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Funding is Important for Our Schools
Funding is Important for Our Schools We are students who attend charter schools in Indianapolis. We are sharing our voices because funding is important for our schools. This is our Open Letter to the IPS [...]
Statement from Howard Fuller Regarding the Proposed IPS Referendum
A few years back for a reflection on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I wrote that there is nothing more painful than seeing so many of our children denied the quality education they need [...]
EmpowerED Families hires Kim Graham
EmpowerED Families is excited to welcome Kim Graham as Director of Organizing and Partnerships! With more than two decades of experience in Indianapolis schools, Kim knows first-hand the challenges and joys families experience during their [...]
Auboni Hart joins EmpowerED Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Auboni Hart has joined the team at the family power-building educational advocacy non-profit as a communications and operations coordinator INDIANAPOLIS (April 7, 2022) – EmpowerED Families, an Indianapolis-based organization that builds family [...]
Indianapolis non-profit prioritizes parent advocacy with the selection of two new hires and two new appointees to its board of directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INDIANAPOLIS – (September 7, 2021) – EmpowerED Families, an Indianapolis-based organization that builds family power through relationships, has announced the addition of Alexis Tardy as Lead Organizer, Delma Suber as Community Outreach [...]
Parent Power Development Trainings
Have you heard??? We have created a special series to SUPPORT and to EMPOWER parents, grandparents, caregivers and mentors this school year, called Parent Power Development Trainings! You're invited to attend our final session of 2021, [...]
EmpowerED Families launches three-year family priority platform to address educational equity in Indianapolis
Four platform components reflect issues that Black and LatinX families want addressed INDIANAPOLIS – (May 18, 2021) – EmpowerED Families, an Indianapolis-based organization that builds family power through relationships, today announced four platform priorities co-created [...]
EmpowerED Families Parent Advocate Spotlight: Alexandra J. Hall & Paula Barrett
Meet Alexandra J. Hall! As the mother of a son who receives special education services, Alexandra J. Hall quickly had to learn the importance of parent advocacy. In the beginning, she admits that it wasn’t [...]
EmpowerED Families Parent Advocate Spotlight: Clare Pope & Wendy Williams
Meet Clare Pope! When most consider what it means to be a Parent Advocate, often it’s the academically advanced or learning-disabled children that come to mind. But what about the child in the middle? To [...]
EmpowerED Families Parent Advocate Spotlight: Delma Suber & Iris Blanco
Meet Delma Suber! When Delma Suber’s 10-year-old son was diagnosed with autism, her entire world shifted. Forced to advocate for her son in a school system with many roadblocks — Suber had to start from [...]
EmpowerED Families: Meet our Parent Advocates!
We are SO THANKFUL to this incredible group of leaders here at Empowered Families who do the work daily of connecting with, listening to and working with families. We are pleased to honor them [...]
EmpowerED Families Parent Advocate Spotlight: Kisha Walker & Betty Salgado
Meet Kisha Walker! Kisha Walker, a mother of six, was faced with a life-shattering reality back in 2008. After her husband suddenly passed — she had to spend the next several years picking up the [...]
EmpowerED Families hires Director of Operations
INDIANAPOLIS – (December 7, 2020) – EmpowerED Families, an Indianapolis nonprofit that builds family power to fight for high-quality education, has hired Tiera Hollanquest as Director of Operations. As part of EmpowerED Families’ founding team, [...]
EmpowerED Families selects eight Black and Latina leaders for community organizing Fellowship
INDIANAPOLIS — (November 16, 2020) — EmpowerED Families, an Indianapolis nonprofit organization that builds family power and voice to advance educational equity, today announced the selection of the inaugural cohort of EmpowerED Families Parent Advocates. [...]
Are You EmpowerED? Live Discussion with Ashley Virden and Ontay Johnson
Ontay Johnson and Ashley Virden held a live discussion on why parent voice is needed in education (especially now) and how EmpowerED Families is listening and taking action. Ontay and Ashley answered audience questions about [...]
The Mind Trust selects former 100 Black Men executive as next Education Entrepreneur Fellow
Ontay Johnson will be a one-year Education Entrepreneur Fellow who will lead EmpowerED Families, a parent organizing nonprofit Indianapolis - (July 16, 2020) - The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education nonprofit, has selected Ontay Johnson [...]
The Mind Trust selects far eastside community leader to launch independent education advocacy nonprofit for families
Read The Article Here. https://www.themindtrust.org/news/mind-trust-selects-far-eastside-community-leader-launch-indepen dent-education-advocacy-nonprofit-families/)
EmpowerED Families participated in Indy Recorder’s Town Hall
In case you missed this incredible conversation, click here for the replay!