early 2024 for updated materials)

In this episode of the New Neighborhood, Tina Sherman and Daphne Alsiyao speak about the power of storytelling and parent advocacy, empowering family leaders to speak up and influencing maternal health policy in North Carolina.

Show notes:

• https://www.smartstart.org/family-engagement-and-leadership/taking-action/
• Join MomsRising -https://action.momsrising.org/signup/stand_with_momsrising/

In this episode, we hear from Linda King and Ari Wubbold from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette about their housing stability work. They discuss the current state of housing and how their eviction prevention program works to keep families in stable housing.

 Show notes:

• United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Housing Stability
• Center for Housing & Community Studies- Tenant Leadership Academy
• Find free and low-cost legal help wherever you live: https://www.usa.gov/legal-aid and https://www.lawhelp.org/
• New Neighborhood Form