For Parents by Parents
Neighborhood Villages and Countdown to Kindergarten Boston are partnering to bring you For Parents, By Parents: A Day of Advocacy & Wellness. Join us for this FREE event designed by parents, to provide parents with care, support, and resources. So we're carving out a whole day for exactly that!
Here are a few of the incredible voices joining us on October 17:
Renée Boynton-Jarrett • Pediatrician, Boston Medical Center • Founding Director, Vital Village Networks
Renée Boynton-Jarrett is a practicing primary care pediatrician at Boston Medical Center, a social epidemiologist, and the founding director of the Vital Village Networks. Vital Village works to improve community capacity to promote child wellbeing and advance equity through dedicated collaborative partnerships, research, data-sharing, and community leadership development in Boston and nationally through the NOW Forum and CRADLE Lab.
Haji Shearer • Writer • Licensed Social Worker • Fatherhood Champion
Haji Shearer is a husband, father, writer, and Licensed Social Worker. He's a Dorchester native whose work explores healing, freedom, and imagination. For three decades, he's led human service programs and trained hundreds of professionals in family support practice. He has led trainings and seminars around the country on fatherhood, family support, personal growth, and community development.
Latoya Gayle • Senior Director of Advocacy & Family Partnerships, Neighborhood Villages
A Boston mom and a leading parent voice, Latoya leads family partnerships and advocacy at Neighborhood Villages. She has championed child care legislation to make early education and care more accessible, and helps families and early educators understand and shape the policies that impact them. For more than a decade, she's organized families and built community, from co-founding Phenomenal Moms to launching Boston School Finder and March like a Mother.
When: Saturday, October 17, 9:30am - 4pm
Location: Bruce Bolling Building 2300 Washington St, Roxbury, MA 02119
You can also look forward to workshops on:
Early Childhood Caregiving: The Basics Principles
You Matter Too: Small Ways to Care for Yourself and Your Child
Managing Conflict and Communication Barriers
Financial Wellness
Advocacy 101
There will even be giveaways, a resource hub, and free lunch provided.