Event Details — Houston’s Future, Houston’s Children: Spring Class Series

Children at Risk’s event page includes the following details on this six-week course:

The fortune of a city can be told by looking at its youngest generation. How is Houston faring in its efforts to protect and educate its children? This course will provide an overview of the state of Houston’s children and an inside look at Houston’s key nonprofits that are working to solve social concerns related to children. Designed for interested community members and the philanthropic community, this course will investigate issues affecting children from a social-investment viewpoint as well as through a prism of social solutions and hard data. Nonprofit and philanthropic leaders will present information on poverty and food insecurity, early education, the environment, mental health and juvenile justice, health, immigration and human trafficking.

February 16 - March 30 (No class March 16)
10:00am - 11:30pm Class and Tour
11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch Discussion (Optional) Six classes, $135 to Register for Course CEU credits available pending approval

Please note that each class takes place at a unique non-profit or location within the Houston area. A tour of each location is integrated into each class and an optional lunch, and facilitated discussion, is offered from 11:30am-12:30pm.

REGISTER for the Spring Course Here

Course Schedule
February 16: An Overview of Houston’s Children: Denominators of Poverty
Dr. Robert Sanborn, Ed.D., President and CEO, CHILDREN AT RISK
Brian Greene, President and CEO, Houston Food Bank
Robert Zincke, Former CEO of Kroger
Quynh-Anh McMahan, Research & Evaluation Manager, Rockwell Fund
Class to be held at the Houston Food Bank.

February 23: Early Intervention and School Readiness
Carol Shattuck, President and CEO, Collaborative for Children
Caroline Sabin, Executive Director, Powell Foundation
Class to be held at KIPP Shine.

March 2: The Environment and Our Children
David Crossley, President, The Gulf Coast Institute
Ann Hamilton, Former Grant Officer with the Houston Endowment
Class to be held at the Hartman Park Community Center.

March 9: The Nexus Between Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Will Harrell, Former Texas Youth Commission Ombudsman
Maureen Hackett, Greater Houston Community Foundation and Hackett Family Foundation
Class to be held at the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center.

March 16 - No Class

March 23: Children’s Physical Health
Dr. Jeffrey Starke, Chief of Pediatric Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital
Jana Mullins, Program Officer, Rockwell Fund
Celene Meyer, Director of Grants & Evaluation, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities
Class to be held at Ben Taub Hospital.

March 30: Children and Immigration Issues
Angela Blanchard, President and CEO, Neighbordhood Centers Inc.
Ed Allday, The Fondren Foundation
Class to be held at the University of Houston Law Center.

REGISTER for the Spring Course Here.