Community Events with Be Strong Families:
Café Events
A Taste of Cafés
Our Taste of Café series gives you a preview of Cafés—Be Strong Families’ internationally known, structured, small group conversations! Join us each Friday at 12:00 pm CT for a free session where you can take part in peer-to-peer conversations that facilitate transformation, healing, and strength within families.
Friday, March 21, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm CT
Strength for the Journey (A Café for Parents of Children with Different Abilities) Register Here
"Strength for the Journey" reflects the resilience, determination, and unwavering love required to navigate the unique challenges of parenting a child with disabilities. Their journey may be filled with hurdles—advocating for their child, finding resources, managing medical or educational complexities—but also profound moments of joy, growth, and triumph.
For these parents, "Strength for the Journey" is both a reminder and a reassurance: a reminder of their inner strength and the courage it takes to face each day, and a reassurance that they are not alone. It speaks to the power of community, the need for self-care, and the importance of hope as they walk a road that, while different, is both meaningful and extraordinary.
Intro to Be Strong Families Parent Cafés
After you attend A Taste of Cafés, experience a free 1 hour Intro to Cafés session for more information and to get your questions answered. If you ever needed a place to learn how to keep your children safe and your family strong—this is it! Complete with an introduction to the history, benefits, major parts and roles of a Parent Café. These Cafés are a highly structured, small-group conversation process that promotes peer-to-peer learning and deep self–reflection.
Vitality Resources
We’ve been on a steadfast journey to vitality - boost yours! Check out our offerings for you and your community to nurture mind, body, and spirit.
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Beauty: An Essential Ingredient for Well-Being (June 6, 2019)
Maximizing Vitality When You’re Singin’ the Holiday Blues (December 9, 2019)
We’re a Member of the February #WECANSAVETHEWORLD Sustainability Challenge (February 4, 2021)
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What does Financial Vitality Feel Like to You? (April 26, 2021)
Social Vitality During and Post Pandemic (May 3, 2021)
What is Environmental Vitality? (May 10, 2021)
Nourishing Mental/Emotional Vitality (May 17, 2021)
Creating Your Strategic Plan for Holistic Vitality (May 27, 2021)
Physical Vitality & Body-based Grief (June 14, 2021)
Financial Vitality after Death of a Loved One (June 16, 2021)
Environmental Vitality: Preserving Memories and Clearing Spaces (June 21, 2021)
Social Vitality & Becoming Who We Are (June 23, 2021)
Spiritual Vitality in the Context of Grief, Trauma & Loss (June 29, 2021)
Intro to Family Vitality (July 6, 2021)
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This Café toolkit is based on the realization that a strong family is a healthy family. Each Vitality Café in a Box includes a full deck of bilingual (English/Spanish) question cards with over 200 questions that focus on the six Vitality Domains, as well as a link to an online Café guide.
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Vitality Cafés are peer-to-peer guided discussion groups that use the six Vitality Domains and empowered engagement techniques to help participants come up with strategies to improve their overall holistic health. RSVP with the section above.
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Conferences
Meet us at a conference near you. Introduce yourself at our exhibit booths and engage with us in our sessions. We'd love to welcome you into our community, learn and grow together.
Let’s Connect at the Following Conferences!
Together for Families Conference
October 22-24th, 2024
Our team is sharing the following three presentations:
The Parent Influence-Sustaining Meaningful Parent Engagement with NPCLT members: Dana Johnson, Pam Herron & Sarita Sashington
Youth & Adult Partnerships with the BSF YAB staff: Jamika Smith & Christina Wolken
Cafes & Thriving Families with Tecoria Jones & Sarita Sashington.
Register here: https://www.togetherforfamilies.org/