Podcasts about incarcerated parents

We were honored to welcome Dawn Adams, founder of Zion Girls Leadership & Collegiate Preparatory Academy, to the Full Circle studio. Her inspiring story and unwavering commitment to empowering young women, particularly daughters of incarcerated parents, left us in awe. Through the Pillars of Progress—perseverance, higher aspirations, resilience, growth, and success—Dawn and her team are shaping future leaders who are equipped to make transformative contributions to their communities and society. We delved into the Academy's mission of holistic development, mentorship, and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the vital role of faith and community in their journey. Key Takeaways from Today's Episode: * The importance of secure and meaningful mentorship tailored to address unique challenges. * How the Academy prepares girls aged 12-19 for leadership, civic engagement, and financial literacy. * Dawn's vision for a brighter, more inclusive future for all young women. Thanks to Dawn, for her dedication to empowering young women and for sharing the impactful work of Zion Girls Leadership & Collegiate Preparatory Academy. She's truly building a legacy of resilience and success! Join the Conversation! What inspired you most about the episode? Share your thoughts. Learn more about Zion Girls by visiting their website at https://ziongirls.org/ #FullCircle #ZionGirlsAcademy #EmpoweringYoungWomen #Mentorship #Leadership #daughtersofincarceratedparents #incrceratedparents #97.5FMKDEE #thesoulofsacramento --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iammswanda/support

In Part 3 of our conversation with Khalid Cannon, the President and Chief Program Officer for Put Me In!, a nonprofit that increases access to sports for children of incarcerated parents, he highlights what connected him to Put Me In!, the impactful stories from the nonprofit, and what he's looking forward to moving forward.

E377 – "Inner Voice: A Heartfelt Chat with Dr. Foojan Zeine." In this episode, Dr. Foojan Zeine chats with Hamed Farmand, whose mother was incarcerated for five years when he was six, and is the founder and president of Children of Imprisoned Parents International (COIPI). He studied the fundamentals of psychology at NOVA College and, under the mentorship of Dr. Shervin Assari, gained a deep understanding of the psychological impact of parental incarceration on children. Hamed serves as a board member of the International Coalition for Children with Incarcerated Parents (INCCIP) and is a member of the Global Prison Nursery Network, where he shares his research on children living with their mothers in Iranian prisons. Hamed has earned several prestigious certifications, including “Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice” from Harvard University, a MicroMasters in “Social Work, Practice, Policy, and Research” from the University of Michigan, and a certificate in “Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster, and War” from the University of Minnesota. He is also certified in “Advocating Social Justice and Change” from the University of Adelaide. Dr. and Hamed discussed the profound impact of parental incarceration on children, drawing from Hamed's personal experience and research. Hamed shared how his mother's five-year imprisonment shaped his life and emphasized the need for society, caregivers, and parents to better support children in similar situations. He highlighted the trauma, stigma, and lack of resources that these children face and advocated for open, honest conversations to build trust and resilience. They addressed the importance of providing mental health support for incarcerated individuals and their families, particularly focusing on the role of education, access to services, and reducing stigma. Hamed discussed systemic issues like poverty and gender inequality, noting the link between incarceration and socio-economic challenges. He also emphasized the need for community involvement in supporting these children and preventing trauma from being passed down to future generations. The conversation touched on coping mechanisms children develop due to parental absence, the role of community support, and how dissociation or overachievement can be common reactions to their circumstances. Both speakers stressed the importance of addressing trauma, providing mentorship, and promoting resilience in children affected by parental incarceration. Hamed concluded by discussing his organization's efforts in education, services, and research to support these children globally. 20 Best California Mental Health Podcasts https://podcasts.feedspot.com/california_mental_health_podcasts/ Check out my website: www.FoojanZeine.com, www.AwarenessIntegration.com, www.Foojan.com Remember to Subscribe, Listen, Review, and Share! Find me on these sites: *iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i...) *Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/m/Inpl5...) *Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/) *YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/DrFoojan) Platforms to Like and Follow: *Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrFoojanZeine/) *Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/Dr.FoojanZeine) *Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/DrZeine/) *LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/DrFoojanZeine)

Ambassadors for Hope is the only organization in Lancaster County with the sole function of supporting children as soon as the parent of a child is incarcerated. “In addition to having a website with some educational resources, we are also reviewing children's book books that deal with parental incarceration so that we can make recommendations to school counselors, folks that are working with kids that have experienced parental incarceration. The family services advocate can give each child that she works with an age-appropriate book that deals with this subject. And the books all have a message of competency and resiliency so that the child knows I'm not alone in dealing with this, “said Mary Glazier, Vice Chair of Ambassadors for Hope. The program also offers teddy bears for children of incarcerated parents with their parents' voices in them. Ambassadors for hope have gifted over 300 teddy bears to children in the past five years. “And let me tell you, children of all ages love a teddy bear that has their parents voice in it. And, you know, that's one of the most popular things, “said Glazier. Ambassadors for Hope also collaborate with other local organizations to advocate for children of incarcerated parents in Lancaster County. One of those organizations is Compass Mark. A program based on federal and state strategies for substance use and gambling prevention and follow a public health model of balancing risk factors with protective factors, or strengths. Terry Miller- Landon, Director of Programs for Compass Mark says they conduct research of that shares that will best support families dealing with incarceration. “We know that parental incarceration can impact behavior, for example. So, we're available to consult with schools. And we do we do try to make sure that school social workers are aware that we're here so that they are kind of keeping that extra eye if they know that a child's parent has been incarcerated and if that child needs to get referred to counseling or something, because there are some predictable things that happen when they're feeling that family fracturing, “said Terry Miller-Landon.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ciera Payton's father spent time in prison while she was growing up, and her arts teachers were instrumental in shaping the incredible person she is today.  With Michael's Daughter Foundation she provides free and low-cost enrichment programs to youth and families in underserved communities. These programs include, creative writing workshops, creating original plays, monologues and short films along with documentaries, and music. Her vision is to create a world where arts and scholarship funds are easily accessible to youth and families dealing with the challenges of having a loved one in the prison system. Oftentimes this impacts underserved and inner-city communities. The arts provide the power of creating something special and original, which results in a sense of accomplishment and confidence.Links:https://michaelsdaughter.org/https://civicsoul.orghttp://www.projectbubaloo.orghttps://Howcanihelppod.comhttps://Citizenofsound.com

Yasmine Arrington Brooks grew up with her parents behind bars. When she started applying for college, she noticed a lack of scholarships for students in her situation. She founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, which offers scholarships, mentorship and a peer support network for students with incarcerated parents. In this episode of Flip Your Script with Kristi Piehl, Yasmine discusses how ScholarCHIPS started and the inspiring stories from some of the scholars who are changing their life trajectory.

