Earlier this month, family leaders, community networkers, and national partners came together in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for NPLI’s 2025 National Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) Training. Over four days, learners had the chance to observe modeled sessions from the PLTI curriculum, deepen their understanding of the PLTI initiative, practice facilitation, and strengthen their commitment to family…
This week, the National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI) joined 16 other national organizations in signing a joint letter to Congress opposing deep cuts that are proposed in the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Education budget. These cuts would deeply undermine critical programs that meet children’s learning needs, including those that center family and community…
The NPLI team had the opportunity to support a group of New Orleans PLTI parent and youth leaders on a day of advocacy at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge as the 2022 General Session was ending. Parent and youth leaders began their day at the Capitol with greetings by Monika Gerhart, the Director…
Staying focused through civic engagement. As political and cultural climates continue to shift in our country, it is important for us – all of us – to stay focused and not get distracted or overwhelmed by the continuous whirlwind of issues that are presented to us each day. Parent leadership as defined by Elaine Zimmerman is the…
