Osborne Association

During the final week of See Us, Support Us month, SUSU focuses on systems change and opens the SUSU newsletter with guidance from Jamila Small, SUSU 2024 Youth Fellow, on the systemic changes needed to ensure dignity and thriving for all.  "Through creativity, activism, and community engagement, the SUSU Youth team is transforming pain into purpose, proving that perseverance and hope can flourish even in difficult situations. We prefer to be supported in the first place and our families to remain intact so we don’t have to develop resilience. Our voices are not just echoes of hardship; they are declarations of strength, inspiring others to join the movement for change." Read more: https://lnkd.in/eguYJYpj

Tonight at 6:00 PM ET! Join the See Us, Support Us Youth Team for a virtual gathering about how to SEE and SUPPORT young people who have experienced parental incarceration and hear tips for how to heal, grow, and thrive. Emani Davis of the Omowale Project and @Derrell Frazier from Next 100 are the special guests! RSVP at https://lnkd.in/ezQWhPuY

Last night, we held our 2024 Annual Benefit! Our community of donors, supporters, partners, and staff came together to honor leaders and celebrate participant success! We salute honorees Jamie Rubin, Champion of Mission, and Molly Wasow Park, Partner in Innovation. We want to express our sincere gratitude to lead sponsors Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan, Beachwold Residential, Rachael Bedard, MD, and Gideon Z. Friedman, Andy and Andrea Potash, and James S. and Gretchen Rubin. We also thank Aylyn Restituyo and Jamila Small for hosting the event and Jeffrey Driver and Charles Bryant for sharing their stories. We are grateful to all our friends and supporters - thank you!

This week we during #SeeUsSupportUS we focus on meeting children's unique needs, understanding their varied experiences, and nurturing their healing, aspirations and relationships. The stigma of parental incarceration is isolating and children may not seek support because they fear being judged. Understand that accepting support may be difficult and is compounded by the stigma attached to asking for help, especially for one’s mental health. Connecting young people and their families with tailored, culturally responsive resources that support their emotional and physical wellbeing, educational and vocational aspirations, and financial stability ensures that they feel understood and supported.  Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eDtEwpkQ

October 30, 2024, 2:30 - 4:30 PM ET, Brooklyn Public Library, Main Branch INVISIBLE NO MORE: Ending Stigma to Support Children Experiencing Parental Incarceration Join us for a powerful #SeeUsSupportUs discussion in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library's Justice Initiatives featuring youth who experienced parental incarceration, Martin Garcia of the Marshall Project, Author Reda A. T. of Dream Catcher Innovations, Hena Ali-Bernard, LCSW, M.S.Ed of the Parallel Sentence, Judy Clark of Hour Children, and more. Educator and Author of "Being Black in America's Schools," Brian Rashad Fuller, will deliver the keynote. Together, we will explore how stigma affects children of incarcerated parents, and identify actionable steps to #endstigma to ensure young people reach their full potential. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eW_M8rD7

This week during #SeeUsSupportUs month, we focus on dismantling stereotypes and creating environments where children can cultivate a positive sense of self. Negative beliefs, sometimes implicit, about people who are arrested and incarcerated often extend to their families. Children who are separated from their parents, with the many emotions and instability that can follow, are labeled and misunderstood instead of SEEN and SUPPORTED. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-4nWKbq]

A huge thank-you to Water for Elephants: The Broadway Musical for donating tickets to our Marcus Garvey and Fulton residents and staff. They were so grateful for the opportunity to attend the show! Several shared that this was the first time in their lives they had ever attended a performance. Experiences like this bring so much joy. 🌟

Join the #seeussupportus Youth Team to hear how the stigma of having an incarcerated parent affects young people and learn actionable steps to heal and work toward ending this stigma. Joining them will be Derrell Frazier, Policy Entrepreneur at Next 100 and US Dream Academy alum who focuses on narrative change for youth impacted by the criminal legal system, and Emani Davis, founder of The Omowale Project, a nonprofit supporting social justice leaders with sustainable individual and community care. If you’ve experienced the incarceration of a parent, this is a space to learn, share, and push back against stigma together. We invite anyone who is passionate about ending the stigma faced by children of incarcerated parents to join us. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/ezQWhPuY

This week during See Us, Support Us month we focus on the importance of empowering youth and building community. When young people are given resources and opportunities, they can thrive and feel empowered to go after their dreams. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eyUMkt4S

Check out Tanya Krupat, Osborne’s VP of Policy & Advocacy, in her interview with @CapPressRoom! Don’t miss it! 🎙️ Tune in: https://lnkd.in/eZKWpmjN