This week on The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we welcome Yasmine Arrington Brooks, founder of ScholarCHIPS - a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships and mentorship to children with incarcerated parents to help them complete their college education and chase their dreams. Yasmine was the child of incarcerated parents, so knows first-hand the struggles and difficulties that other children with incarcerated parents face. Yasmine founded ScholarCHIPS to help other children just like her to support them through scholarships, mentorship, and a peer support network to help them complete their college education. To date, ScholarCHIPS has awarded over $450,000 in college scholarships to 81 scholars and has more than 35 college graduates to date. In this episode, you'll hear:  Yasmine's inspiring life story; Her experience growing up as a child of incarcerated parents; The story of how ScholarCHIPS came to be; About the incredible work that ScholarCHIPS does to empower, support, and inspire children with incarcerated parents to complete their college education and chase their dreams; And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts. For more information on Yasmine and ScholarCHIPS, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/scholarCHIPS For more podcast episodes, to watch our Emmy-nominated documentary series, and more, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com 

In this episode Alan Woolf, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACCT, FACMT, explains the negative health effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Lilian Bravo, PhD, RN, about her research on the Positive Childhood Experiences and whether they mitigate suicidal ideation in children whose parents are involved in the legal system. For resources go to aap.org/podcast.

WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series WELCOME to Season 4 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series POWERED by The Just Trust For our 6th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight voices from our community, and uplift our allies working across the field to create a just and equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected. Anna R. Haskins is the Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of Notre Dame's Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR). Her research examines how three of America's most powerful social institutions—the education system, the family, and the criminal justice system—connect and interact in ways that both preserve and mitigate social inequality, with emphasis on early educational outcomes, intergenerational impacts, and disparities by race/ethnicity. Her work has been published in the American Sociological Review, Sociology of Education and Social Science Research, among other scholarly outlets, and she is co-editor of a recent book – When Parents are Incarcerated: Interdisciplinary Research and Interventions to Support Children (2018, APA Press). Her research focuses on how a parent's incarceration impacts how they interact with schools and its impact on a child's educational outcomes. Anna is a former elementary school teacher and prior to coming to Notre Dame she was an assistant professor of sociology at Cornell University. In February 2024, Notre Dame Student Government awarded Haskins the Black Excellence Faculty Award to honor her work as an outstanding Black community member. In this episode, Anna shares about her research on children and youth with incarcerated fathers and highlights their optimism, hope and resilience, and the dampening effect that hampers their view of success due to lack of access to resources. This episode is NOT TO BE MISSED! FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO: WEGOTUSNOW.org | Instagram | Twitter LISTEN to the WE GOT US NOW Podcast on SPOTIFY, APPLE Podcasts and all podcasts platforms. #WEGOTUSNOW  #10MillionInspired #ChildWellBeing #SocialConnection #Community #MentalHealthMatters #ChildrenwithIncarceratedParents  #keepfamiliesconnected #WeGotUsNowPodcast

This week, Jenna sits down with professor and children's book author, Dr. Katelen Fortunati, who brings her insider knowledge, strategies and experiences to a conversation about the lives of children and families who have been impacted by parental incarceration. Get your tickets below for a FREE Webinar with Jenna and Karen Andor on February 8th, 2024! dissociation-in-children-tickets-791604790237?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl Show Notes: University of Saint Mary: Online MSW Program - Forensics Concentration We Got Us Now Podcast We Got Us Now Website Sesame Street's Little Children Big Challenges: Incarceration Angel Tree Rutgers National Resource Center Lists Youth.gov's 'Children with Incarcerated Parents' Website Michael Trout's Book: They Took My Parents Away   Children's Books:  Dr. Fourtunati's Free PDF Books Kofi's Mom by Richard Dyches Dougies Dad by Richard Dyches But Why is Daddy in Prison? by Erika Ruiz Anna's Test by Whitney Quinn Hollins Missing Daddy by Mariame Kaba The Night Dad Went to Jail by Melissa Higgins Visiting Day by Jacqueline Woodson What is Jail, Mommy? by Jackie Stanglin My Daddy is in Jail by Janet Bender Youth Books: Slugg: A Boy's Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Tony Lewis Jr.  Teen Guide to Living with Incarcerated Parents by Anye Young Everyone Makes Mistakes by Madison Strempek From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks Ruby on the Outside by Nora Raleigh Where's Dad? by Richard Dyches Two of Every 100 by Richard Dyches 

In this episode, Professor Dorothy Roberts opens Torn Apart with a first-hand account from a young Black mother, Vanessa Peoples, who became the subject of a government child welfare investigation when a stranger accused Peoples of neglecting her young son who had wandered away from her briefly in a park.  Professor Roberts brings the listeners through the horrors that the child welfare system inflicts on families by invading homes, targeting low-income families, and threatening to separate parents and children.  With the help of guest experts, Professor Roberts argues that the family policing system is designed to terrorize low-income, majority Black families.Check out this episode's landing page at MsMagazine.com for a full transcript, links to articles referenced in this episode, further reading and ways to take action.Meet Dorothy RobertsDorothy Roberts is a distinguished professor of Africana Studies, Law, and Sociology atUniversity of Pennsylvania. An elected member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences,  American Philosophical Society, and National Academy of Medicine, she is author of the best selling book on reproductive justice, Killing the Black Body. Her latest book, Torn Apart, won the 2023 American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award Honorable Mention, was a finalist for an LA Times Book Prize and C. Wright Mills Award, and was shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice.With Guests:Vanessa Peoples is a young Black mother from Aurora, Colorado, who was targeted in 2017 by child protective services and forced to plead guilty to endangering her child, despite no evidence that she endangered her child.Kathleen Creamer is the Managing Attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services, which uses a holistic family defense model to help parents involved with the child welfare system maintain custody of or reunite with their children in Philadelphia. In addition to individual representation of parents in dependency court, Ms. Creamer has focused much of her advocacy on supporting incarcerated parents and their families.  From 2011-2013, she served as a Stoneleigh Foundation Fellow dedicated to Improving Reunification Outcomes for Children of Incarcerated Parents. Ms. Creamer also led the coalition that developed and lobbied for the successful passage of the 2010 Healthy Birth for Incarcerated Women Act, which curtailed the practice of shackling incarcerated women during childbirth in Pennsylvania's jails and prisons.Kelley Fong is an assistant professor of sociology at UC Irvine whose work focuses on state intervention into motherhood and families. Her first book,  Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services, was published with Princeton University Press in 2023.Background Reading- Fostering tragedy: Experts say system designed to protect children can break up families- One in Ten Black Children in America Are Separated From Their Parents by the Child-Welfare System. A New Book Argues That's No Accident- Benevolent Terror: Dorothy E. Roberts on Reimagining the Child Welfare System

