Key takeaways This interview features Elizabeth Couch, PhD, associate professor of health services policy and management and Co-Director of the Rural Health Research Center at the University of South Carolina. A research study published in 2020 found rural children were…
Key takeaways This interview features Anna Hadingham, educator and theater artist working with the Apollinaire theater company, the Chelsea Collaborative, and Peronia Adolescente. Theater and community-based art can be accessible tools that build belonging, critical thinking, and healing. In violent…
Key takeaways This interview features Sarah Gaither, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University. Infants as young as three months show awareness of racial differences, and by preschool, children may already develop strong in-group…
Key takeaways This interview features Brooke Adams who works with underserved populations getting to and through college. University staff with shared lived experiences with underserved populations and first-generation students are essential for building resilience and belonging. It is important to…
Key takeaways This interview features Elliott Orrin Hinkle, a member of the HOPE National Advisory Board and an alumnus of the Wyoming Foster Care System. Supportive relationships can come in many ways in the foster care system, like adults who…
Key takeaways This interview features Victor Sims, a child welfare advocate and case manager supervisor at SailFuture. Supporting policies like the Family First Prevention Act can help keep families together and preserve their cultural identity. There is also a need…
Key takeaways This interview features Corey Best, a family engagement consultant, speaker, and a former member of the HOPE National Advisory Board. The HOPE framework is a “causative energy” that requires believing in positive outcomes and seeing people beyond their…
Key takeaways This interview features Heather Forkey, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, general academic pediatrician at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Covid-19 pandemic placed even greater…