Community Events with Be Strong Families:
Café Events
A Taste of Cafés
Our Taste of Café series gives you a preview of Cafés—Be Strong Families’ internationally known, structured, small group conversations! Join us Fridays and Wednesdays for a free session where you can take part in peer-to-peer conversations that facilitate transformation, healing, and strength within families.
Theme: Any Way You Slice It
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 – 6 -7:30 pm CST
Friday, March 20, 2026 – 12:00 -1:30 pm CST
Parenting comes in all shapes, sizes, and flavors—and sometimes it’s a little messy! Sometimes family life feels like a perfectly stacked slice and other times it feels little all over the place. From tantrums to triumphs, every piece of your parenting journey matters. Join us as we share our stories and savor the fun, the chaos and the little victories of family life because—any way you slice it, you’re not alone!
Theme: Spring Forward, Parent Strong
Friday, March 27, 2026 – 12 -1:30 pm CST
As the days get longer, it’s time to recharge, reconnect, and strengthen your parenting roots. Just like we set our clocks forward in spring, it’s about intentionally “moving ahead” and finding ways to refresh, gain energy, and embrace new routines or challenges. Through supportive conversation, we’ll explore ways to tackle challenges, nurture resilience, and embrace the joy in everyday parenting. Let’s spring forward—together, stronger, and ready for what matters most.
Una Probadita de Café
Nuestra serie Una Probadita de Café le ofrece una vista previa de Cafés: ¡las conversaciones estructuradas y de grupos pequeños internacionalmente conocidas de Cafés: Be Strong Families! Únase a nosotros para una sesión gratuita en la que podrá participar en conversaciones entre pares que transforman, sanan y fortalecen a las familias. Presentada cada mes en miercoles de 6:00 pm a 7:30 pm tiempo central. Invite a sus familiares y mejor amig@s.
Intro to Be Strong Families Parent Cafés
After you attend A Taste of Cafés, experience a free 1 hour Intro to Cafés session for more information and to get your questions answered. If you ever needed a place to learn how to keep your children safe and your family strong—this is it! Complete with an introduction to the history, benefits, major parts and roles of a Parent Café. These Cafés are a highly structured, small-group conversation process that promotes peer-to-peer learning and deep self–reflection.
Vitality Resources
We’ve been on a steadfast journey to vitality - boost yours! Check out our offerings for you and your community to nurture mind, body, and spirit.
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Beauty: An Essential Ingredient for Well-Being (June 6, 2019)
Maximizing Vitality When You’re Singin’ the Holiday Blues (December 9, 2019)
We’re a Member of the February #WECANSAVETHEWORLD Sustainability Challenge (February 4, 2021)
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What does Financial Vitality Feel Like to You? (April 26, 2021)
Social Vitality During and Post Pandemic (May 3, 2021)
What is Environmental Vitality? (May 10, 2021)
Nourishing Mental/Emotional Vitality (May 17, 2021)
Creating Your Strategic Plan for Holistic Vitality (May 27, 2021)
Physical Vitality & Body-based Grief (June 14, 2021)
Financial Vitality after Death of a Loved One (June 16, 2021)
Environmental Vitality: Preserving Memories and Clearing Spaces (June 21, 2021)
Social Vitality & Becoming Who We Are (June 23, 2021)
Spiritual Vitality in the Context of Grief, Trauma & Loss (June 29, 2021)
Intro to Family Vitality (July 6, 2021)
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This Café toolkit is based on the realization that a strong family is a healthy family. Each Vitality Café in a Box includes a full deck of bilingual (English/Spanish) question cards with over 200 questions that focus on the six Vitality Domains, as well as a link to an online Café guide.
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Vitality Cafés are peer-to-peer guided discussion groups that use the six Vitality Domains and empowered engagement techniques to help participants come up with strategies to improve their overall holistic health. RSVP with the section above.
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Please contact us!
Conferences
Join Be Strong Families at the Beyond School Hours Conference presented by Foundations, Inc.
Sessions that we will be leading:
Strength for the Journey Parent Café: Conversations for Parents of Children with Disabilities | March 1, 2026 | 2:45 PM - 4 PM EST
The Parent Influence: Best Practices for Sustaining Meaningful Parent Engagement (Session 1) | March 2, 2026 | 9:45 AM - 11 PM EST
The Parent Influence: Best Practices for Sustaining Meaningful Parent Engagement (Session 2) | March 3, 2026 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Meet us at a conference near you. Introduce yourself at our exhibit booths and engage with us in our sessions. We'd love to welcome you into our community, learn and grow together.