Webinar Series
Enhancing and Empowering: Conversations for Positive Change
We started daily “by the community—for the community” webinars in English and Spanish in 2020 as a response to the entropy and social isolation of the pandemic. Now, our webinar series Enhancing and Empowering: Conversations for Positive Change fosters conversation, connection, and community. Currently, webinar presenters are providing free content to the Be Strong Families community both live and on demand. The presenters are also providing deeper-dive fee-based workshops on the same topics.
Upcoming Webinar
Using Parent Cafés as a Way to Strengthen Families
Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 12 PM CST
Hosted by Mary Ramirez, Amanda Mills, and Darci Peterson
What if strengthening families started with a conversation? Join us for an engaging webinar where we explore how Parent Cafés serve as a powerful, peer-to-peer learning process that has families working together to grow stronger before challenges escalate into crisis.
Grounded in the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors, Parent Cafés create safe, welcoming spaces where parents build connections, share experiences, and access support in meaningful ways.
In this session, we’ll be in conversation with some of our trusted family-facing organizational partners who are using this approach in real time to support families and communities. Together, we’ll explore how shifting from reactive approaches to relationship-centered engagement can reduce risk, increase resilience, and promote long-term well-being.
Through shared experiences and practical insights, participants will gain ideas and strategies for implementing Parent Cafés as a proactive, prevention-focused practice. Whether you are new to the model or looking to deepen your work, you’ll leave with tools, inspiration, and real-world examples to strengthen families and communities through connection.
Webinar Archive
In the table below, you can find recordings and presentation slides for most of our past webinars. You can also find specific webinars by searching keywords, filtering or sorting.