Noticias del NPLI

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Reflecting on the Election and Renewing Our Mission

As we reflect on this election, NPLI reaffirms its steadfast hope and commitment to justice and dignity for every family and community. We remain unwavering in our belief that hope is not a passive state but rather that it’s a call to action. Election outcomes may shift the landscape, and while our work may be made harder, our mission endures: to uplift parent voices, advocate for children, and ensure that communities across our nation have the civic tools and knowledge to lead for a better tomorrow.

The Impact of the Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative

The Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative (IPLI) at White Earth Nation is a powerful example of culturally grounded leadership in action. Recently featured on the Community In-Site podcast, IPLI showcases how honoring cultural identity can drive healing, empowerment, and lasting community change.

Advancing Equity and Leadership at the IEL CSxFE Conference

In May 2024, NPLI joined educators, community leaders, and advocates in Atlanta for the Institute for Educational Leadership’s (IEL) National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference (CSxFE). NPLI’s two sessions during the conference emphasized the critical roles of teacher diversity and youth leadership in fostering equitable and inclusive educational spaces. Pre-Conference Session:“Parent Leadership & Teacher Diversity: Why It Matters…

Leaders Shaping Leaders Inaugural Cohort Graduation

This summer, NPLI team members joined the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) at their annual conference in San Francisco, CA, to celebrate the graduation of the inaugural cohort of the Leaders Shaping Leaders (LSL) Fellowship Initiative. NPLI also participated in a panel composed of members of each partner organization that explained the why and how of the…

Creating Virtual Safe & Brave Space

Creating Virtual Safe & Brave Space NPLI’s Director of Quality Patti Keckeisen and Policy, Partnerships & Communications Consultant Melvette Hill present at the Equity Symposium, Jan 9-10, 2021.   Started by community leaders and educators from across the state, the Equity Symposium is presented by EquityCT, the organization that sprang from the first Equity Symposium. The focus…

Parent Voice on Equity – In Reopening Schools

In collaboration with the undersigned organizations representing over a million families across the country, we as Parent Leader, are raining our collectice voice for healthy, equitable, and quality education options for our children in this upcoming school year. Read the complete document in:

What is Really Keeping Us Apart Right Now? Bringing Home and School Together

Teaching and learning, for me, has always been a sort of perpetual motion machine- the act of teaching feeds me energy, just as much as it takes. And there is no teaching without learning. The more vexing the puzzle, the more interested I am. I feel the same way about parenting- it’s a beautiful journey,…

Moving From Peaceful Protest to Public Policy

There are no human words that can fully express what we are experiencing right now.  The language of our spirits emotes a different response than mere words can represent.  Our emotions are shifting from moment to moment as things unfold; as we see what we see and hear what we hear.We grieve, we hurt, we…

Parents as Partners

Benita and Jen co-presented at Big Bang 2019, with Jen’s son Francis, on the Parent Leadership Training Institute, and the importance of family voice in education.