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 l...

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 En...

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...

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...

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 Ch...

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 wo...

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...

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 #3...

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...

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 p...

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 show...

Co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff talk about what brings them to this work and what to expect in season 3.  The New Neighborhood Podcast - Center for the Study of Social Policy (cssp.org) @qsqueensanaa | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree savvychicclothing | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

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 Mult...

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...

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: @bidiibabyfoo...

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 o...

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 chil...

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; @safef...

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...

Welcome to the New Neighborhood, a podcast that explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the country as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communities. Each episode features innovations that will create a society where all children and their families can thrive. Hosted by: Cailin O'Connor and San...

Join Joan Lombardi for a conversation with leaders in Palm Beach County to hear how they brought community services down to the neighborhood level. Guests:   Shaundelyn Emerson, Program Performance Lead at Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach Sherrah Hill, BRIDGES Parent Ambassador Travelle Northern, BRIDGES Initiative Director, Children’s Home Society Host:  Joan Lombardi

Learn how early childhood leaders in Tulsa are disrupting intergenerational poverty by connecting with families starting in pregnancy through BEST (Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa) Guest: Catrice Brantley, Director, ConnectFirst, at the Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa at the George Kaiser Family Foundation  Host: Joan Lombardi

Join us for the newest episode in our New Neighborhood podcast series, where we hear about Baby Bundle, a powerful community wide initiative in Bridgeport, CT, designed to meet the needs of children under the age of 3 and their families.   Guests: Allison Logan, executive director, Bridgeport Prospers  Janice Gruendel, senior advisor to Bridgeport Prospers Host: Joan Lombardi

Learn how Boston advocates developed relationships with parents through connections with housing and development providers. Guests: Cailin O’Connor, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy Alia Pacombe, Director, Community Engagement, Urban Edge, Boston, MA Carla Therriault, Director, Community Impact, United Way, Massachusetts Bay/Merrimack Valley Host: Joan Lombardi