Engaging with Communities

Ignite 2024: A Spark of Innovation

Kempe’s Ignite 2024 was an opportunity that delivered innovation and insight! On Wednesday, October 30th, Kempe Center experts presented their groundbreaking work in a fast-paced, engaging format at CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Over 40 attendees learned and networked with a passionate community dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children, youth and families. […]

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Kempe at 2024 RMPBS KIDS FEST

Mental health support for children is extremely important, and the Kempe Foundation, along with the Kempe Center, were thrilled to be part of the 2024 KIDS FEST in Denver in July and Colorado Springs in August. Our TRIP (Trauma-Responsive Implementation and Practice) and Kempe Foundation team were available to teach children valuable techniques such as breathing exercises, body movement,

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Kempe’s Partnership with the Shaylee Foundation

On July 23, 2024, the Kempe Center’s Gwyn Barley, Michelle Davis, and Cassondra Bright joined The Shaylee Foundation for their second Community Forum at the Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center. The purpose of these events is to create safe and inclusive spaces to encourage open and constructive dialogue related to systemic change in child welfare. Stay tuned

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The Importance of Positive Representation in Media for Black Children & Families

Being a child of color can come with trauma, especially when faced with cultural and systemic racism. Being able to combat that trauma and replace it with Black joy by being exposed to positive representation in movies, media, and art is essential to a Black child’s wellbeing.  “Adding to the sources of stress felt by

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Celebrating Black History Month: African Americans and the Arts

To celebrate this year’s Black History Month theme of African Americans and the Arts, Michelle Davis, MS, LPC, Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice (JEDI) at the Kempe Center, chooses to spotlight Brian Washington’s “They Were Very Poor, But Loved” as a representation of resistance art, telling the stories of children and families.

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