NOW Innovation Forum Newsletter

NOW Innovation Forum Newsletter
June 23, 2021
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"The future belongs to you, but can only belong to you if you participate and take charge"
  - Kofi Annan
 
Welcome to the June 2021 edition of the NOW Innovation Forum Newsletter. This edition brings an exciting reminder to join the NOW Network during tomorrow's 1-2pm ET webinar, Sustaining Family-Led Innovations for Equitable COVID-Recovery and an opportunity to share your experience as a NOW Network member by taking the Spring 2021 NOW Innovation Forum Survey. Be sure to check out the upcoming networking and learning experiences below, and read our latest blog, In the Arena with NOW’s Season 1: Amplifying Voices of National Leaders as we celebrate the season 1 wrap up of In The Arena With NOW.
 
Bienvenido a la edición de junio de 2021 del boletín informativo del Foro de innovación NOW.  Esta edición trae un emocionante recordatorio para unirse a la red NOW durante el seminario web de mañana de 1 a 2 p.m., hora del este, Sostener las innovaciones dirigidas por la familia para una recuperación COVID equitativa y una oportunidad de compartir su experiencia como miembro de la red NOW mediante la encuesta del Foro de innovación NOW de primavera de 2021 . Asegúrese de revisar las próximas experiencias de aprendizaje y redes a continuación, y lea nuestro último blog, En la arena con la temporada 1 de NOW: Amplificando las voces de los líderes nacionales mientras celebramos la conclusión de la temporada 1 de En la arena con NOW.

NOW Network Highlights & Updates

Take the 2021 NOW Network Survey! 
Your voice empowers leadership capacity building projects all across the nation. Taking the survey will help keep the work of the NOW Network moving forward and growing to better serve all of you and our communities.

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RSVP TODAY! Join us TOMORROW 6/24 for a NOW Webinar: Sustaining Family-Led Innovations for Equitable COVID-Recovery
The NOW team invites you to join us tomorrow, Thursday June 24, 2021 from 1pm-2pm ET/ 10am-11am PST for the third webinar in our 2021 series, Nurturing Family Leadership: Community-Centered Equity Practices. RSVP using this link to hear from leaders representing Detroit Parent Network and Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI). 
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Featured Speakers
Jametta Lily, Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Parents Network
Rosazlia Grillier, Board Member & Co-President of Emeritus, Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI)
Liliana Olayo, Co-President,, Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) /POWER-PAC Illinois
Moderator: Ronda Alexander, Director of Operations, Vital Village Network 

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Networking & Professional Development Opportunities

NOW Network Partners
Build connections and learn from the growing NOW Network leaders and partners by clicking on a link below.
6/24: Children’s HealthWatch - RSVP to join tomorrow’s Equity Can't Wait Town Hall -- Equitable Housing Infrastructure, featuring Boston Medical Center’s Megan Sandel, MD, MPH, pediatrician and Co-Lead Principal Investigator at Children's HealthWatch.
6/24- 6/25: Latino Health Equity Conference - Register today to learn from community-driven initiatives to supporting healthy Latinx communities. Hosted by Familias en Accion.
6/26: Unity In The Community Parade - Join Parents Engaging Parents for the Unity In The Community Parade this Saturday June 26, 2021 from 11am-5pm in Atlantic City. For more information ldunston@cityofatalanticity.org or Altorice Frazier!

Learning on the NOW Innovation Forum

NEW! Episode 15: The LIFE Project: Building on The Strengths Of Immigrant Families To Promote Quality Early Care And Education Access - Tune in to hear the In The Arena with NOW Season 1 finale! 
 
Episode 14: Austin Neighborhood Network: The Value of Collaboration & Community Driven Vision

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RSVP TODAY- 6/24 @ 1-2pm ET Sustaining Family-Led Innovations for Equitable COVID-Recovery - Join the NOW Network during tomorrow’s webinar. Register here.
 
Cooperative Economies for Collective Leadership: New Paradigms for Funding Community-Determined Efforts to Advance Child Wellbeing and Equity - View the April 2021 NOW webinar archive using this link.
 
Redefining Justice for Children and Families - View the March 2021 NOW webinar archive using this link.
 
Webinar Archives: Learn more about previous webinars that were part of the 2020 Webinar series, Learning and Transforming Together: Community-Centered Equity Practices.

Learn Here

In the Arena with NOW’s Season 1: Amplifying Voices of National Leaders by Tiffany Rodriguez, NOW Program Coordinator at Vital Village Networks
 
VVN’s Social Media Goal: Fuel Collective Community Power, by Camelia Garrick, Community Mobilization Coordinator, and Tiffany Rodriguez, NOW Program Coordinator at Vital Village Networks
 
Social Justice Transformation - All Minds, All Hearts, All Hands on Deck, by Camila Beiner, Boston University Graduate Journalism Intern & Language Justice Community Champion

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The ABCs of Diversity and Inclusion: Developing an Inclusive Environment for Diverse Families in Early Childhood Education by Zero to Three
 
Racial Equity in Co-ops: 6 Key Challenges and How to Meet Them by Jessica Gordon Nembhard
 
2021 Kids Count Data Book by Annie E. Casey Foundation
 
How Early Childhood Experiences Affect Lifelong Health and Learning by Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child

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