Khalid Cannon didn't have the most direct route to the world of Ivy League athletics, but he certainly made the most of his opportunity. Growing up on a chicken farm in Alabama, his father was incarcerated when he was just a toddler, a development that led him to sports as a youth as an outlet for the challenges his family naturally faced. Not only did he excel athletically in baseball, football and other sports, he excelled academically as well. So much so that when it came time to consider playing football in college, he caught the eye of coaches at Yale and eventually played offensive line for the Bulldogs while pursuing degrees in chemistry and geology. After graduation, his career included a stint at a gold mining corporation until a conversation with a fellow former Yale football player turned him on to a fledgling nonprofit called Put Me In! The mission of Put Me In! is to be a support to the more than 5 million kids who are estimated to have a parent who is incarcerated. CIPS, or children of incarcerated parents, are a group that doesn't get much attention in the world of sports-related travel. But Put Me In! exists to give those kids scholarships to cover the costs of sports equipment, league fees and travel to tournaments. The organization has started small but is rapidly expanding, bringing on Cannon recently as its first full-time employee in the role of president and chief program officer. As you'll hear in this conversation with SportsTravel Executive Editor and Publisher Jason Gewirtz, they've found perhaps the perfect person for the role. As the issue of equity in youth sports continues to rise to importance, Put Me In! is a terrific example of how some groups are looking to level the playing field.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are hundreds of mothers and fathers who are currently incarcerated in Utah. How often do they get to talk to their children? To see their children? How involved can they be in their children's lives? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson sat down to talk with Trisha Reynolds, Intergenerational Coordinator for the Utah Department of Corrections, to learn more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drs Alex Kemper and Rosemary Martoma visit the studio as we consider caring for children of incarcerated parents. These kids are impacted by many physical, mental and social challenges… and pediatric providers are in a perfect position to support and advocate for them. We hope you can join us!

Mr. Eugene Schneeberg, President of Fathers Forward and author of “I Never Met My Father: My Journey from Fatherless to Fatherhood” is an award winning and sought after speaker and trainer. Eugene is an expert at providing trainings in the fields of fatherhood, prisoner reentry, youth violence prevention & faith based partnerships.  Eugene provided strategic advice to the White House Office and the U.S. Department of Justice after being appointed by President Barack Obama as the Director of Faith Based Partnerships for the Justice Department. Eugene led DOJ's efforts as part of the President Obama's Responsible Fatherhood Initiative, and the My Brother's Keeper Initiative. This resulted in over $30 million dollars in new grants for Juvenile Justice Involved Young Fathers and an increased focus on Empowering Parents within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Eugene co-chaired the Obama Administration's efforts to support and improve outcomes for Children of Incarcerated Parents. He helped lead the Attorney General Eric Holder's Federal Reentry Council. He helped expand DOJ's Youth Violence Prevention efforts helping to build the capacity of more than 30 major US Cities to combat youth violence. Eugene has received numerous awards, authored several articles and has addressed hundreds of audiences. He has appeared on ABC, CBS and has been quoted and referenced in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Christian Broadcast Network and many other news outlets.

This week Authentically Detroit discusses the experience of children with incarcerated parents. Southeastern graduate and soon to be Mississippi Valley State graduate TJ Edwards has a one-on-one discussion with Orlando about how growing up with an incarcerated parent helped shape his worldview. TJ goes into detail about how ECN's Vault teen center and participation in football helped him find a healthy outlet for his grief and propelled him to enroll in college. Last year, TJ dressed up as Santa and passed out gifts to 16 kids with incarcerated parents. If you're interested in helping TJ pass out gifts this year, please call/text him at 808-940-6287 or follow him on Instagram @nuvoshawn. FOR HOT TAKES:CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS WANT DETROIT TO STOP WATER SHUTOFFS, EXTEND MORATORIUM CORE CITY ORGANIZES OPPOSITION TO CONCRETE CRUSHING PLANT

For the incarcerated, Christmas can be a lonely time... especially if you are a parent with no way to get a present to your child. The Worship Centre in St. John's helps out with a provincial program called the Angel Tree... buying and giving gifts to children with a parent in prison. To find out more, we reach the manager for Prison Fellowship Canada. (Russell Bowers with Jill Harnum)

Twenty thousand Baltimore children have a parent behind bars or on parole or probation. A new program called B'More Reconnects aims to solidify the bonds between a parent and child and reduce trauma. Kate Sweeney co-directs the Parent, Infant, Early Childhood Program at the Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. She describes B'More Reconnects' group parenting classes, which will start pre-release and continue for six months after. Then Deputy Mayor Faith Leach shares her connection to this initiative. After her mother was released from prison, they rebuilt their relationship, and Leach saw her mother return to college: "My mom's story is the illustration of why we can't ever - and let me repeat that - we can't ever give up on our neighbors that are returning home." And Kimberly Haven, executive director of Reproductive Justice Inside, talks about her experience as a mother in prison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty thousand Baltimore children have a parent behind bars or on parole or probation. A new program called B'More Reconnects aims to solidify the bonds between a parent and child and reduce trauma.  Kate Sweeney co-directs the Parent, Infant, Early Childhood Program at the Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. She describes B'More Reconnects' group parenting classes, which will start pre-release and continue for six months after.  Then Deputy Mayor Faith Leach shares her connection to this initiative. After her mother was released from prison, they rebuilt their relationship, and Leach saw her mother return to college, "My mom's story is the illustration of why we can't ever - and let me repeat that - we can't ever give up on our neighbors that are returning home." And Kimberly Haven, executive director of Reproductive Justice Inside, talks about her experience as a mother in prison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joel Van Kuiken, Cole Williams, and Dowan Mansfield from the Delta Project are here to discuss evidenced-based curriculum developed by Cole Williams called Son to a Father.

