Mayor Chokwe Lumumba was present for the announcement that Working Together Jackson, a coalition of religious and nonprofit organizations, plans to raise $1 million in the next month "to assist…
As we announced last week, our 7th Annual Community Partnership Celebration will be on Monday, November 16th, at 5:30 pm, and it will be our first Virtual Celebration. This online celebration will be streamed…
Senate Bill 2610, passed during the 2020 legislative session, established a position for a Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility to be appointed by the Department of Finance and Administration and…
We will be doing four more early childhood focus groups in November for Mississippi parents and caregivers (a caregiver is someone who is raising a child who is not the child’s parent – for example,…
The following is from Sitaniel J. Wimbley, executive director of NAMI Mississippi, to encourage continued support of their annual fundraiser, NAMIWalks Mississippi. Dear Friends, In the most difficult of times,…
"The most powerful two words when we're in struggle: me too." This quote from Brene Brown sums up parent peer support and is expounded upon in this video about parent peer support from…
SAVE THE DATE! Our 7th annual Community Partnership Celebration is coming soon. This year our 7th Annual (and 1st virtual) Community Partnership Celebration will be on Monday, November 16th, at 5:30 pm. The online…
One of the ways Families as Allies works to make things better at the system's level is gathering input from families about the best ways to design services and programs…
How do you say goodbye to an icon in the family movement? An esteemed mentor? A much-beloved friend? I don’t know. But sometimes life gives us no choice. Tessie Brunini…
In every month that has a fifth Wednesday, Families as Allies schedules a special Facebook Live event where we invite families and the partners that we work with to have…