Coronavirus Highlights the Need for Educational Model Update
How Coronavirus Highlights the Need for Educational Model Update
Coronavirus virus is still in big swing here at home. It’s demands that life change as we know it are exhausting and mentally draining. Informational shifts...
Teaching Children to Celebrate Differences
Everyday I am reminded that the world my daughter is growing up in is completely different than the world I grew up in. While there have been so many things that have happened in...
Reflecting on the Positive Things from 2020
I remember the day in March quite vividly as I'm sure many of you do too. I called my husband and told him that I thought it best we keep our kiddos home from...
I’m Pregnant & He Ate My Bagels
After a long day of being tired and hungry, I was exhausted and starving. I’m talking “I can’t be bothered with cooking, and if I could safely swallow food while sleeping I’d never leave...
15-year-old inventor and scientist named TIME’s first-ever ‘Kid of the Year’
While TIME has selected a Person of the Year for the past 92 years, this is the first time the outlet has named a Kid of the Year. Meet Gitanjali Rao.
TIME magazine has named...
I Didn’t Know I Needed Play Dates as Much as My Kids
Ah, the magical yet illusive pandemic play dates. It serves many purposes: proof that other people still exist in the world, practice taking turns in conversation, time to laugh and play with someone the...
Remember Civil Conversations? Here’s How to Have One (Even Online)
Remember civil conversations? Here's how to have one (even online). Civility seems to have gone out the window with the advent of the internet, and this year has shown all of us how rude...
Impact Austin Awards $40,000 Social Innovation Grant to Black Mamas ATX
Impact Austin Awards $40,000 Social Innovation Grant to Black Mamas ATX
We are pleased to announce that the members of Impact Austin voted to award this year’s Social Innovation Grant (SIG) in the amount of...
New Spark Kit Puts Girls’ Power in Their Hands, Invites Girls to Lead With...
Girls Empowerment Network today announced its one-of-a-kind girl power Spark Kit called LEAD WITH YOUR VOICE especially for teen and tween girls to inspire them to make their dream today their reality tomorrow.
Featuring a...
Go vote, little eyes are watching. Why voting matters now more than ever!
This week, voting opened up for us and we took our afternoon to go to the polls. I’ve taken my daughter with me to vote since I can remember. One year she talked a...