In this episode of Amplified Voices, Amber and Jason speak with Melissa Tanis, a ferocious advocate for parole justice, compassionate release, and children of incarcerated parents. Melissa shares her story of having her father incarcerated when she was five years old and the impact that it had on her own life as well as the lives of her family members. She shares the emotional path she navigated to reconnect with her dad after many years of no contact. She authentically outlines her feelings and understanding of his complex journey through accountability - highlighting the harshness of a system that sees people and the sum of their crime, rather than as complex human beings with the ability to change. Melissa was able to find her father after many years through his participation in the Shakespeare Behind Bars program and the resulting documentary film. After being denied parole and compassionate release based on the nature of his crime, her father passed away in prison. Melissa is a graduate of Columbia School of Social Work, with a concentration on policy. She is the Policy and Communications Manager for the Center for Justice at Columbia School of Social Work. She has worked for over five years in the Communications and Policy field and has dedicated her work to supporting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people and their families. She is a member and consultant for the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, an adviser for the New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents, and a volunteer with the Parole Preparation Project. Support the show

What about the children? Too often children are left in the world without their parents due to incarceration. More often than we realize, these children lack the resources necessary to properly cope with the loss of a parent, or even both. This episode acknowledges the impact that incarceration has on children, and expands on the ideas surrounding proper care, love, and growth of these children.

"My dad's in jail and I don't like to talk about it," says Alex, a character on Sesame Street. In this hour, UW Professor of Human Ecology Julie Poehlmann discusses her research and her work with Sesame Street on its initiative designed for millions of children with incarcerated parents.

Over the course of the past few weeks, Rebecca's been having a series of conversations with some of the folks behind Next100—a think tank that's turning the traditional think tank model on its head, to create a public policy sector where those with the most at stake are driving the change they and their communities want to see. We at Off-Kilter enjoyed what started as a single episode conversation so much, we decided to turn it into a three-part series. So, to wrap up that series of conversations with Next100 leaders about what it looks like to put people at the center of policy change in the areas of antipoverty policy and climate policy… for this week's show, Rebecca sat down with a set of current and former Next100 policy entrepreneurs—Michael "Zaki" Smith, Isabel Coronado, and Vidal Guzman—all of whom are working to transform different facets of America's Jim Crow criminal legal system, and to ensure directly impacted folks are leading the way. And ICYMI: Don't miss the first and second episodes in this ongoing series. For more: For more from Zaki, check out his piece on collateral consequences, “A Silent Life Sentence”; his testimony before the New York state legislature on why “New York State Must Pass Automatic Expungement ‘Clean Slate' Legislation”; the #EndPerpetualPunishment Campaign; his Brooklyn mural campaign; and follow him on Twitter @zakithebarber. For more from Isabel, check out her report:​​“We Are Not Collateral Consequences: Policy Solutions for Children of Incarcerated Parents, From Arrest to Reentry”; her piece “The Resilient Children of Incarcerated Parents: Interviews”; and more on her idea for a Flourishing Children of Incarcerated Parents federal grant program; and follow her on Twitter @graduateisabel. For more from Vidal, check out his essay explaining why “Slavery Hasn't Been Abolished. It's Been Reformed”; read more on the Fix the 13th NY campaign to raise wages for incarcerated folks; and follow him on Twitter @iamvidalguzman.

Over the course of the past few weeks, Rebecca's been having a series of conversations with some of the folks behind Next100—a think tank that's turning the traditional think tank model on its head, to create a public policy sector where those with the most at stake are driving the change they and their communities want to see. We at Off-Kilter enjoyed what started as a single episode conversation so much, we decided to turn it into a three-part series.  So, to wrap up that series of conversations with Next100 leaders about what it looks like to put people at the center of policy change in the areas of antipoverty policy and climate policy… for this week's show, Rebecca sat down with a set of current and former Next100 policy entrepreneurs—Michael "Zaki" Smith, Isabel Coronado, and Vidal Guzman—all of whom are working to transform different facets of America's Jim Crow criminal legal system, and to ensure directly impacted folks are leading the way. And ICYMI: Don't miss the first and second episodes in this ongoing series.  For more: For more from Zaki, check out his piece on collateral consequences, “A Silent Life Sentence”; his testimony before the New York state legislature on why “New York State Must Pass Automatic Expungement ‘Clean Slate' Legislation”; the #EndPerpetualPunishment Campaign; his Brooklyn mural campaign; and follow him on Twitter @zakithebarber. For more from Isabel, check out her report: ​​“We Are Not Collateral Consequences: Policy Solutions for Children of Incarcerated Parents, From Arrest to Reentry”; her piece “The Resilient Children of Incarcerated Parents: Interviews”; and more on her idea for a Flourishing Children of Incarcerated Parents federal grant program; and follow her on Twitter @graduateisabel. For more from Vidal, check out his essay explaining why “Slavery Hasn't Been Abolished. It's Been Reformed”; read more on the Fix the 13th NY campaign to raise wages for incarcerated folks; and follow him on Twitter @iamvidalguzman.

A Russian invasion of Ukraine could lead to a massive refugee crisis; the benefits of investing in women's health research; how to end all U.S. roadway deaths; pandemic-related staffing challenges in America's schools; and programs available to support incarcerated parents and their children. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Dr. Margaret Paccione, the Director of Clinical Innovation at Bradley Hospital, joins us to discuss the struggles that children with incarcerated parents face and how they can be supported throughout the experience.

Hosts Kristen DeVall, Ph.D. & Christina Lanier, Ph.D. welcome Melissa Radcliff, Program Director at Our Children's Place of Coastal Horizons Center, for discussion regarding children of incarcerated parents (COIP). Listen as they discuss the data, related legislation, impacts on children, the involvement of law enforcement and other roles in COIP, and much more.

Growing up when one of your parents is behind bars happens more often than you might think. We're going to hear from one young man who has had that experience and a group here in South Florida reaching out to those kids to mentor them. Plus, we'll hear the latest episode of WLRN's podcast Tallahassee Takeover.

