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Recognizing and Responding to Inequity with Allison DeMarco

For this episode, we talked to Allison DeMarco, author of the upcoming MFRA course, "What Can Family Service Providers Do to Recognize and Respond to Inequities?" Allison is an advanced research scientist at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and adjunct faculty at the School of Social Work at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on racial equity, poverty, neighborhood effects, work and family, and well-being for residents of rural communities.

Understanding Buy Now, Pay Later Services

In this webinar, experts from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provide important information for Personal Financial Managers (PFMs) on Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services. As Buy Now, Pay Later services become more common with online and in-store shopping, it is important for service members and their families to understand the product and how service member consumer protections apply.

Creating Equity During Family Visits

About This Webinar: The first session in the four-part Going Virtual series engages participants in reflective thinking around how their own beliefs and experiences shape their expectations for interactions with families and behaviors in virtual settings. Discussion includes strategies to work with families in ways that build caregivers’ capacities while...

Spouse Employment and Family Financial Readiness

Frequent moves and deployments can create unique challenges for a military spouse’s career progression and income, impacting the family’s financial resilience. However, military spouses have access to education and career guidance, comprehensive resources, and tools worldwide to assist them in overcoming these challenges.

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Practicing Informal Leadership with Lauren O’Donnell

Our guest for this episode is Lauren O'Donnell (LinkedIn),  a consultant with extensive experience in facilitation, communication, strategic planning, engagement and much more. She’s currently working as a curriculum developer and operations officer at the United States Army War College, where she organized and led the Senior Spouse Leadership Seminar (SSLS).

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Culturally Sustaining Coaching Approaches

About This Webinar: The second session in the Going Virtual series introduces six early intervention adult learning principles that service providers can use to support caregiver learning during visits with families. The connection between culturally sustaining practices and coaching practices that support learning for caregivers and children during family routines...

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Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice Landscape

Visit the 2022 Military Family Readiness Academy homepage for information on course enrollment and continuing education. The Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice Landscape series focuses on individuals’ understanding of social justice and equity, including their own understanding of privilege and oppression. Courses and panel discussions will equip family service...

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Replay of Collaboration

In this episode, we explore different perspectives on collaboration. Is there a mindset that leads to collaboration? How can we encourage collaborations that create something new? What makes for a good collaboration?

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Social Justice and Social Work: A Panel Discussion

About This Panel: Join this discussion to learn how you can become a social justice advocate for your clients.  As part of the 2022 Academy series, Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice Landscape, this interactive discussion will address comments and questions around social justice issues brought to the session by...

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Social Justice and Military Families: A Panel Discussion

About This Panel: This panel discussion will focus on how social justice manifests within the delivery of services for military families. Participants who have completed all three courses of the 2022 Academy Series will find this panel especially beneficial. This interactive discussion around the content of the third course in...

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Heather Plett: On Holding Space and Mutual Liberation

In this episode, we talked to Heather Plett  about what it means to practice "holding space" for ourselves and others, what it looks like when we hijack space, how holding space is an act of mutual liberation, and the practice of honoring shared needs and shared responsibility in community.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Number 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333.

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