
Posts By Diana Rivera


Webinar: Activating Community Power: A Conversation with Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia
Webinar: Building Relationships and Partnerships towards an Equitable Food System

Webinar: Healing through Community Building and Birth Equity Advocacy
Register at https://bit.ly/NOW-Webinar-May-2023

Webinar: Participatory Governance Strategies in Early Childhood Education
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Virtual Workshop: Food as a Public Work
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Join us on October 18-19! Vital Village Networks 2022 National Community Leadership Summit
We invite you to join us next week for the 9th annual virtual National Community Leadership Summit, themed Crafting Our Legacy: Collaborative Action for Love, Liberation, and Joy , hosted by Boston Medical Center’s Vital Village Networks on October 18-19 from 12pm-5:30pm Eastern (4pm-10pm Greenwich Mean Time). The Summit will include two general conference days, a pre-conference focused on equity in data, as well as an opportunity to embark on a six-month learning journey focused on beloved...

Webinar: Cooperatives as a Practice of Community Leadership
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WEBINAR: Community Food Systems, Maternal Health and Justice
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WEBINAR: Reimagining Child Welfare: Equitable Models for Collaborative Family Leadership
https://bit.ly/now-webinar-dec-2021

WEBINAR: Sustaining Family-Led Innovations for Equitable COVID-Recovery
https://bit.ly/RSVP-NOW-Webinar-June2021
WEBINAR: Cooperative Economies for Collective Leadership: New Paradigms for Funding Community-Determined Efforts to Advance Child Wellbeing and Equity
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WEBINAR: Redefining Justice for Children and Families
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WEBINAR: Creating Pathways for Community Leadership
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2020 National Community Leadership Summit - Vital Village Networks
https://www.vitalvillagesummit2020.org/

WEBINAR: Community-Driven Policy Advocacy: Upholding the Dignity of Immigrant Children and Families
https://bit.ly/now-webinar-july-2020

WEBINAR: Operationalizing Equity through Participatory Data Storytelling
http://bit.ly/now-webinar-april-2020
Podcast Episode: "Community Data into Action: An African American Breastfeeding Blueprint" (28 min)
The Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) is excited to share the seventh episode of In the Arena with NOW , a podcast series that lifts up the voices of community leaders who are “in the arena” -- in classrooms, playgrounds, Congressional halls, hospitals, and neighborhood streets -- working to make sure that all children and families can live healthy, thriving lives. Episode 7: Community Data into Action: An African American Breastfeeding Blueprint Headquartered in Atlanta,...
Podcast: "Honoring Culture, Language, and Family: Stories from the Navajo Nation" (30 min)
The Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) is excited to share the fifth episode of In the Arena with NOW , a podcast series that lifts up the voices of community leaders who are “in the arena” -- in classrooms, playgrounds, Congressional halls, hospitals, and neighborhood streets -- working to make sure that all children and families can live healthy, thriving lives. In our fifth episode, Honoring Culture, Language, and Family: Stories from the Navajo Nation , we speak with...

WEBINAR: Strategies for Centering Equity in Early Care and Education
Podcast Episode, "The Power of Peer Learning and Capacity Building: Improving Access to Quality Early Care and Education in Philadelphia"
The Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) at Vital Village Network is excited to share the fourth episode of In the Arena with NOW , a podcast series that lifts up the voices of community leaders who are “in the arena” -- in classrooms, playgrounds, Congressional halls, hospitals, and neighborhood streets -- working to make sure that all children and families can live healthy, thriving lives. In our fourth episode, The Power of Peer Learning and Capacity Building , we speak with...

National Community Leadership Summit - Vital Village Network
George Sherman Union, Boston University, Boston, MA
WEBINAR: Culturally Relevant and Affirming Approaches to Engaging Families: Reflections from the Brazelton Tribal Touchpoints Initiative
http://bit.ly/sept-2019-webinar
In the Arena with NOW Podcast Episode, "Cultivating Leaders of Color in Early Care and Education" (27 min)
The Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) is excited to share the third episode of In the Arena with NOW , a podcast series that lifts up the voices of community leaders who are “in the arena” -- in classrooms, playgrounds, Congressional halls, hospitals, and neighborhood streets -- working to make sure that all children and families can live healthy, thriving lives. In our third episode, we speak with members of the California Consortium for Equity in Early Care and Education...
In the Arena with NOW Podcast Episode, "Letting Communities Lead" (30 min)
The Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) is excited to share the second episode of In the Arena with NOW , a podcast series that lifts up the voices of community leaders who are “in the arena” -- in classrooms, playgrounds, Congressional halls, hospitals, and neighborhood streets -- working to make sure that all children and families can live healthy, thriving lives. In our second episode, we speak with members of the Young Child Wellness Council (YCWC) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ,...

WEBINAR: Data Storytelling: Utilizing Data to Tell Stories of Impact and Engage Policymakers
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WEBINAR: Community Engagement and Leadership: Centering Parents and Families
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WEBINAR: Fostering Thriving Cities: City and Community Partnerships for Early Childhood Success
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WEBINAR: What's Underneath the Iceberg: Unpacking ACEs and Addressing Structural Inequities
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WEBINAR: Designing Thinking for Community Change
WEBINAR: NOW Innovation Forum Virtual Tour
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NOW Innovation Forum: A New Tool to Foster Peer Learning and Share Resources to Strengthen Trauma-Informed Systems
All across the country, parents, providers, educators, and advocates have come together around a powerful vision: that each and every child, parent, and family can live whole lives and reach their full potential in healthy, thriving communities of opportunity. In neighborhoods, cities, counties, tribal nations, and states, community leaders have sought to center the people who are facing the greatest inequities in health, education, and access to early childhood resources and ensure they are...