Expanding opportunities, improving health care
May 14, 2025
A bi-weekly news roundup of WKKF grantees, investments, communities and partnerships.
A bi-weekly news roundup of WKKF grantees, investments, communities and partnerships.
Cash aid post-release works: Returning Citizen Stimulus program cut parole violations by 41%+ in 6 months, proving early support boosts reentry success.
The viral cookie challenge may be lighthearted fun, but it also offers parents an opportunity to reflect on how children learn empathy. Learn when empathy begins to develop and how families can nurture it in everyday moments.
Since the dawn of time, Indigenous birth workers have helped countless generations of babies enter the physical world and begin their life’s journey ion the land that is today called New Mexico. Midwives, doulas, aunties, sisters, mothers, grandmothers, cousins and friends, all had a role in supporting a birthing parent. The birthing practices, rituals and knowledge were closely held and passed down through the generations as part of an unbroken set of sacred traditions that continue today.
In a world where health care often feels impersonal, the midwifery model of care stands out as personalized, compassionate care that can significantly impact the well-being of mothers and their children.
To the sacred keepers of life—our mothers, aunties, sisters, and birthworkers—you carry ancestral wisdom and future hope. In your strength, tenderness, and prayers, generations are shaped. Your journeys hold both joy and sorrow, power and vulnerability. Even in loss, you remain mothers—warriors in gentle form. You are the root of our nations, the heartbeat of creation. This is a vow to honor your sacred role, to protect sovereign birth spaces, and to uplift the knowledge you carry. When you are nurtured, life begins in love. Together, we rise. Together, we remember. Together, we reclaim.
Community-based midwives and doulas improve birth outcomes, reduce costs, and deserve equitable policies, pay, and recognition.
A bi-weekly news roundup of WKKF grantees, investments, communities and partnerships.
How parents show up in their child’s education can shape more than academic outcomes. Learn why active engagement with your child creates long-term impact and how involvement and connection go hand-in-hand.
Introducing sustainability in early education helps children build lifelong habits of responsibility and empathy.
Chicago’s youth at Communities United use art and advocacy to heal, lead, and transform their communities through racial justice.
Meet the next-gen coders shaping their futures with Operation Spark—unlocking tech careers and creativity across Louisiana.
