KidsMates is a non-profit advocating to improve outcomes for communities exposed to childhood adversity & focusing on children of incarcerated parents. šŗšø
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Reentry is challenging for returning parents, including onerous community supervision requirements. Learn more in this @NPRCodeSwitch conversation with @VinSchiraldi about his new book, Mass Supervision. #SeeUsSupportUs npr.org/2023/09/27/119795405ā¦
t-mobile.com/news/community/ā¦ Thank you @TMobile @MikeSievert @JaniceKapner @Changemakers for supporting children of incarcerated parents! @JoshuaMartoma @AvaMartoma
Day 2 Changemaker Challenge - Thank you @TMobile and @Changemakers for bringing us to beautiful Seattle #tmochangemaker š
Day 1 - Thank you @TMobile @MikeSievert @JaniceKapner and @Changemakers for this amazing opportunity to support children of incarcerated parents at #tmochangemakers šŗšø We loved seeing @TMobilePark from the āļø!
Faces of Entrepreneurship: Joshua Martoma, KidsMates, Inc. via @NasdaqCenter thecenter.nasdaq.org/foe-josā¦
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Breaking News: Charles Ogletree Jr., a prominent civil rights lawyer and Harvard educator who was a voice for equal justice, has died at 70. nyti.ms/43VwPSH
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EJI honors the life and memory of Professor Charles Ogletree Jr., a prolific lawyer, advocate, and educator who endeavored to shed light on our nationās history of racial injustice and its pernicious evolution in the criminal legal system. eji.org/news/eji-honors-the-ā¦
Remembering Charles Ogletree, Harvard professor and advocate for Americaās most marginalized communities. Ogletreeās protest of inequities plaguing the criminal justice system will continue to inspire. Proud to call him our mentor. Read @eji_orgās tribute to his powerful 70 years
ALT Ava Martoma (left), Joshua Martoma (center), and David Martoma (right) with Charles Ogletree Jr. (back) at Harvard Law School.
ALT Charles Ogletree Jr. (left) with Ava Martoma (center) and Joshua Martoma (right) at Harvard Law School.
ALT Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Martoma
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Tips to Support Children When a Parent is in Prison. healthychildren.org/English/ā¦
ALT āTips to Support Children When a Parent is in Prison,ā published by healthy children.org, the American Academy of Pediatrics official parenting website. Parental Incarceration is a Silent American Epidemic affecting 1 in 14 children and an Adverse Childhood Experience exposing children to long-term risks to health and wellbeing.
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The winning ideas from this year's Changemaker Challenge finalists will change the world!
New data compiled by @verainstitute shows that between mid-2021 to fall 2022 šŗšø incarceration rates rose by 4%, and 34 states increased the number of people incarcerated in prisons.
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āThis summer has been really unprecedented, unrelenting. I hear from (inmatesā) loved ones, but more importantly, I visit prisons and when I go and visit, it is just oppressive,ā @jenn_bradley
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Thank you ā¦@TMobileā© and ā¦@Changemakersā© for this amazing opportunity to improve outcomes for children of incarcerated parents!
Looking forward to addressing the Silent American Epidemic of Parental Incarceration šŗšø with support from ā¦@TMobileā© and ā¦@Changemakersā©
Youth with WorldāChanging Solutions Chosen by TāMobile and the TāMobile Foundation as 2023 Changemaker Challenge Finalists t-mobile.com/news/community/ā¦ via @TMobile
Equity in Action ā Top Category WinnerāØ@KidsMates
Youth with WorldāChanging Solutions Chosen by TāMobile and the TāMobile Foundation as 2023 Changemaker Challenge Finalists t-mobile.com/news/communityā¦ via @TMobile @Changemakers @AshokaUS
Equity in Action ā Top Category Winner
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.@CarlHeastie please pass the Protect In-Person Visits bill (S3318/A6488) to ensure in-person visits are not replaced with video as is happening at jails in other states. The Senate passed the bill, and we are counting on the Assembly to do the same! #LoveLivesInPerson
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"I have spent weekends at my fatherās prison instead of play dates, sports or academic competitions since I was nine. The experience left no visible scars but created indelible marks."
A winning editorial by Joshua Martoma, 17:
nytimes.com/2023/06/26/learnā¦
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āI have spent weekends at my fatherās prison instead of play dates, sports, or academic competitions...ā
5.3 million children have had an incarcerated parent. Joshua Martoma is one of them. Read his essay on the toll of parental incarceration via @nytimes: ow.ly/4GIU50P4nGQ