Photo by @PatrickPerkins via Unsplash Three Partnership members share creative strategies they’re using to build financial independence and weather the frequent storms of nonprofit funding cycles. One feature that all...
Equitable Leadership Transitions in Child Advocacy
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Fawn Pattison
Photo by mauriciokell via Pixabay Each month the Partnership for America’s Children hosts “Partnership Peer Exchange” sessions, where seasoned leaders from our network get together with Partnership members from across...
Engaging Boards in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work
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Fawn Pattison
Partnership members come together quarterly to share strategies for advancing racial equity in their organizations. In September, Larry Marx of The Children’s Agenda (NY) and Paige Clausius-Parks of Rhode Island...
Building a community of courageous leaders for kids
By
Marquita Little NuMan
Image courtesy of Michelle Hughes. Just a month into my tenure as executive director, I had the opportunity to share space with child advocacy leaders from all over the country...
Image courtesy of Jennifer Missouri Photography. “Everything we do in the child advocacy movement is in service to the families and the children,” says Marquita Little Numan. “So everything that...
How child advocacy organizations tackle the biggest challenges in youth organizing
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Fawn Pattison
Image courtesy of Michigan’s Children. Organizing with youth can be a powerful way to achieve lasting policy change that directly benefits children in your community. But it also brings a...
When Kids Forward announced in 2020 that their organization would transform into an antiracist policy center, focused on the people most impacted by racist policies in Wisconsin, they knew their model of...
Each month the Partnership for America’s Children hosts “Peer Exchange” sessions, where seasoned leaders from our network get together with Partnership members from across the country. Members share wisdom and...
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN NAMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Good Insight
The Partnership for America’s Children is thrilled to welcome Marquita Little Numan as the organization’s Executive Director. Following an extensive national search led by Good Insight, Numan begins her new...
Virginia Youth Advocates at the 2023 Youth Mental Health Summit sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Photo courtesy of Voices for Virginia’s Children. Youth can bring energy, fresh perspectives,...
