September 22, 2021
 

Your Contributions Support Positive Change

Our summer fundraiser has been extended by 15 days to collect an additional $22,000 so we can reach our goal of $25,000 for operations.  Thank you to everyone that contributed so far! By purchasing a $30 ticket to the rebroadcasting of the Leadership and Advocacy Summit, Closing the Gap: Bold Moves to Advance Equity, it ensures our ability to address disparities affecting Maryland's children, youth, and families. Please give today.

Your support will also launch our 2021-2022 webinar series. Registration for the webinars will be forthcoming. In the meantime, the schedule includes the following topics (click on the link for topic description):

 

This Week

1.6 and Counting: No Bad Stats 

In this two-part episode Dr. Ivory Toldson, the author of No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People talks about academic achievement and the importance of using data appropriately to evaluate how children learn.

You can listen to 1.6 and Counting on Spotify Stitcher, iHeartRadio or on our website.

Want to support our work?  Please consider donating today! Want to sponsor an upcoming episode? Email us at info@acy.org.

 

We Need You

If you are reading this, please, pause for a moment. We know the number of fundraising pushes we've sent have increased in recent months. However, so have the number of children that need our help. Advocates for Children and Youth has been working hard for the kids in the state of Maryland who rely on our voice when their's would otherwise go unheard. We can’t move forward without new and consistent support.

For this reason we’ve created membership circles, the best way you can support us through monthly donations. We are seeking 2,000 community participants to help ACY as charter members and sustain the organization, enabling it to build a better ecosystem for each of Maryland’s children.

Your support matters because without it, we cannot continue to successfully advocate for the youth of Maryland for things like:

  • Extending the moratorium on youth exiting foster care during the pandemic
  • Eliminating life sentences without the possibility of parole for youth
  • Requiring the application of equity in policy approaches and funding priorities in revenue legislation
  • Requiring medical professionals to participate in implicit bias training

Without us, the youth of Maryland don’t have a voice and without a voice they aren’t safe. Join us, today!

 

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Advocates for Children and Youth is looking for leaders to join our Board of Directors. A unique leadership opportunity awaits if you seek to put your talent in strategic thinking, financial forecasting, organizational behavior, project management, policy, advocacy, or events in service to ensuring equity for all kids in Maryland.

To apply to the Board, please complete this application form.

 

Over the past year, Advocates for Children and Youth's Board of Directors and Staff have been working on refining our approach to advocacy. We shared our mission statement, launched our campaign, Equity for All Kids during the 2020 legislative session, and continue to be responsive and preemptive to the new challenges that the pandemic has either magnified or exposed. 

To give you further insight into our progress toward racial equity and inclusion both internally and externally, we are sharing our Strategic FrameworkTheory of Changeand Values.  With these tools in hand, we will work toward building a strong Maryland by advancing policies and programs to ensure children and families of every race, ethnicity, and place of birth achieve their full potential.

 
Advocates for Children and Youth
One N. Charles Street | Suite 2400 | Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Advocates for Children and Youth is funded by: Abell Foundation | The Annie E. Casey Foundation | Arnold Ventures | Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation | Clayton Baker | The Fund for Change | Fund for Families with Young Children | Greater Washington Community Foundation | Lockhart Vaughan Foundation | Meyer Foundation | OSI-Baltimore |
| Partnership for America's Children

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