The Kempe Center

A friendly reminder that we're moving! Just one week left until the Kempe Center closes its Facebook account on November 26th. Don't miss a thing! Be sure to follow us now on our other platforms for all the latest news, event updates and more:

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We'll see you there!

Heads up, followers! 👋
We're making an important change to our social media. Beginning November 26th, the Kempe Center will no longer be active on Facebook.

While we loved connecting with you here, you can still find all of Kempe's latest news, stories, upcoming events and more on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

➡️ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-kempe-center
➡️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thekempecenter.bsky.social

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to connecting with you on those platforms!

Join us on the podcast as we talk with Dr. Mary Greiner, an Editor-in-Chief of the newly released 3rd edition of Fostering Health: Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care. As Chairperson of the AAP Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care, and Medical Director of The CHECK Center at Cincinnati Children's, Dr. Greiner is an essential guide!

Tune in now: https://ow.ly/kefA50X3Sl5.

An insightful episode of "Chasing Hope for America's Children" is here!

In the third episode of our “Chasing Hope for America’s Children,” Warren Binford interviews groundbreaking researcher Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau, who has dedicated her career to identifying effective ways to prevent the s*xual abuse of children. Learn more about Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau here: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/2594/elizabeth-j-letourneau. Watch her TEDMED talk: https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=620399.

Tune in to learn about her work and discover what we can all do to help protect our kids. https://radiokempe.buzzsprout.com/

Our series on 21st Century Child Abuse continues as host Warren Binford sits down with legal trailblazer James Marsh. They're diving deep into the constantly shifting legal landscape for victims and survivors of tech-facilitated child abuse.

How are our laws catching up with technology to protect children? Tune in to find out at https://radiokempe.buzzsprout.com/

We are honored to announce Val Napoleon as a Keynote Speaker for the 2025 Virtual International Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Conference, October 6–9, 2025.

Val Napoleon [Indigenous Peoples’ Counsel, LLB, PhD] is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria and holds the Law Foundation Chair of Indigenous Justice and Governance. She is the co-founder of the JID/JD dual degree program in Indigenous legal orders and Canadian common law, and the founding director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit. Professor Napoleon is Cree from Saulteau First Nation and an adopted member of the Gitanyow (northern Gitxsan).

Her keynote talk on October 6th, “Getting Beyond Ourselves: Taking Care of One Another”, will explore how Indigenous law matters to the world today. She will highlight the responsibilities of Indigenous civil societies to care for families, communities, and the most vulnerable, while posing important questions about how our legal imaginaries can both limit and enable processes of legitimate legal change in today’s contexts.

To hear from Professor Napoleon and many other global leaders advancing bold approaches to child, family, and community well-being, register and learn more at www.ctaconference.org

Everyone has now heard about the horrific s*x crimes Jeffrey Epstein committed against countless girls and young women for decades through his s*x trafficking organization. What many people do not know is that the Epstein survivors’ courageous fight to pursue justice and assert their rights changed the legal landscape for victims and survivors across the nation and that their positive impact continues to be felt today.

Listen to our latest episode of Radio Kempe to hear a firsthand account from attorney Paul Cassell about the determination of the Epstein survivors and their attorneys to ensure that no other children have to endure what they endured at the hands of America’s justice system. https://radiokempe.buzzsprout.com/.

Read more about Paul Cassell here: https://profiles.faculty.utah.edu/u0031056. If you would like to learn more about this decade-long legal battle, you can check out the book by his co-counsel, Bradley Edwards at https://tinyurl.com/57ek24w4.

Reimagining supervision as a space for growth, reflection, and leadership.

At the 2025 Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Conference (October 6-9), leaders and professionals are reimagining supervision as a driver of well-being, growth, and system change.

Here are three sessions you won’t want to miss:
🔹Leading with Compassion: Trauma-Informed Supervision for Child Welfare Leaders—Learn practical skills and live-action strategies to support staff well-being, resilience, and trauma-sensitive leadership. Facilitated by Colleen Gibley-Reed, MSW, LCSW.
🔹From Oversight to Leadership: Supervision as a Lever for Cultural and Systemic Change—Presented by Precious Thompson, Alicia Raphalian, and Marisol Martinez, learn how to shift supervision from task management to reflective spaces that foster critical thinking, accountability, and stronger practice.
🔹SenecaConnect: Supporting Supervision through Network Building—Discover a practical tool to help supervisors and teams build supportive networks, promoting collaborative work to look beyond placement and legal permanency. Presented by Georgette Todd, MFA and Bob Friend.

🔗 Learn more about these sessions and many others online: cvent.me/wq4OaZ.

Did you know that the vast majority of sessions are recorded and available for individuals or teams to watch for months after the event ends?

🔗 Secure your spot and register today: cvent.me/grogV9

At the 2025 Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Conference this October 6-9, Skill Building Sessions will provide hands-on tools and fresh strategies that professionals can immediately put into practice.

We are proud to highlight three powerful sessions:

✨ Krystal Grint, LCSW, CPCC, PCC – The Power of Mind and Perspective: Preserving Our Energy for What Truly Matters
Discover how shifting unconscious thought patterns can preserve energy, build resilience, and transform how we respond to daily challenges.
✨ Paul Nixon – Working in Partnership with Conflict and Change
Learn concrete approaches to navigate tension and strengthen collaborative relationships.
✨ Elizabeth Wendel, LSW, FRSA – Safety Building: Expanding Understanding of Safety and Repositioning Action Power in Networks
Explore a new framework that repositions safety as a network-driven, relational process—centering families and communities over compliance.

To ensure interactive, hands-on learning, Skill Building Sessions will have limited capacity. Register early to secure your spot in these sessions and over 175 others.

🔗 Explore the full agenda: cvent.me/wq4OaZ
🔗 Register today: cvent.me/grogV9

📅 On September 23, we welcome back Dan Comer from The Kempe Center to lead a workshop on redefining your organization's onboarding process. >> https://www.caltrin.org/trainings/beyond-orientation/

This interactive training is designed for staff in positions and those who can influence others in leadership roles within family resource centers, Child Abuse Prevention Councils, community-based organizations, and other child- and family-serving systems. Cost is free; register today!

At the 2025 Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Virtual Conference, we’re spotlighting Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)—a family-led process that entrusts decision-making to families and their wider networks, mobilizes natural supports, and creates plans rooted in their strengths, culture, and community connections.

🎤 Global leaders advancing this conversation at the 2025 conference include:

• Lily Humphreys and Linda Jardine on strengthening family networks, improving outcomes, and upholding children’s rights through Scotland’s national FGDM evaluation—and what’s needed to embed it in policy and practice
• Michaela Stay on breaking down barriers and enablers to true partnership in FGDM, drawing from over 30 years of practice, training, and service design across the UK
• Mthoko Ngobese Sampson on using the African philosophy of Ubuntu as a lens to examine Family Group Conferencing—exploring how shared principles of collective care, respect, and family leadership can shape culturally competent practice and empower families
• Tim Fisher, Mary Mitchell, Stephen Rice, Lorna S., Kar-Man, and Lisa Merkel-Holguin on using film to explore rights, place, and lived experience in FGDM—inviting deeper reflection for practitioners, researchers, and families alike

This conference is driving change by focusing on what it takes to embed FGDM early, meaningfully, and sustainably—from prevention-focused practice to policy reform, cross-system partnerships, and community-led facilitation.

🔗 Join us virtually this October to participate in these sessions, along with over 175+ others → www.ctaconference.org