Community In-Site
Community In-site is about the family well-being movement. Hosts Tecoria Jones and Elliott Hinkle bring their lived expertise with the child welfare system as well as their professional insights to each episode. We'll be talking to leaders, advocates, and community members who are working from the grassroots to the grasstops on strategies to invest in the well-being of families and communities in order to prevent child welfare involvement. The show will feature stories and lessons from community sites (featuring Thriving Families, Safer Children sites) that make the family well-being movement real and personal. Each episode will unpack a specific topic (e.g. racial equity or community partnerships) and what can be learned from the challenges and successes. The hosts hope to leave listeners with something they can take into their own work to help grow the movement in their community.
For more information about the family well-being movement and Thriving Families, Safer Children initiative you can visit, Thriving Families
Community In-Site
Shifting Power to Equitable Partnerships with Sandra Gasca
In this episode, Elliot and Tecoria sit down with Sandra Gasca to talk about the family well-being movement and Thriving Families, Safer Children from the national perspective. Sandra is the Vice President of the Center for Systems Innovation at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which is one of the Thriving Families national partner organizations. Thriving Families has a guiding principle of centering the work in communities. It's also an initiative that involves six national partners. So, to engage in community led work requires national organizations to practice power sharing in a way that is a departure from the norm, creates challenges and tensions, and it takes time to develop the ability. In this conversation, you'll hear from Sandra about what she and the Foundation are learning about leading with communities, sharing power, and taking the time to build equitable partnerships.
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Podcasts Archive - Thriving Families
Here are a few resources that Sardra wanted to share with the audience.
- First-Of-Its-Kind Partnership Aims To Redesign Child Welfare Into Child And Family Well-Being Systems
- Key Funding Streams to Keep Families Supported, Connected and Safe
- KIDS COUNT® Data Book
- A Framework For Effectively Partnering With Young People
- Revamped Curriculum Helps Atlanta-Area Fathers Build Community And Parenting Skills
- Helping Communities And Child Welfare Systems Become Partners For Change
To learn more about the Thriving Families, Safer Children Initiative you can visit the website. Thriving Families
Please email us if you want to connect with the creative team or find out how to engage with the family well-being movement. comminsite@gmail.com