Growing Up In America: The Way It Is

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth.Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of TexasWe have some amazing cohosts today,Sandra Ostad, Interim Chief Development Officer, CitySquareLauren, Asst. Director of Programs, C@RSylvia Acosta, Senior VP and Chief Officer, National Minority Supplier Development CouncilLeah King, President & CEO, United Way TarrantAmanda McAfee, Vice President of Community Impact, United Way Lubbock

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth.Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth.Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas Today’s guests and topics are:Today’s guests and topics are: Linda Corchado, Director of the Childrens Immigration Network, C@R. Statement on recent DACA ruling. Dalinda Gonzalez-Alcantar, CEO, Boys & Girls Club McAllen State of Latine Children. Celeste Barretto Milligan, Founder and CEO of Tessilys Group LLC HISD Candidate Forum by ONE Houston. Julia Grizzard, Executive Director of the Bexar County Education Coalition The misinformation surrounding vouchers and their proposal versus actuality.

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth.Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas Today’s guests and topics are:Today’s guests and topics are: Dr. Melanie Johnson, President & CEO, Collaborative for Children – Accolades Nominee. Accolades nomination, Outstanding Child Advocate - Houston, Gulf Coast and East Texas. Collaborative for Children mission and work. Claire Dutreix, Sr. Associate Director of K-12, C@R Education Summit Kim Kofron, Sr. Director of Education, C@R Non-traditional child care, child care outside the typical work day and what that looks like. Dr. Grace Lewis, Senior Health Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund Climate Vulnerability Index mapping tool (will launch on Oct. 2nd).

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth.Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of TexasToday’s guests and topics are: Sandra Rodriguez, Advocacy Director, Latinos for Education. Their work is to improve the experience of Latino students, teachers, and parents within Houston ISD. Becky “BQ” Quintanilla, Project Coordinator, C@R Hip Speak Kendra Richardson, Founder and CEO of Funky Town Fridge, Fort Worth – Accolades Nominee Funky Town Fridge has five outdoor fridges, accessible 24/7 in primarily food insecure, Black neighborhoods in Fort Worth. They have served over 8,000 pounds of food to over 5,000 families. Kim Kofron, Senior Director of Education, C@R Child Care funding cliff is here.

Welcome to Growing Up in America. This is a discussion on children, public policy. How do we as a community do when it comes to taking care of all of our kids? We are a production of Children at Risk, The Voice for the Children of Texas.Today’s guests and topics are: Shani Bacy, Chief Program Officer, The Landing Human Trafficking rehabilitation, Drop-In Centers, Outreach programs, Youth Advocacy initiatives. Liz Selig, Executive Director, KNOW-Autism. Accolades Nominee, Children with Disabilities Advocate of the Year. Autism awareness and resources. Lizzy Cashiola, Associate Director of Regional Research at the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research who the Houston Education Research Consortium is, that kind of research they provide and how it is used in specific and regional districts. Linda Corchado, Director, Children’s Immigration Network, C@R Immigration update – what’s happening at the border? We hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk, The Voice of Texas Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law, and collaborative action on behalf of Texas youth.Today’s guests and topics are: Dr. Nicole Townsend, Professor, Higher Education Maternal Mortality in women of color Celeste Barretto, Founder and CEO of Tesssilys Group LLC, a consulting/coaching firm for schools/nonprofits. Pressures on teachers and leaders from HISD takeover, maintaining safe campuses, resurgence of covid, political context (supporting queer and transgender students), and the sheer workload we place atop of teachers. Alicia Lee, MHA, Director, March of Dimes Maternity care desert report Nicola Springer, Executive VP, Director of PK-12 Projects, Kirksey Architecture Welcoming, Wellbeing and Wellness designing for the whole child and family, mind, spirit, and body. Each week, we aim to fill these same 16 minutes minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas

Growing up in America is a production of Children at Risk, The Voice of Texas Children, a non -profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas youth.Today’s guests and topics are: Dr. Christopher Kulesza, Scholar in Child Health Policy, Rice University – Social determinants of health in K-12 education. Ben Wermund, Washington Correspondent for the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News – Texas Troopers told to push children into Rio Grande article. Linda Corchado, Children’s Immigration Network, C@R Steven Wu, Organizing and Policy Director, Woori Juntos – Language Barriers in Children and How Policy Can Help Sophia & Willis Johnson, NTX Hats Off Chairs, Sophia Johnson is founder and president of ABI, Willis Johnson is CEO and Founder of JBJ Marketing, LLC – what drives their passion and why do they want to support C@R? Each week we aim to fill the same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas.

