The New Neighborhood

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

The third episode of season 3 features the work of Power of Two, a community-based organization in NYC that offers in-home parent coaching, connection to community resources, and community advocacy. We spoke with Kristin Bernhard and Daneele Thorpe about Power of Two's implementation of the ABC home visiting model and discussed their ongoing research about how neighborhood factors influence parenting. Show notes:  https://powerof2.nyc/ 

We spoke with Elisa Minoff, Senior Policy Analyst at CSSP, and Huong Vu, Parent Leader Network member and Automatic Benefit for Children (ABC) Coalition Parent Advisory Board member, about their policy and advocacy work toward a permanent national child allowance. The need for a permanent expanded Child Tax Credit has only become more abundantly clear following the new Census Bureau data that shows the child poverty rate more than doubled from 5.2 percent in 2021 to 12.4 percent in 2022. Show notes:  Child Poverty Doubled Last Year–We Owe Children So Much More - Center for the Study of Social Policy (cssp.org) Let Us Rise and other CTC/Child Allowance Resources available at: https://cssp.org/our-work/project/advancing-antiracist-child-allowance/#featured-resources  ABC Coalition: https://www.abccoalition.org/  Parent Advisory Board principles: https://www.abccoalition.org/child-allowance-principles/ 

Co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff talk about what brings them to this work and what to expect in season 3. 

Sanaa and Cailin share updates from past guests on The New Neighborhood in our first-ever “Where Are They Now?” segment. And, we reflect on this season of the podcast, especially how we both felt it made a difference to have a parent leader as one of co-hosts.  Show notes: We referred to guests and ideas from several previous episodes: Yakima Valley Partners for Education: Season 2, episode 3 Multnomah County Preschool for All initiative: Season 1, episode 1 Guilford County Ages 3-5 Design Group and Parent Leader Network: Season 2, episode 4 Zach Ben and Bidii Baby Foods: Season 2, episode 5 Specialty Cheese—supporting child care for the workforce: Season 2, episode 6 Safe Families for Children—Cleveland: Season 2, episode 2 Links to Queen Sanaa’s catalog, live shows, and social media can be found here: Queen Sanaa Music.   You can also find information for the 9/11/22 tribute show here. It will be karaoke style, so look up the lyrics and sing along! For more information about Queen Sanaa’s clothing line, visit here: Savvy Chic Clothing, Co. Learn more about CSSP’s work in early childhood here.

An innovative new program in Wisconsin invited businesses to apply for funds to help pay for their employees’ child care. Specialty Cheese in Reeseville, WI, is one of the “Project Growth” grantees. Hear about how this cheese factory in a rural area works to help their employees overcome potential barriers to work, and how Project Growth is engaging new partners in helping to solve the child care crisis one community at a time.  Show notes: Learn more about the child care crisis: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/worsened-by-pandemic-child-care-crisis-hampers-broader-economy  Wisconsin’s Project Growth: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/childcare/projectgrowth  Specialty Cheese Company: www.specialcheese.com or follow them on FB at https://www.facebook.com/specialcheese 

On the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico, Zach Ben and his wife recently founded a social enterprise baby food company producing traditional Navajo foods. Zach shares about Bidii Baby Foods, the BEN Initiative, and how an embrace of traditional ways has enhanced his experience as a new father.    SHOW NOTES: Bidii Baby Foods: https://www.bidiibabyfoods.org/ and on Instagram at: @bidiibabyfoods Learn about indigenous people and languages in your area of North America, historically and today: https://native-land.ca/

Partners in Guilford County, North Carolina, have been working together across sectors to make sure that all families have what they need to help their children be ready for school. Staff of Ready for School Ready for Life and the University of North Carolina Greensboro joined us to talk about what this looks like, including how they are working on expanding navigation services to serve families of 3-5-year-olds. GUESTS:  Heather Adams and Christina Dobson, Ready for School Ready for Life Catherine Scott-Little and Christine Murray, University of North Carolina Greensboro SHOW NOTES:  Ready for School Ready for Life: https://www.getreadyguilford.org/ UNC Greensboro - Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships: https://cyfcp.uncg.edu/ UNC Greensboro - Department of Human Development & Family Studies: https://hhs.uncg.edu/hdf/  Christina referred to “toxic stress” (https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/toxic-stress/) and Sanaa then referred to the related concept of ACEs, adverse childhood experiences (https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html) 

Yakima Valley Partners for Education, a collective impact initiative in Washington State, provides drive-through food distribution for the Yakama Nation Reservation and other residents of the Yakima Valley. We talked about this program with Lucy Smartlowit of Peacekeeper Society and Suzy Diaz of Heritage University about how and why they target food insecurity in order to improve outcomes for children.  SHOW NOTES: Peacekeeper Society: https://www.peacekeepersociety.com/  More about Yakima Valley Partners in Education: https://heritage.edu/building-the-foundation-to-thrive/ Learn about the history of indigenous people and languages in your area of North America: https://native-land.ca/ 

Alana Dennis and Jessie Manning from Safe Families for Children join us from Cleveland to talk about how volunteers open their homes to socially isolated families in order to build relationships, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help families stay together. SHOW NOTES:  Safe Families for Children: https://safe-families.org/ Follow Safe Families for Children of Cleveland: @sffccleveland; @safefamiliesforchildrencleveland Center for the Study of Social Policy: www.cssp.org Strengthening Families: www.strengtheningfamilies.net Health Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE): https://positiveexperience.org/ @sffccleveland and @safefamiliesforchildrencleveland should be tagged when posting, if possible. Their comms team is aware and ready to share it!

New co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff are joined by Joan Lombardi, who launched the podcast last year, to talk about what brings them to this work, why it was important to bring on a parent leader (Sanaa) as co-host this season, and what the “secret sauce” is that makes a community a great place to raise kids.    SHOW NOTES: Center for the Study of Social Policy  Parent Leader Network Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (from the CDC) Health Outcomes of Positive Experiences (HOPE) PACEs Connection Strengthening Families Ready for School Ready for Life (Guilford County, NC) Season 1 – in case you missed it Enjoy Sanaa’s musical and spoken word content on Spotify and YouTube LinkedIn: Sanaa Sharrieff and Cailin O’Connor