Sept 11th, Century College Luncheon Speaker Series – Mike Tikkanen INVISIBLE CHILDREN
Save the Date; Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
11:30 am to 1pm
East Campus Lincoln Mall
Complimentary Lunch
Please RSVP to Cindy Haak 651-779-3219
DetailsSave the Date; Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
11:30 am to 1pm
East Campus Lincoln Mall
Complimentary Lunch
Please RSVP to Cindy Haak 651-779-3219
DetailsKARA is collecting stories about child abuse and child protection in your state. Send us an email with your news, insights, information, questions, and comments.
Send to, Info@invisiblechildren.org & help us bring attention to the issues impacting your community.
DetailsHave you thought, “people need to see or hear this” when experiencing a powerful video or radio interview or story about how children are treated in America? KARA wants to include those links in a child abuse / child protection exhibit we are sending for free to colleges around the nation. Take a minute to…
DetailsEven though the legislative session doesn’t start for another month, the MinneMinds campaign continues to work to ensure more kids have access to high quality early learning. Bills have already begun to be filed and one of the first bills to be introduced calls for more resources for early learning scholarships.
DetailsSelf-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Professionalism – Part 5)
Volunteers lack “professionalism” is a primary argument management is using to eliminate the community CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer guardian ad Litem program in Minnesota.
DetailsEliminating the Volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will hurt children, institutions, and our quality of life for years to come. Minnesota youth and young families are struggling. They need more, not less help.
DetailsThere may be no single right answer
to the problems of Child Protection in Minnesota –
but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
MN Senior Judge Lyonel Norris has stated that, “…an all employee model can create an institutionalizing effect upon a child”. I would add “an even greater” institutionalizing effect upon a child”.
DetailsLet’s imagine a government that controls (1) automobile safety standards, (2) the state inspection for compliance with automobile safety standards (3) the automobile repair industry, all within the same department, and all done in official secrecy so as to protect the privacy of would-be drivers.
And let’s also suppose that the people who drive automobiles are, 98% of them, poor and very young people, who have no effective political voice.
Detailsover time, institutions cling to self-destructive habits and fight tooth and nail to keep them. Child protective services is not different
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