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like Thumbs Up Thumbs Down, Data of the Day, which our teaser number is 37%. Today’s guests and topics are:Dr. Daphne Hernandez, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonErin McDaniel, Academic Performance Coach (Math), Texas A+ ChallengeJamie Freeny, Mental Health AmericaEmilee Whitehurst, Houston Area Women’s Centers President and CEO We hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like Thumbs Up Thumbs Down, Data of the Day, which our teaser number is 28%. Today’s guests and topics are: Katherine Gallardo, C@R CSME Intern Jen Mascheck, Academic Performance Coach (Math), Texas A+ Challenge Becky Q, Project Coordinator, C@R Stephen Ives, President & CEO, YMCA of Greater Houston We hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like Thumbs Up Thumbs Down, Data of the Day, which our teaser number is 49th. Today’s guests and topics are: Paul Chavez, Senior Supervising Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center & SPLC Action Fund in Florida. Dr. Marcy Baez, Chief Academic Performance Officer, Texas A+ Summer Sanders, Intern, C@R Linda Corchado, Director of Children’s Immigration Network, C@R We hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like Data of the Day, which our teaser number is 10 billion. Today’s guests and topics are: Derrick Broze, Mayoral Candidate for Houston, investigative journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur, public speaker, and activist based in Houston, Texas. Merritt Drewery, Assistant Professor of Animal Science, Texas State Neomi Fletcher, Associate Director, Early Childhood Education, C@R Kim Kofron, Senior Director of Education, C@R We hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like Data of the Day, which our teaser number is 41%. Today’s guests and topics are: Dr. Steve Kelder, Professor at UTHealth, School of Public Health, Austin Campus Ava Janczak, C@R Intern Susannah Young, Texas A+ Academic Performance Coach Kim Kofron, Senior Director of Education, C@R We hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like Data of the Day, which our teaser number is 45%. We have a special guest for the Data of the Day, Nadia Valliani, Director of Community Philanthropy, Greater Houston Community Foundation. Today’s guests and topics are:Errica Dodson, Writers in schoolRev. Jessica Shannon, Master of DivinityVenetia Peacock, HCDEDr. Jamie Freeny, Mental Health AmericaNicole Li Ma, Organizing and Policy Associate at Woori JuntosWe hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....

On this episode we talk to these amazing guests about these topics:Linda Corchado, Children's Immigration Network, C@R - Title 42.Megan Green, Director of Prevention and Early Intervention Services, DePelchin Children’s Center - Safe Sleep.Dr. Daphne Hernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Research with Cizik School of Nursing at UT Health Houston - Economic Tradeoffs.Data of the Day w/ Christine Thomas, Sr. Associate Director, Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation (CSME), C@R - Teaser # 30.Raul Zavaleta, Health Services Coordinator, Harris County Department of Education. - Preparing Families for long term engagement in education.Dr. Ricky Flores, Clinical Director, Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, The Woodlands. - Being a minority in the medical field.Our hosts are, Dr. Bob Sanborn, President & CEO of C@R, and Claire Dutreix, Senior Associate Director, K-12, C@R. Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. *This episode was prerecorded on May 17th, 2023.

On this episode we talk to these amazing guests about these topics:C@R's 2023 Annual Kroger Food Rankings.Thumbs Up Thumbs Down topic - Gap Year (high school to college).Dr. Daphne Hernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Research with Cizik School of Nursing at UT Health Houston. - Food Insecurity and Housing Instabilities.Kiro Calderon, Mental Health Specialist, Harris County Dept. of Education. - The importance of social emotional learning in the early years.Data of the Day w/ special guest Nadia Valliani, Director of Community Philanthropy, Greater Houston Community Foundation - Teaser # 60%.Rekha Lakshmanan, Immunize USA. - Pieces of legislation that can set back public health and immunization policies back years.Sharell Webb, Coding with a Twist. - How to aide in increasing inclusion in STEM spaces.Our hosts are, Dr. Bob Sanborn, President & CEO of C@R, and Claire Dutreix, Senior Associate Director, K-12, C@R. Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. *This episode was prerecorded on May 10th, 2023.

On this episode we talk to these amazing guests about these topics: Thumbs Up Thumbs Down topic - Standardized Tests Becky Quintanilla, Project Coordinator, CHILDREN AT RISK (C@R) - Gen Z Slang Andrew Hairston, Education Justice Project Director, Texas Appleseed - Pressing Issues in Public Education Data of the Day w/ Christine Thomas, Sr. Associate Director, Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation (CSME), C@R - Teaser # 2,100:1. Gulshan Rahman, Assistant Director of Compliance and Family Services - Covid’s effects on ECE workforce Megan Green, Director of Prevention and Early Intervention Services, DePelchin Children’s Center - Fatherhood InvolvementOur hosts are, Dr. Bob Sanborn, President & CEO of C@R, and Lauren Biegel, Assistant Program Director of C@R. Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. *This episode was prerecorded on May 3rd, 2023.