Have you heard about the Salvation Army program that provides holiday gifts to children of incarcerated parents? Sheletta Brundidge gets details on the program from Dan Furry of the Salvation Army and learns how we can help support the work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 2, 2021. On today's show, a bill in the state legislature could remove parental protections for those who are incarcerated, Isthmus on WORT talks a local murder-for-hire scheme, New Domains talks feline photography, and look at an iconic historic Christmas tree.

How do we address both the needs of children and their incarcerated parents? How do we keep parents from recidivating? What happens to children when their parents fall back into the system? Recent studies show that approximately 5 million children (or 1 in 14) have a parent who has experienced incarceration. And the number is more staggering for 1 in 8 economically disadvantaged children and 1 in 9 African American children. These children feel both a stigma of having an incarcerated parent and they miss their parent. They need extra support to navigate their education pathways and their social emotional experiences. But, what about the incarcerated parent? What programs or services can they turn to help them become participating parents in their children's education? One place incarcerated parents can go is to the Office of Reentry Services. We have a conversation with Chad Martens the Program Manager at the Office of Reentry Services in Santa Clara County, CA. We get Chad's personal perspectives on the “one-stop-shop” approach to providing reentry services for clients on probation. And through our conversation we discuss solutions based approaches to changing the recidivism rate through supportive reentry programs. Special thanks to our graphic artist, Tess Buckley. www.kidsincommon.org www.communityworkswest.org www.nicic.gov www.sccgov.org/sites/reentry/Pages/Reentry-Services.aspxhttps://www.aecf.org/series/kids-count-policy-reports - The Annie E. Casey Foundation – Kids Count Policy Report April 2016 Three ‘E's of Reentry | Nicholas Crapser | TEDxHumboldtBayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWUg1zeUsg https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html https://harvardpolitics.com/recidivism-american-progressSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/adviceinsideout)

This week on a special bonus episode of #BoldBusinessTime, the Black Business Month collaboration with our sponsor, Bold Xchange, which maximizes the success stories of notable Black CEOs, innovators and entrepreneurs, Bold Co-Founder Doug Spencer sat down with fellow Elon University Graduate and D.C. Native, Yasmine Arrington, to discuss her mission to support students with incarcerated parents through ScholarCHIPS Inc.   When Yasmine was in high school, the 2021 Washington Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 honoree dedicated her life to funding youth like her, who are living with at least one incarcerated parent, with money to attend college.    Over the last decade, ScholarCHIPS has awarded over $300,000 in college scholarships to 76 scholars (30 College Graduates).   For more on Yasmine's work, please follow @yazziespeaks2.0 or visit www.scholarchipsfund.org.   Max Out Time listeners, don't forget you can visit www.boldxchange.com/ and support its Black-Owned brands today using the promo code “MAXOUTTIME” for 10% off your first purchase.   Want to make sure you don't miss an episode? Sign up to get our email updates at https://linktr.ee/MaxOutTimeWithAJII   You'll get every episode, exclusive bonus content, and free guides straight to your inbox every week.   VISIT MAX OUT TIME ON: Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/MaxOutTime/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/max_out_time_with_aj_ii/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/maxouttime_ajii Website | www.maxouttimewithajii.com   This episode was previously recorded on Monday, August 23, 2021.   -AJ II

Join us as we continue our discussion about ameliorating the stigma and shame around children with incarcerated parents. We'll talk with Judy Krysik, the Director of the ASU Center for Child Well-being about their program "Empathy Through Literacy" and find out how you can get involved!

Join us for as we talk to attorneys and community partners about the stigma and shame associated with being a child with an incarcerated parent. We'll hear stories and talk about what people can do to help children in our community.

In January of 2020, the nonprofit The Contingent launched a program called Know Me Now to facilitate visits for kids with their incarcerated parents. Oregon has more than 14,000 people in prison. An estimated 75 percent of the women incarcerated at the state's Coffee Creek Correctional Facility are mothers, and more than half of men serving time in Oregon are fathers. During the pandemic, the program quickly retooled and shifted focus to virtual visitations. Hosheman Brown is the director of community engagement for Know Me Now. He says creating strong parent-child relationships is part of creating the pro-social networks that prevent recidivism and support parents' success when they are released. We talk with Brown and two parents: Antoinette So'Fine, who is a mother currently serving time in the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, and Irvin Hines, a father who was released last year.

The McLean County Jail has revived a program that allows incarcerated people to connect with their children through reading.

Ebony Underwood is the founder of We Got Us Now, a nonprofit nonpartisan advocacy organization amplifying the issues children and young adults with incarcerated parents face due to mass incarceration. Co-hosts Ann and Elizabeth welcome her to the Raising Curious Learners podcast to talk about her work and how we can better support children with incarcerated parents.

In this episode, Veronique discusses her career path and her experiences as an African-American woman and how it has influenced her career as a clinical psychologist. She discusses the innovative work being done at the Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling to help previously incarcerated parents transition through the re-entry process, and to rebuild relationships within the faily system. She highlights the importance of working with the whole family unity through this process, including the parents, children, and caregivers. Veronique and I also discuss training issues such as multicultural awareness, and the importance of validation, non-defensiveness, and being open to feedback. Veronique Thompson, Ph.D. is a tenured faculty at the Wright Institute in Berkeley and the Clinical Director at the Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling, East Oakland. There she and her colleagues are piloting a program, the Umoja Reentry Family Unity Project, to support families with formerly incarcerated parents. She has experience working with adults and families, as well as adolescent status offenders, and her theoretical orientation combines developmental, systems, social justice therapy, and narrative therapy perspectives. Dr. Thompson is a past teaching associate for the University of California, Berkeley in general psychology and minority mental health, as well as a fellow in the Berkeley Teacher Training Program. In addition to her work mentioned above, she also maintains a private practice.

