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Feb
11

Connie Lieding Scholarship Fund Now Accepting Applications

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  • Under : Opportunities for Girls, Young Moms

The Connie Lieding Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications from Crittenton young women through March 31, 2019.
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Jan
25

National Crittenton Receives Annie E. Casey Foundation Grant Focused on Young Parents

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  • Under : Press Release, Young Moms

Through a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, National Crittenton is working with young parents to conduct an assessment of the need for a national young parent advocacy network.
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Nov
26

I went to In Solidarity looking for my passion. I found a better version of myself.

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  • Under : Guest Post, In Solidarity We Rise, Opportunities for Girls, Young Moms

In October 2017 I had the pleasure and honor of attending National Crittenton’s conference, In Solidarity We Rise. I appreciated my experience at the conference more than words can express. I went to the conference looking for my passion and found a better version of myself.
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Nov
05

National Crittenton at Wicked Problems of Child Welfare

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  • Under : Advocacy, Young Moms

On October 23rd, National Crittenton President Jeannette Pai-Espinosa moderated the panel discussion, “Supporting Families Post Permanence and Pregnant & Parenting Young People in Care: Family and Youth Perspective” at the eighth Wicked Problems of Child Welfare conference presented by the Children’s Home Society of America and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work’s Jordan Institute for Families.

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Feb
08

Connie Lieding Scholarship Fund Now Accepting Applications

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  • Under : Opportunities for Girls, Young Moms

The Connie Lieding Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications from Crittenton young women through April 6, 2018.
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May
24

Research & Resources

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  • Under : Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), Advocacy, Girls at the Margin, In Solidarity We Rise, Juvenile Justice, National, Opportunities for Girls, Two Generation Approaches, Young Moms

We are pleased to announce Deep Dive Learning Opportunity Presenters Dr. Connie Wun, Ph.D. & Deborah Jiang-Stein for In Solidarity We Rise: Healing, Opportunity and Justice for Girls, October 11-13, 2017.
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Apr
11

In Solidarity Registration Now Open

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  • Under : Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), Advocacy, Girls at the Margin, In Solidarity We Rise, Juvenile Justice, National, Opportunities for Girls, Two Generation Approaches, Young Moms

Registration is now open for In Solidarity We Rise: Healing, Opportunity and Justice for Girls to be held in Washington, DC on October 11-13, 2017!
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Feb
01

Connie Lieding Scholarship Fund Now Accepting Applications

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  • Under : Opportunities for Girls, Young Moms

The Connie Lieding Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications from Crittenton young women through March 31, 2017.
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Oct
10

Survivor, Advocate, and Parent: Why Talking about Domestic Violence Matters

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I never knew there was an entire month dedicated to Domestic Violence Awareness. What started as a “Day of Unity” in 1981 quickly evolved into an entire week of events, to what we now know as Domestic Violence Awareness month. I find it rather ironic that in school we all learn about the celebrations that education outlets think we must learn and celebrate. At 15, I became a victim of domestic violence, and at just a few months old, my own daughter was witnessing it firsthand. No one talked about domestic violence, and therefore I hid my embarrassment hindering me from the possibility of escaping the situation I had found myself in.

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Mar
29

Owning My Belonging at the UN

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  • Under : Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), BOLD Program, Guest Post, Young Moms

On Monday March 21, 2016 I spoke at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Meeting (UN), at the United Nation’s New York Headquarters. Me, the girl from downtown Charleston, SC, who at one time did not believe in herself enough to share her voice with anyone.

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