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🌟 One Week Countdown: Join Governor Lamont for the 2023 Governor’s Celebration! 🌟 🔹 "Prevention Starts With YOU!" In just one week, we unite to celebrate Connecticut's youth. Our young people, from elementary scholars to emerging professionals, are the pillars of our state’s future. Our collective mission is to ensure they have the safest, most nurturing environment to grow and flourish. 🌱 Our Unwavering Commitment The Governor's Prevention Partnership's mission focuses on underage drinking and substance use, safeguarding our youth and preparing them for a bright and successful future. Yet, this is a mission we can't shoulder alone. 🤝 Your Role is Key Your presence - whether as a parent, educator, mentor, business leader, legislator, or simply as someone who cares - is pivotal. Your influence and guidance are the cornerstones that can positively shape young lives. Together, we're not just addressing challenges; we're creating opportunities for our youth to dream, aspire, and succeed, free from the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Secure your spot today!: https://ow.ly/oLcR50QchRS

“… To learn from Ifeoma and the many leaders in this book keeps the spirit of our protests alive and real. If we want more just spaces, we need to do things differently –starting with the way we think.”- Sybrina Fulton. My relationship with Sybrina is special as her commitment to justice has transformed my life and reinforced how equity is a practice of imagining what we deserve, creating disruption and frequently being in spaces with those most impacted.  I was a staffer on Capitol Hill when Trayvon was murdered. After I was asked to take a look at the case, I asked myself “what do I have access to, as a junior attorney on the Judiciary Committee to convince my boss—the late Hon. John Conyers—to do something?” I wrote a memo outlining why we needed to look at Trayvon’s murder as a hate crime (with no guarantee it would go anywhere because society does not look at Black death as an extension of hate). I used my G-chat message to co-organize the first ever congressional walkout—“Hoodies on the Hill.” (while facing the possibility of adverse reactions and employment consequences). Our committee held the first congressional hearing on the case—which was the first time I met Sybrina and Tracy, Trayvon’s parents. And coincidentally their first time in DC.  I went to Sybrina’s hometown, Miami, to be with community at the Trayvon Walk, where I met Lucy McBath—the mother of another unarmed teen Jordan Davis, who trusted me to set the stage for her public announcement of her run for state office—which quickly transformed into her successful US Congressional run.  My practice has shown that committing to equity doesn’t always have a playbook; you often have choose to create it. Thank you Sybrina for this review. I will never forget that your tragedy has changed how we all work.  “The Equity Mindset” is available at https://lnkd.in/ezhFADX2 #equity #diversity #inclusion #leadership #design #organizationalchange #movement 

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ICYMI--I'm today's Children's Funding Project featured team member! Thanks to my current colleagues for making me feel at home (even when I'm at work!) and to my long-time friends and former colleagues for helping me get to where I am today! For more about Children's Funding Project (and how we're making a difference for kids) read our five-year impact report: https://lnkd.in/emsDB2f8

Want a good look at my work, what Georgia STOMP has accomplished and what we are still striving to do? This article gives just that! https://lnkd.in/edQXeuDp

Why join the PA Chamber of Business and Industry? We're one of the nation's most influential business advocacy organizations and have earned the trust of nearly 10,000 member companies of all sizes crossing all industries. Here's what the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has to say about our excellence in fostering a pro-business environment:

The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center is releasing their 2023 State Policy Map Roadmap. Read my blog and investigate Ohio's roadmap to see where we stand when it comes to investing in those policies that matter most to babies and their families AND ACT on this new knowledge! https://lnkd.in/gjBqEhZT

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas webinar: Advocacy for Greater Community Impact is a week away, and there's still time register: https://shorturl.at/eguV9 Recent Independent Sector research found that significantly fewer nonprofits know what advocacy activities are legally allowed compared to 20 years ago. This advocacy training webinar will delve into allowable advocacy activities, discuss ways to strengthen your advocacy agenda, and offer other helpful insights when meeting with lawmakers that you don't want to miss. Join us! #advocacy #capacitybuilding #nonprofits

Small and midsize businesses drive this country and this world. Proud to be part of this Vistage community that has a seat at the table where policy is made. #smallbusiness #leadership #strategy

This week is CapTech's annual Week of Caring! First started in 2020, we set aside a week to focus on both individual CapTecher and community care. Each day has a focus theme, with engagement opportunities and meaningful reminders of the importance of giving back to others and ourselves. Learn more about our areas of impact: https://lnkd.in/eeJ_gYR5