Who was eight-year-old Anna?
A Child Welfare case so tragic that it reduced an entire state to stunned silence. Can we stop it happening again?
#Child’s Rights
An Eight-Year-Old Girl Who Fell through the Cracks
This is the story of an eight-year-old girl who was failed by every system that was supposed to keep her safe. It’s also a story with an ending that is still being written.
True or False: We Can Invest in 100% of New Mexico’s Children
Creating a New Mexico where childhood is trauma-free is only possible when we make every child’s health, safety, and education the number one priority. We have the proposal for a groundbreaking strategy ready to implement.
Are We Comfortably Numb or Active Change Agents?
Distracted and disempowered by the mass media, social media, and the entertainment industry, do we have the steadfast courage to focus our attention on the harm being done to our children today? The answer may surprise you.
An Infant, a Motel Room, and a Pile of Needles: How We Set Up a Vital Institution to Fail
Fixing child welfare to ensure the safety of our children can be done, but only by doing what’s never been tried in New Mexico.
Anna’s Story Still Has to Be Told
Five years after the publication of Anna, Age Eight, the third grader’s story continues to inspire action.
Improving Childhoods in Otero County
From birth to age five, a child’s brain develops more than at any other time in life. The quality of a child’s experiences in the first few years of life-positive or negative-helps shape how their brain develops. 100% Otero’s Early Childhood Learning Team works to make sure parents and guardians have access to all they need to provide the best possible experience for their young children.
What Does “A Child’s Right to Survive and Thrive” Mean?
Do the children of New Mexico have the right to survive? Should all infants, children, and students have the right to thrive? Rights to services? Moral rights? Our new course explores these vital questions.
Rebranding “Child Abuse Prevention Month”
Important messages about ensuring our children’s right to live abuse-free are promoted throughout Child Abuse Prevention Month. Amid an epidemic of abuse and neglect, this work is now required every day of the week throughout the year.
Do Children Have the Right to Survive and Thrive?
Within our unending epidemic of childhood trauma and crushing social adversity, it’s time to prioritize the right of children to survive and thrive.