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The success of students in the education system is highly influenced by early childhood factors. The most prominent factor that plays a role in the success of students in the first few years of their life is kindergarten readiness. Kindergarten readiness refers to the knowledge that a child obtains both in the home and in early child hood centers that prepares them for success in kindergarten and furthermore in the education system. High levels of success in kindergarten is frequently correlated with parental involvement in the home and attendance at early childhood pre k centers. Historically

Sharon Cheng has over 19 years of experience as a Therapeutic Consultant/ Behavior Specialist, Positive Behavior Support Professional, Service Coordinator and Special Needs Program coordinator. She is currently the Director of the Special Needs Caring Center for Light and Salt Association in Houston, TX. She brings tremendous experience and skills around educational and adaptive living strategies, program development, client support services, and coalition building. Haitrieu Nguyen is the founder of TÂM: Talk and Mend. TÂM is a grass-roots movement to talk and mend the stigma surrounding

Children thrive when their families have the support they need. Nurturing and consistent early interactions with caring and present adults lead to foundational early relationships that support children's long term social, emotional, and physical development. Babies in Baytown brings together community and family leaders to help strengthen local resources and systems of support that promote child well-being and family relationships starting at birth.

The Talk-Story presentation will share the Pili Na Ha or Four Connection Framework developed through a community health center in Hawaii and how it has become a guiding framework in urban youth programming in Honolulu. The presentation will share the intentions, impacts and method in which a Hawaiian indigenous framework for health can inspire program activities that center on post-traumatic growth and resiliency. In addition, how do we pass on stories that can heal, evoke and provoke resiliency? We invite you to come, listen and share stories in our brief time together.

As we collectively seek to address the overlapping health, economic, and racial justice crises made more evident by COVID-19, social connections can be a powerful tool for healing and rebuilding. We must address the rising rates of social isolation which have profound impacts on health and well-being. These impacts are felt most acutely by people who are marginalized because of their race, income, location, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Isolation is also exacerbated by commonly-experienced disruptive events such as changes in a person’s family, home, or employment status. Social