On February 24th, Rise Community Coordinator Halimah Washington spoke at AQE’s press conference in the Bronx to demand NY State invest $5 billion in universal child care.
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Rise & Shine 2022 Begins
February 15, 2022 by
Welcome 2022 Rise & Shine parent leaders!
Rise Introduces Policy Priorities to New York City Council Members
February 15, 2022 by
Rise meeting with Council Member Althea Stevens.
Rise began meeting with New York City Council Members to introduce our policy priorities. The Rise organizing team and parent constituents met with Council Members Althea Stevens, Chair of the Committee on Youth Services and Amanda Farías, Chair of Committee on Economic Development. We engaged in in-depth conversations about what it means to improve child care in NYC and parents shared their stories on the harms of mandated … Read More
Rise Identifies Policy Priorities: Child Care, Mandated Reporting and Mental Health Supports
February 15, 2022 by
In 2021, in collaboration with TakeRoot Justice, Rise released the participatory action research report, An Unavoidable System: The Harms of Family Policing and Parents’ Vision for Investing in Community Care. Following our report release, Rise held a series of eight community report back sessions, engaging parents, parent advocates, social workers, legal providers, and community members in discussions about our research findings. Through this process, Rise identified three policy priorities for 2022-2023.
Rise is working towards the abolition of the family policing system. Here, we outline recommendations based on our experiences, research and community report back sessions that can serve as immediate concrete stepping stones to move New York City toward shrinking the family policing system and strengthening networks of community care that truly support families.
Core Parent Advocate Training Program Begins
February 02, 2022 by
Rise’s Spring 2022 Core cohort began meeting this week, providing training for Parent Advocates working in NYC foster and preventive agencies.