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Video Available - Social Justice Parenting: Teaching Children to Leverage Privilege for Good

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Short clip with tips from Dr. Nartey

Full event video


About the Presenter

Dr. Mimi Nartey is a world-class athlete and championship youth soccer coach, an Ivy League trained scientist and award-winning college professor (UCLA, Occidental and LMU), a mother, educational consultant and social entrepreneur. She will deliver strategies to empower parents to discuss social justice topics with their children, set intentions for themselves and their communities toward social justice outcomes, contextualize real and perceived social disadvantages responsibly and to leverage social privilege towards the manifestation of a better world.


About the Families Connected Speaker Series

Established in 2016, The Families Connected Speaker Series is provided in partnership with Beach Cities Health District, South Bay Families Connected, Manhattan Beach Unified School District, Redondo Beach Unified School District and Hermosa Beach City School District. The series is offered free of charge to parents and youth throughout our South Bay community.

 

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Related resources from South Bay Families Connected for parents


We're All in this Together

Together with Beach Cities Health Distrcit, we also offer a weekly parent support group, the Families Connected Parent Chat. led by Dr. Moe Gelbart of the Thelma McMillen Center, as well as the Families Connected Parent Advisory.

Thank you to Beach Cities Health District for generously funding The Families Connected Speaker Series.