This identity/allyship rope team has been designed to offer connections, opportunities, resources, and experiences to support the development and success of students and alums participating in the parenting journey, as well as to facilitate the engagement of other community members who identify or care for this community and its members’ development and success. This rope team is designed to bring together and offer a safe space for students, alums, faculty, staff, and community members seeking to share and learn from each other, including those who need a village to scaffold their development and success, as well as those who are ready to help others and lead the way to find solutions to today’s parenting challenges. We call them “rope teams” because these communities, as many as you are interested in accessing, are here to support your student and alum journey as well as to provide you with an opportunity to support the journey of those you want to help succeed.
While stay-at-home moms often find it challenging to relaunch their careers after a parenting gap, stay-at-home dads arguably have an even tougher time returning to work due to stigmas that stem from gender stereotypes. Even so, more and more fathers …
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Let’s take a minute to celebrate working moms! Women with children usually have to work hard at home and at their place of employment, making them doubly deserving of recognition for a job well done.
Pregnancy for a working woman can be a joyous time, but it can also be a stressful time. The good news is some of that stress might soon be alleviated. Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pregnant Workers …
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Excelsior University’s community engagement group is partnering with Albany High School and Troy High School for the third annual Snacks for Students collection drive. The initiative fights food insecurity in the classroom by collecting and donating healthy snacks to students each month …
By Pamela Jimenez
Pamela JimenezProgram Director for the Center for Social Justice
If there’s one thing working parents learned during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s that it’s not enough to simply have a job—it’s important to work for an organization that understands and makes accommodations for the unique challenges parents face.
Although paid parental leave is often associated with women, it's no less important for men. And the good news is people are increasingly realizing the need for effective policies that address men's family responsibilities and work demands at the same …
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Want to learn more about child care in your state? Need help paying for food or health care? Our State …
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