By Juan Carlos Cintrón, Mind in the Making facilitator
on March 19, 2020
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Español, Mind in the Making.
I was able to present the Mind in the Making (MITM) workshop of the 7 Essential Life Skills with Elizabeth Sierra to parents at Alta Vista Elementary School in partnership with…
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By Sharlene Brown, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on March 2, 2020
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Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Parenting is a journey, not a destination. And preparing children to grow up to be productive well-adjusted individuals with the requisite skills to manage life’s challenges and opportunities can feel overwhelming. The women of Team Faithful are passionate about their…
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By Jenifer Johnson, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on February 26, 2020
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Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
WOOP is an easy to learn goal-setting tool based on 20 years of scientific research in helping people change their habits to achieve their goals. What sets WOOP apart from other goal-setting tools is that the process features mental…
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By Shalia Moore-Hayes, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on February 26, 2020
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Mind in the Making.
SOLVE Maternity Homes is a group of residential maternity homes for at-risk pregnant women and their babies. SOLVE’s devoted staff and volunteers provide housing and a structured program free of charge to women and their babies…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 25, 2020
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Aspirations Journalism.
In the 19th century, black intellectuals in the northeast gathered regularly in literacy groups to research, debate, and write about everything from mathematical theories, history and language, to women’s fashion in China. “It’s a part of black history that’s been…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 11, 2020
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Aspirations Journalism.
Adjacent neighborhoods can have wide disparities in lifelong outcomes. Along much of Florida’s Gulf Coast, inequities are more common between neighborhoods in the same city than they are across the country. And they can affect everything from life expectancy to…
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By LeeAnne Moody, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on February 11, 2020
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Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Team Wonderful has divided themselves up into teams of two and is seated on throw pillows casually tossed across blankets and sheets I have toted from home. It is 8:00 AM, and with coffee in hand, they settle down on…
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By Jenifer Johnson, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on February 11, 2020
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Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Mind in the Making workshops takes on the personality of the cohort participants. I recently had the opportunity to lead a cohort of foster parents into engaging conversations of the seven essential skills every child needs. The first day started…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 10, 2020
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Aspirations Journalism.
At no cost to the families, buses “Rosie” and “Sunny” park in their student’s driveways in rural Clay County, Kentucky, to introduce 3- and 4-year-olds to books, letters, and numbers. Research on the benefits of pre-K shows definitively that children…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on January 31, 2020
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Aspirations Journalism, Community, Health.
The increased maternal mortality rate among black women holds true across income and coverage status. The country with the most expensive health care costs in the developed world is also the most dangerous one for women to give birth. If…
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