When her son walked across the stage at his college graduation, Dena Chapman exhaled — for him and for every Black and Brown young man who never got the chance. Dena’s reflection on "the talk," A More Perfect Union, and what it means to parent in a divided America is a powerful case for transformative conversation.

We are in a time of collective movement around the lifting of veils and the illumination of shadows. You would have to be trying very hard to remain ignorant to the emergence of these stories that were once silenced coming into voice. It is a strong, potent, rattling, traumatizing event that is still in its beginning stages as we have so many stories to hear, so much untold that deserves Truth and Reconciliation.

El equipo de Abrazando Diversidad es la fuerza principal en los esfuerzos de Be Strong Families para modelar la inclusión, honrar la diversidad y promover la equidad y la justicia social en toda la organización al brindar servicios en otros idiomas; desarrollar/adaptar entrenamientos y otros recursos que se sientan auténticos y que respondan a diferentes poblaciones; así como el comunicarse abiertamente unos a otros y con los padres al reunirse con ellos donde ellos se encuentran.

The Abrazando Diversidad (Embracing Diversity) team is the main force in Be Strong Families' efforts to model inclusion, honor diversity, and promote equity and social justice throughout the organization by providing services in other languages; developing / adapting trainings and other resources that feel authentic and responsive to different populations; as well as communicating openly with each other and with parents to meet people where they are.

When Germany approved a third gender on official documents in 2018, Kathryn saw an opening to ask bigger questions about gender, identity, and self-determination. Her reflection is both personal and philosophical.

Written before the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and published in its aftermath, this reflection from BSF grapples honestly with anti-Semitism on both the left and the right — and what it means to fight for justice for all families.

Weiss et al. highlight how family engagement is key to achieving equity for kids in schools, and offer examples of how engaging parents as co-creators, co-learners, community-builders and decision-makers creates the condition for equitable learning.

Growing up as the white sibling of a Black brother didn't just change Jessie Schrantz's family; it changed her. Her reflection on transracial adoption challenges us to examine how whiteness shapes the experience of multiracial families and what radical, anti-racist love actually looks like in practice.

When two Mohawk brothers were reported to police during a college campus tour, it prompted the question: what does it take to genuinely accommodate people outside our own cultural frame of reference? BSF explores how transformative conversations build the capacity to do exactly that.

Chinese Parent Cafés have taken off in San Francisco thanks to the efforts of Be Strong Families Board Member Sandy Baba. For her PhD dissertation, “Towards a Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate and Responsive Family Engagement Model for Low Income Chinese Immigrant Parents in San Francisco: A Qualitative Analysis,” Sandy conducted a four-year research study adapting BSF’s Parent Café model for the Chinese community.