Nearly 3 million children in the US have at least one parent in prison. Family incarceration has devastating effects on kids, from raising their level of poverty to a higher risk of school dropout and emotional stress.  But the data fails to capture the stigma felt by the youth who have a loved one who […]

With over 5 million children in the U.S. with an incarcerated parent, Antoine Patton came up with a vital tech business while going to college behind bars. His daughter, Jay Jay was just three-years-old when he went to jail six hours away for gun possession. Jay Jay’s mom became a single parent raising two children on her own and couldn’t afford to take her kids to visit their dad. The letters and photos Antoine relied on getting from his family to keep communication and a bond alive were costly to print and send and there was always a delay.    Antoine enrolled in the Bard Prison Initiative and was able to get a liberal arts college education, an opportunity he didn’t have growing up in Buffalo, New York. He learned how to code on his own before being released in 2014. With the help of his cousin, he launched the Photopatch Foundation, a non-profit, so inmates could stay in touch with their children without putting any additional financial burden on them, sending close to a million photos.    Wanting to spend as much time with Antoine as possible now that he was in her life, Jay Jay learned how to code from her dad. She launched a Photopatch mobile app, making it easier and more accessible for kids like her to send letters and photos to their parents. At just fifteen-years-old, Jay Jay was just named one of Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 this year for changing the world by teaching hundreds of kids the fundamentals of coding, a business she continues to run and fundraise with her dad.   Jay Jay and Antoine Patton understand the importance of keeping the family connected and stopping people from being incarcerated again by developing tight family bonds that turn into safety nets through communication. Together they continue to help others better their lives by not allowing a financial deterrent to get in the way of learning. Their coding lessons are affordable and accessible to all communities, especially people of color who may lack exposure. You are going to absolutely love this most dynamic father/daughter duo who will make you feel so incredibly inspired, hopeful, and proud, and remember the importance of second chances.   SHOW NOTE LINKS:   Photo Patch Foundation   Bard Prison Initiative   Jay Jay Patton on Instagram   Antoine Patton on Instagram   Antoine Patton on Facebook   Unlock Academy   Jay Jay in Teen Vogue with photo by Vikki Law   CONNECT WITH US! *Dear Family, Podcast Page *Write Now Rachel Website *Rachel's Blog @Medium *Rachel’s Twitter *Facebook *Instagram   PLEASE JOIN: *Dear Family Members, the Private Facebook Group     WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST: *PLEASE Leave a 5-Star Review and Subscribe! Thank you! Your support means the world to me. Wishing you love, happiness, and good mental health always.      

Black hair is a story of resilience and the story has continued as a key topic of conversation throughout 2020. Yes, our twist outs, fros and low cuts are taking center stage as a representation of independence and strength. And yet, centuries of race-based hair discrimination has sparked the saying, “Black hair is not just hair.” Why? Founder of We Got Us Now, Ebony Underwood, shares the ways in which mass incarceration continues to be ignored throughout American history and how this topic intersects with the significance of Black hair. Audio Editor: Emma Friedman. Music, Sound Design: Jacob Lowy. Host & Founder: Lauren Stockmon Brown. 

Meet the shu is a podcast that will bring real life stories before, during and after prison bids. We are here to give you Hustle, encouragement, motivation and determination to conquer the stigma of having Strikes against you.

Incarceration is never easy, and COVID-19 has created a multitude of new challenges. Since March, incarcerated parents have been limited to virtual visitation with their children. This hour, we hear from the Department of Corrections and several other voices about current visitation regulations and how they have impacted incarcerated parents.

1. Congressman Jim Himes explains how two grants help people getting out of jail and their young children. ((00:11)) 2. How the pandemic has triggered addictions, and not just alcohol or drugs. ((07:21)) 3. NYC YMCA's are struggling...so what about Connecticut branches? ((13:53)) IMAGE CREDIT: iStock / Getty Images Plus

Our guest this week is Ebony Underwood. Ebony is a Soros Justice Fellow and the daughter of William Underwood, who has served decades of a cruel and unnecessarily harsh mandatory life sentence without parole. As the founder and CEO of We Got Us Now, Ebony is an advocate for children impacted by parental incarceration and keeping families connected and doing incredible and important work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message

Welcome to another COVID film list Feature & a short Black Media Matters which focuses on the importance of black voices within the film industry and how diversity within the cinema space benefits the art form. For so long black talent has been suppressed within the industry but when a diamond shines so bright, one can’t help but notice it in the rough; Paul Robeson who began making films in 1925 with Body and Soul. Josephine Baker who was the first black woman to star in a film in 1934 with Zouzou. And perhaps one of the most influential black filmmakers, Spike Lee who made his mark as a staple director with his first feature film, She’s Gotta Have It. With so many gifted black filmmakers & actors, it can be hard to narrow it down to a mere listicle; but in this episode Justin Joseph Hall and Laura Davi hone-in on some of their favorite films which also happen to focus on stories that revolve around black lives, experiences, and issues. (Spoiler alert: Spike Lee is mentioned more than once on the feature films list and throughout the podcast.) Short films discussed include Hair Love, Child of Resistance, 3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd, Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No, and Halfway Home: A Father’s Story. To donate to the Connecticut Children with Incarcerated Parents, please check out their website here. Feature films include The Butler, 13th, If Beale Street Could Talk, Malcolm X, Pursuit of Happyness, and Do the Right Thing. And perhaps just as important as the filmmakers themselves are the actors & actresses that help bring the craft to life. These artists, plus additional filmmakers mentioned by Brian Trahan during this episode, are as follows: Charles Burnett (Director) - Nothing but a Man Viola Davis (Actress) - Fences Jordan Peele (Writer/Director) - Get Out Oprah Winfrey (Actress) - The Color Purple Thandie Newton (Actress) - Crash Melvin van Peebles (Writer & Actor) - Classified X Debbie Morgan (Actress) - Eve’s Bayou Thanks for tuning-in! Stay safe.

Asya Branch won the job of Miss Mississippi 2018 within the Miss America Org on her third attempt. During her year, she advocated for Empowering Children of Incarcerated Parents - a mission that stems from her own experiences. Upon giving up her title, she launched her own beauty company, Branch Beauty and dedicated her time and energy to her educational pursuits in Marketing, Communications and Public Relations.Then, last fall, she vied for and WON the role of Miss Mississippi USA on her first attempt. BACK TO BACK Miss Mississippi in both large, well-known systems. The queen herself...America’s sweetheart and your next Miss USA…

Listen in while we discuss children of incarcerated parents with our special guest Tynisha!!!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talina-jernigan7/support

