A Toilet on the State Capitol Steps?! – Dec 9, 2022

  Prevent Our Kids’ Futures from Going Down the Drain At least once a week, people ask us the same question: why did you put a toilet on the Capitol steps?   After years of using charts and graphs to prove that students in Pennsylvania were harmed by the...

TESTIMONY: Read To Succeed – Nov 17, 2022

Children First Testimony Before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Hearing Read to Succeed: Early Childhood and Its Effects on Childhood Literacy November 17, 2022   Note: Graphics and images may be better viewed by downloading this PDF. Senators, thank...

Your Hard Work Paid Off for Kids! – Nov 11, 2022

  The Results Are In – You Voted for Kids! You made it happen. The election results are in, and Pennsylvania children and youth are the winners. Lines were long but, thankfully, you waited your turn and cast your ballot for candidates who understand that,...

What Else Can High School Students Bear? – Oct 21, 2022

  New PA Graduation Requirements will be a Hurdle for Students   As if high school students haven’t had enough to deal with, new graduation requirements go into effect this year. A startlingly low 35% of students would graduate under the changes, according to the...

The Big Thing = BIG CHANGE FOR KIDS – Sep 30, 2022

  The Big Thing: A Summit to Change Young Lives Imagine being a kid today. They’re facing challenges that even some grown-ups can’t handle: violence, addiction, cyber bullying, school closures, fall-out from the pandemic, college debt, political division, racial...

Have We Recovered from the Pandemic? – Sep 23, 2022

  DELCO & MONTCO Kids Not Out of the COVID Woods Yet “I wasn’t dealing with certain [mental health] things correctly,” said Tanveer Kaur, a Senior at Upper Darby High School. “I needed to talk to it out with someone who wasn’t family and was...