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Networking and Information for the Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System's Local and State Teams
Monday, June 22, 2020
Don't miss the Kempe Cafe's session this Wednesday on being an ally to LGBTQ+ youth!
Friday, June 19, 2020
Juneteenth Statement from Office of Health Equity
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Supporting LGBTQ+ Children & Youth During Pride Month & Always
The COVID pandemic, ongoing racist violence against black and brown communities, and an overall sense of unease are taking their toll on many people's mental and physical health. LGBTQ+ children and youth may be having an especially difficult time right now and it's important that we have the resources to support them as they deal with heightened stress and anxiety.
We'd like to share the following resources from the Trevor Project to support LGBTQ+ children and youth:
Supporting Black LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
Implications of COVID-19 for LGBTQ Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Trevor Lifeline 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
Suicide crisis line for LGBTQ+ children and youth
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Friday, June 12, 2020
Resources for Talking to Kids About Race & Racism
The organization Embrace Race has been conducting a series of webinars on talking to kids about race and racism, and supporting the leadership and activism of young people organizing for racial justice. The following webinars are available to watch and may be helpful in talking to the children and youth in our lives about equity and anti-racism:
In our social media age, the figure of the "entitled White woman" who calls the police on people of color, especially Black people, simply for living their lives has become so common that she has become a meme. In a week also marked by the 100,000th official COVID-19 death in the United States and the death of a Black man, George Floyd, at the hands (and knee) of a White Minneapolis police officer, Amy Cooper took her place in that long, infamous line of White women. We believe that relatively few people would have behaved as Amy Cooper did that morning in her Central Park encounter with Christian Cooper (no relation) on the morning of May 25th. But it is self-serving for the rest of us to believe that we have nothing in common with her. The truth is that the attitudes and impulses made manifest in her behavior are pervasive, and she wasn't born with them; she learned them.
Andrew and Melissa of EmbraceRace.org talk to Jennifer Harvey about what the parents of White children, in particular, can do to ensure they're not raising white children who are quick to call the police on Black and Indigenous people and people of color.
How NOT to raise kids who are quick to call police on people of color
In our social media age, the figure of the "entitled White woman" who calls the police on people of color, especially Black people, simply for living their lives has become so common that she has become a meme. In a week also marked by the 100,000th official COVID-19 death in the United States and the death of a Black man, George Floyd, at the hands (and knee) of a White Minneapolis police officer, Amy Cooper took her place in that long, infamous line of White women. We believe that relatively few people would have behaved as Amy Cooper did that morning in her Central Park encounter with Christian Cooper (no relation) on the morning of May 25th. But it is self-serving for the rest of us to believe that we have nothing in common with her. The truth is that the attitudes and impulses made manifest in her behavior are pervasive, and she wasn't born with them; she learned them.
Andrew and Melissa of EmbraceRace.org talk to Jennifer Harvey about what the parents of White children, in particular, can do to ensure they're not raising white children who are quick to call the police on Black and Indigenous people and people of color.
"I [still] can't breath": Supporting kids of color amidst racialized violence
Black, Brown, Native peoples, poor people – we talk with our children about how to interact with police. We file formal complaints against abusive officers. (Derek Chauvin had at least SEVENTEEN complaints on his record before his encounter with George Floyd.) We take cell phone videos that go viral. We share our stories with media outlets. We file lawsuits. We protest, allies at our side. If it were altogether up to us to stop the racialized violence directed against us, we’d be having a completely different conversation.
With COVID-19 as backdrop, some predict a “long, hot summer.” Others see a promising new determination by many Whites to become a vigorous part of the solution. In this complicated context, what conversations about policing, violence, safety, justice, and race should we be having with our children of color? Join us for that conversation and Q & A with child psychologist Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith.
"Rays of Hope": Supporting the leadership & activism of our young people
A Talking Race & Kids conversation about how parents, teachers, and other adults in the lives of children can support their activism and advocacy while keeping them safe and managing our own fears for their emotional and physical safety.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Resources to Understand Racism in Child Welfare Work
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