Hello and welcome to episode #26. My guest today  is Shari Scher, an inspiring woman who, while working in the public school system of Frederick County Maryland, saw that children of incarcerated parents and their families, needed help. Her efforts led to the formation Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership or COIPP. This non-profit is dedicated to giving children affected by incarceration a voice in the community, in the schools and in their families.  Today's show is brought to you by StoryWorth, a brilliant online service that helps your loved ones tell the story of their lives through thought-provoking questions about their memories and personal thoughts. Sign up today by going to www.storyworth.com/joy You'll get $20 off your first purchase!  They say that one of the greatest gifts you can give your children is to let them truly know you. In order to do this we have to give ourselves time to reflect, heal, give thanks and make meaning of our lives.   I don't know about you but I can barely find time to make a healthy dinner let alone carve out quiet time to reflect on my life and legacy. That's where Storyworth comes in. Each week, for a year, they send you a question about your life and at the end of the year you receive a beautiful hardbound book filled with your answers.  My first question was “What were your favorite childhood toys”. I hadn't thought about my giant brown suitcase full of Barbies in years so It was fun to go down memory lane and write about one of my childhood joys.   Answering the questions is as simple as hitting the reply button and I can't wait to pass along a beautiful book to each of my children. Oh, and did I mention you can include photos in your book? Storyworth is genius and I think it should be at the top of everyone's gift-giving list!  Preserve and pass on memories with StoryWorth, the most meaningful gift for your family. I hope you love Storyworth as much as I do! Sign up today by going to www.storyworth.com/joy You'll get $20 off your first purchase!  When a child has a voice that is heard and validated they are more likely to be protected from adverse childhood experiences like the fear that accompanies having a parent arrested.  Protective factors such as safe, stable and nurturing relationships can make all the difference when it comes to children becoming resilient and healthy adults. This is one of the many reasons why it's so important to support and nurture every parent's ability to grow, learn and develop positive parenting skills. Another aspect of COIPP that truly tends to the needs of these children is the social connections aspect of the programming. Having the opportunity to make friends and experience social and cultural events strengthens social and emotional health. When we are emotionally strong, feel supported by our community and have people who care, we can tap into our joy factor! All children deserve to be worry free and consistently offered opportunities to experience joy in their everyday lives. I hope this episode has inspired you and that you find a little joy in your day! Thanks for listening and take care!  What can the average person do to help children of incarcerated parents: Be non-judgmental. Parents love their children.  Greet children with interest and joy. Kids have better radar have better radar than many grown-ups. It takes little time to look in a child's eyes and say, How are you? Help the caregiver of that child.  Respect the community from which they come and recognize that trauma impacts everyone.  Resources mentioned on the show: Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership COIPP Girl Scouts Behind Bars The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated Annie E. Casey Foundation Child Welfare  COIPP Community Partners Curious Iguana Dancing Bear Toys and Gifts Thorpewood Books The Rabbit Listened by The Dot

Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times of London, On the “Green Wave” and what the US can learn from recent Euro-elections. Amy Friedman, Executive Director, POPS - protecting children of incarcerated parents – amazon.com/Desperados-Wife-Memoir-Amy-Friedman Mimi Soltysik – He was the presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA in 2016 – “Now everyone left of Trump is a socialist, apparently, what is a socialist today?” wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Soltysik_2016_presidential_campaign

THE CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED  PARENTS ARE MANY AND LIVE WITH HUGE PROBLEMS WHICH WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING IN AMERICA

This podcast is a talk that Parenting for Liberation founder, Trina Greene Brown, gave at the National Conference for Children of Incarcerated Parents, hosted by Arizona State University. This Ted-Talk style presentation masterfully weaves personal storytelling of a child of a formerly incarcerated parent, who now gives back to incarcerated parents by facilitating liberated parent workshops with moms in prison. Trina Greene Brown, a Black feminist activist personally impacted by the prison industrial complex, is a powerhouse speaker who will make connections between the intersections of mass incarceration, racism, and parenting. She will share her innovative liberated parenting workshop series with incarcerated women on “Raising Liberated Children” for mothers who are incarcerated at a California's women's prison. Trina will thread stories about her relationship with her incarcerated father with the experiences of parents currently incarcerated, who rather than being afforded rehabilitation, restorative justice, or support to heal from the intergenerational trauma for themselves and their families, were incarcerated and separated from their families.

Anyé Young, is a dynamic, intelligent Gen Z teen, who is a high school graduating senior and the author of Teen Guide to Living with Incarcerated Parents. She is also a brand ambassador for Hollister. Anyé gets personal and intimate with us, as she shares her initial anger towards her dad after he became incarcerated, and her journey to forgiveness. We also talk what it is like for her to be a brand ambassador for a national clothing brand and what it is like to have her mom as a manager (aka MoMager) Anyé might be young in years, but she is very wise in experience and underrstanding.

Robin on NASA’s Ultima Thule flyby, Trump’s televangelist con, R. Kelly, the APA, Mormons in slacks, and praise for older women. Guest: Investigative journalist Sylvia A. Harvey on her major exposé about COIP (Children of Incarcerated Parents).

Dr. Judy Krysik is an associate professor at and director of the Arizona State University Center for Child Well Being. Her bio can be found at: https://socialwork.asu.edu/content/judy-krysik and the center's webpage can be located at: https://childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP     Over 2 million children in the U.S. experience parental incarceration, and parental incarceration is considered an adverse childhood event (ACE) and is linked to being at-risk for a number of issues including mental health issues and poor physical health. Additional information on parental incarceration can be found at the following links: https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/find/results/parental%20incarceration https://nrccfi.camden.rutgers.edu/files/nrccfi-fact-sheet-2014.pdf https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/factsheets/pdfs/Factsheet7-Incarceration.pdf   Dr. Krysik joins us this episode to talk about this important issue, the center, and her up-coming conference. The Children of Incarcerated Parents National Conference seeks to bring together professionals across a multitude of child well-being disciplines to share information and research across our silos to discuss solutions in reducing the stigma of parental incarceration. The conference will be held April 14-17, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Renaissance Downtown Phoenix Hotel. For more information visit: https://childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP   Forensic InService podcast by Stephen Koonz & Stephen Price is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.  Our artwork was painted by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. and our music written and performed by Adam Price. Both are used with permission.

Shari Scher Shari and her husband have been residents of the City of Frederick for decades. Shari has a BA and MS in Early Childhood Education, spent many years as a Childhood Curriculum Specialist and Family Involvement Supervisor in with Frederick County Public Schools, and presently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Hood College and a Professional Developer for Head Start in Frederick. Her professional and volunteer work has been recognized by too many awards to list here, but includes Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2006), a Teaching Excellence Award (2012), Educator of The Year, Maryland PTA (2013) and Humanitarian of the Year from Hood College (2017). She is the founder and president of Children of Incarcerated Parents in Frederick. 

