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.

Build Your Bounce: Strengthening Resilience in Parenting
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 6:00 - 7:30 pm CT, and
Friday, May 16, 2025, 12 – 1:30 pm CT  
Parenting can be demanding, but with the right tools, you can develop the ability to adapt, recover, and thrive. To "build your bounce" as a parent means developing the resilience needed to navigate the ups and downs of parenting with strength, adaptability, and grace. It’s about fostering the skills and mindset that help you recover from challenges, manage stress, and stay emotionally balanced—even during difficult moments. Let’s build your bounce together—because resilient parents create strong, supportive families.

Embrace the Journey
Friday, May 30, 2025, 12 – 1:30 pm CT 

Parenting is not just about reaching a destination but about learning, evolving, and finding joy along the way. It means accepting both the challenges and the rewards as essential parts of the experience. It means being present and savoring the moments, no matter how big or small.

Embracing the journey is about finding beauty and meaning in the everyday, even in the messy or imperfect parts of the journey. To embrace the journey is to approach parenting realizing that there is no one “right” path and learning to celebrate progress not perfection with openness, flexibility, and a heart full of gratitude for the ride, no matter where it takes you.

Una Probadita de Café

Nuestra serie Una Probadita de Café le ofrece una vista previa de Cafés: ¡las conversaciones estructuradas y de grupos pequeños internacionalmente conocidas de Cafés: Be Strong Families! Únase a nosotros para una sesión gratuita en la que podrá participar en conversaciones entre pares que transforman, sanan y fortalecen a las familias. Presentada cada mes en miercoles de 6:00 pm a 7:30 pm tiempo central. Invite a sus familiares y mejor amig@s.

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.

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!

2025 National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference

May 28-30, 2025 

Minneapolis, MN

Our team is presenting: The Parent Influence: Sustaining Meaningful Parent Engagement

 Learn more & register here!