Growing & Thriving: Strategies to Support Children's Health & Wellbeing when a Parent is Incarcerated

Join us for a dynamic discussion to deepen our understanding of the challenges young people face and hear about the solutions they developed and seek. Learn strategies for supporting children's health and well-being from those working in the medical, therapeutic, spiritual, and wellness fields.  Register here. 

Panelists: 

• Folashade Olatunde,  SUSU 2022 Youth Fellow and creator of the podcast, Half of My Parents, All of Me. 
• Hena Ali, LCSW, M.S.Ed: NYC DOE Supervisor of School Social Workers, Central Crisis Support Team (CCST). Ms. Ali also has a private therapy practice and is an adjunct professor. 
• Kamaal Jones: MD, FAAP Foster Care Pediatrician based in Los Angeles. Learn more here.
• Wakumi Douglas: Founding Executive Director of S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective currently on sabbatical to focus on her Soros Justice Fellowship. Learn more here.  
• Dr. Avon Hart-Johnson, Co-founder of DC Project Connect will facilitate the discussion. Dr. Hart-Johnson is a researcher, author, and subject matter expert on children of incarcerated parents.