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Together we can make a difference!
Please join us on the beautiful campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota for our annual fall fundraising breakfast on Wednesday October 11th. This annual fundraising event is incredibly important to support the costs of our operations and advocacy for vulnerable Minnesota children. Thank you for your support. We couldn't do this without you!
Where:
University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
Anderson Student Center (ASC)
James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall North
This year we are excited to feature Dr. Stacey Patton. Dr. Patton is an adoptee and child abuse survivor turned award-winning journalist, author, nationally-recognized child advocate, and college professor. Her writings on child welfare issues, higher education, race and culture have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, BBC News, TheGrio, Madame Noire, and other outlets. She has appeared on CNN, AB News, MSNBC, Fox News, and Democracy Now. Dr. Patton is the author of That Mean old Yesterday -- A Memoir, Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America, and the forthcoming Strung Up: The Lynching of Black Children in Jim Crow America. She is the creator of sparethekids.com, an online portal designed to teach about the harms of hitting children. She is also the creator of the forthcoming 3D medical animation app called "When You Hit Me." This app will help pediatricians, clinicians, social workers, and parents understand how hitting children is a multi-organ, multi-system process that places children at risk for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). Dr. Patton is a research associate at Morgan State University's Institute for Urban Research and she teaches digital journalism at Howard University.
The breakfast itself is free! There will be an ask for donations to support our work at the end of the event.
In conjunction with our annual breakfast, we will also be holding a late morning workshop featuring Dr. Patton. More information and registration for that will be available soon.
To join us for breakfast, just click Register above to reserve your spot at the breakfast.
Can't join us? Please consider supporting our work for vulnerable children by making a contribution above.
We hope you can join us-- it will be great to see everyone!
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Last year Minnesota children were safer and received more services due in large part to the loyal donors and passionate volunteers of Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota. 13,600 more children annually are getting help from county child protection agencies due to changes our passionate volunteers helped make in state law.
In addition, counties and the state increased their budgets for child protection and foster care by over $200 million since 2015. Counties also added nearly 500 caseworkers – a 60% increase. But many challenges remain for vulnerable, neglected, and abused children in Minnesota, this year and into the future, and you are their voice at the Capitol!
Our mission is to ensure that Minnesota has a child welfare system in which children are safe and reach their full potential.
Our goal is a Minnesota child protection and foster care system in that continuously improves the lives of children, as demonstrated by objective, measurable outcomes. If the system is working well, children’s outcomes will improve over time.
Contact Us
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Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota's 2024 Fall Fundraiser Breakfast
Tuesday, October 8th
Doors open at 7:30am and the Breakfast and Program will start at 8:00am
Focused Educational Forum will start at 9:30am
A sign-up receipt with day-of and parking information will be arriving in your email inbox shortly, from contactus@safepassageforchildren.org
Be sure to invite your family, friends, and colleagues to join you for the breakfast! Just share this event page with them: https://safepassageforchildren.salsalabs.org/2024annualfallfundraiserbreakfast?page=register