In the last episode of the season, Cailin and Sanaa share reflections and highlights of the season, insights into their current work, and updates from past guests.

Show notes:

• www.linktr.ee/QueenSanaa
• www.lintr.ee/SavvyChicClothing
• www.youtube.com/c/qsqueensanaa
• www.savvychicclothing
• Arthur Fidel Argomaniz - Center for the Study of Social Policy
• New Neighborhood Resource Hub: Featuring Your Local Work
• Relationship and Connection: Prevention and Intervention Webinar

Description: In this episode of the New Neighborhood, we hear from Martin Balben, Tennille Call, and Randy Jensen about the early learning coalitions taking shape throughout Idaho. The conversation delves into the ongoing early childhood efforts in American Falls and highlights Read Talk Play, their early childhood literacy initiative.

Show notes:

• Read Talk Play | American Falls School District #381
• Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children
• Building Blocks of an Early Learning Community (check back in early 2024 for updated materials)

In this episode of the New Neighborhood, Tina Sherman and Daphne Alsiyao speak about the power of storytelling and parent advocacy, empowering family leaders to speak up and influencing maternal health policy in North Carolina.

Show notes:

• https://www.smartstart.org/family-engagement-and-leadership/taking-action/
• Join MomsRising -https://action.momsrising.org/signup/stand_with_momsrising/

In this episode, we hear from Linda King and Ari Wubbold from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette about their housing stability work. They discuss the current state of housing and how their eviction prevention program works to keep families in stable housing.

 Show notes:

• United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Housing Stability
• Center for Housing & Community Studies- Tenant Leadership Academy
• Find free and low-cost legal help wherever you live: https://www.usa.gov/legal-aid and https://www.lawhelp.org/
• New Neighborhood Form

The third episode of season 3 features the work of Power of Two, a community-based organization in NYC that offers in-home parent coaching, connection to community resources, and community advocacy. We spoke with Kristin Bernhard and Daneele Thorpe about Power of Two's implementation of the ABC home visiting model and discussed their ongoing research about how neighborhood factors influence parenting.

Show notes: 

https://powerof2.nyc/ 

We spoke with Elisa Minoff, Senior Policy Analyst at CSSP, and Huong Vu, Parent Leader Network member and Automatic Benefit for Children (ABC) Coalition Parent Advisory Board member, about their policy and advocacy work toward a permanent national child allowance. The need for a permanent expanded Child Tax Credit has only become more abundantly clear following the new Census Bureau data that shows the child poverty rate more than doubled from 5.2 percent in 2021 to 12.4 percent in 2022.

Show notes: 

Child Poverty Doubled Last Year–We Owe Children So Much More - Center for the Study of Social Policy (cssp.org)

Let Us Rise and other CTC/Child Allowance Resources available at: https://cssp.org/our-work/project/advancing-antiracist-child-allowance/#featured-resources 

ABC Coalition: https://www.abccoalition.org/ 

Parent Advisory Board principles: https://www.abccoalition.org/child-allowance-principles/ 

Co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff talk about what brings them to this work and what to expect in season 3. 

• The New Neighborhood Podcast - Center for the Study of Social Policy (cssp.org)
• @qsqueensanaa | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
• savvychicclothing | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Sanaa and Cailin share updates from past guests on The New Neighborhood in our first-ever “Where Are They Now?” segment. And, we reflect on this season of the podcast, especially how we both felt it made a difference to have a parent leader as one of co-hosts. 

Show notes:

• We referred to guests and ideas from several previous episodes:
  • Yakima Valley Partners for Education: Season 2, episode 3
  • Multnomah County Preschool for All initiative: Season 1, episode 1
  • Guilford County Ages 3-5 Design Group and Parent Leader Network: Season 2, episode 4
  • Zach Ben and Bidii Baby Foods: Season 2, episode 5
  • Specialty Cheese—supporting child care for the workforce: Season 2, episode 6
  • Safe Families for Children—Cleveland: Season 2, episode 2
• Links to Queen Sanaa’s catalog, live shows, and social media can be found here: Queen Sanaa Music.  
• You can also find information for the 9/11/22 tribute show here. It will be karaoke style, so look up the lyrics and sing along!
• For more information about Queen Sanaa’s clothing line, visit here: Savvy Chic Clothing, Co.
• Learn more about CSSP’s work in early childhood here.