This episode spotlights four middle grade fiction titles that explore how it feels to have a parent in prison.

Parenting for Liberation co-facilitated a Raising Liberated Children workshop series with mothers who are incarcerated at a California women's prison. This episode is dedicated to all the powerful workshop participants and their children. Listen to founder, Trina Greene Brown, and Cecilia Cabarello of Chicana Motherwork share how the workshop came together, why they picked mothering, healing, and intergenerational trauma as the workshop themes, how the workshops unfolded, the successes and challenges, the power of storytelling and communal healing, and what's next for more workshops with parents who are incarcerated as well as the wider community.

We talk about the plight of children who have incarcerated parents

We focus on the plight of children who have parents behind bars

We focus on the plight of children who have parents serving time in jail.

In order to stop the ugly generational cycle of incarceration, Cyril serves families by trying to help restore relationships between kids and their incarcerated parents. He's making quite an impact and you may need to grab quite a few tissues for this one. Matt, Toby, and Joey reflect on the conference and what it means to BadChristian. Joey and Toby reflect on how their decade old plans of potentially starting a church. Turns out it's a lot different than what they had imagined.   Links & Sponsors: badchristianmedia.com thebcclub.com Quip: getquip.com/BADCHRISTIAN Indochino: indochino.com code BADCHRISTIAN

A guest, Monique, joins Toxic Heart for a funny and inspiring episode to discuss the impact of drugs on her family, growing up with an incarcerated father, deciding not to be a statistic, and beating the odds [Produced by Sean Myles and B Addison, Recorded at Timeless Recordings, Edited by Sean Myles, and Engineered by Gary Pyles Jr.]

When she was growing up, writer Ashley C. Ford’s dad showered her with praise, through nearly 100 letters. Which he sent from prison. In this episode, Ashley talks about idealizing her incarcerated father -- and what happened when she learned the truth about his crime.  To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  This episode is brought to you by GoGoSqueeze, Thirdlove, Thrive Market and SquarePanda (code: LONGSHORT)

We talk to Megan Sullivan, writer and college professor (Boston University) about her book, "Clarissa's Disappointment: And Resources for Families, Teachers and Counselors of Children of Incarcerated Parents" about how to best serve this group, the author's own experience with parental incarceration, and more.

Listen to The Michael Imhotep Show, Monday, Oct. 17th, 4pm-6pm EST (1pm-3pm PST) with host Michael Imhotep founder of The African History Network. 1) Statistics Show White Supremacy is a Bigger Threat to the U.S. Than Radical Muslims.  2) A look at “The Birth of a Nation” Box Office results from this past weekend.  3) Is Donald Trump Preparing To Lose? His claims of a rigged election are unfounded but more of his followers are starting to believe him.  3) Michigan Woman who lied saying that 4 African American Men kidnapped and raped her gets 1 year in jail. 4) President Obama plans to reform child support payment rules for Incarcerated Parents.  5) This date in African American Hisotry.   CALL IN WITH Questions/Comments at 1-888-669-2281.  POST YOUR COMMENTS.  WE MAY READ THEM ON AIR.  Listen to The Michael Imhotep Show online Monday – Friday, 4pm-6pm EST online at http://tunein.com/radio/Empowerment-Radio-Network-s199313/ or by downloading the "TuneIn Radio" app to your smartphone and search for "Empowerment Radio Network" or at www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com for more info, podcasts and DVDS.

'Working With the Correctional System and Incarcerated Parents' features a conversation between those with experience on both sides of the working relationship between the child welfare and correctional systems. Each side of this relationship shares the same vision for the incarcerated parents: reentry into society and reunification with their family where appropriate.

A new report commissioned by two Connecticut organizations looks at the challenges children face when their parents are in prison. This hour, we check in with one of those groups -- the Connecticut Association for Human Services -- to see what they found and how they plan on using the results to guide future policy conversations. We also hear from a college student whose father spent nearly a decade behind bars.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed that from 1991 to 2007 the number of incarcerated mothers increased by a startling one hundred and thirty-one percent. In this podcast, Dr. Caroline Long Burry discusses a pilot study she conducted with these parents with the hope of better understanding their parenting experiences. Also explored are the mothers' attempts to negotiate the criminal justice system while in their role as parents.

The inaugural episode of Reentry Radio comes from the September 2014 session of the Occasional Series on Research in Reentry, which focused on children of incarcerated parents. The episode begins with a presentation by Dr. Sara Wakefield, co-author of “The Prison Boom - Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality". Dr. Wakefield is followed by commentary and discussion by a distinguished panel of experts including Jean Kjellstrand, Tanisha Douglas, Tanya Krupat, and Deborah Sills Iarussi.

Dr. Tim Cavell reflects on his first experience mentoring a young boy whose father was in prison. This story is a must-listen for any adult who is looking to volunteer at a youth mentoring organization, but feels uncertain about building a relationship with a youth whose guardian, parent, or parent(s) are incarcerated.

Pat Kelly of Welcom House – Recovery and Return Pat Kelly Board member of Welcome House joins hosts Liz Henry and Cassandra Mitchell. Welcome House is an organization that helps […] The post Welcome House – Recovery From Addiction and Children Of Incarcerated Parents – Saving Families One Child At A Time appeared first on KKFI.

The number of children with an incarcerated parent has increased nearly 80% in the past 20 years. Nearly 2.7 million children have a parent in state or federal prison, yet few resources exist to support young children and families coping with this life-changing circumstance. Children need tools to express emotions, while their caregivers need help maintaining routines and establishing age-appropriate communication around incarceration. Providing adults and children with coping strategies and additional emotional resources can help them feel comforted and secure throughout this difficult time. Sesame Street presents released is newest project; Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration, an educational outreach initiative for families with children (ages 3 – 8) who are coping with a parent’s incarceration. Our resources provide talking points and tools to help families manage the changes resulting from this situation and to find comfort in one another. Join our guest Lynn Chwatsky; 

One of the biggest challenges in a long-term marriage is keeping up the sexual connection couples had when they met. Dr. Victoria Wilson co-authored The 30-Day Sex Solution with her husband, John, to help address this issue. Dr. Yvonne Lutter, Director of Mental Health at a woman’s prison, talked with me about the collateral damage to children and their bonding … Read more about this episode...