Superhero Captain Compassion® Empowers Kids to Prevent Racially Motivated Bullying In support of aspiring young upstanders, Committee for Children is launching its fourth annual Captain Compassion campaign to teach kids how to activate their upstander power and prevent racially motivated bullying.Read More
Committee for Children Names First-Generation Pakistani Immigrant New Director of PR and Communications Committee for Children, a global leader in research-based social-emotional learning (SEL) programs, has appointed Maheen Mustafa as the organization’s new Director of Public Relations and Communications, effective August 9, 2021.Read More
Committee for Children Names New VP of Marketing and Client Relations Committee for Children, a leader in research-based social-emotional learning (SEL) programs, strengthens its executive leadership team with the hiring of Regi Dennis as Vice President of Marketing and Client Relations (MCR). He will join the organization on September 1. Read More
Leading Organizations Applaud House Appropriations Committee Vote: Significant Investments for Social and Emotional Learning in FY 2022 Education Spending Measure Committee for Children and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) strongly applaud today’s vote by the House Appropriations Committee to support significant investments in social-emotional learning (SEL) as part of 2022 education funding.Read More
Committee for Children Announces The Imagine Neighborhood™ Podcast’s First Teen Force! Fellowship To empower high school storytellers, Committee for Children is thrilled to announce the first The Imagine Neighborhood Teen Force! fellowship. The award-winning podcast’s new fellowship, along with other programming from Committee for Children promoting youth empowerment and family engagement, were made possible by a $220,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation.Read More
Committee for Children Expands into Adult Education with New Social-Emotional Learning Program for K–12 Educators Committee for Children releases Second Step® SEL for Adults, a new research-based K–12 professional development program that supports educator well-being by providing school staff with the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to thrive in the workplace.Read More
Committee for Children’s New Parent Mentoring Platform Honored with $100K Innovation Grant Evaluation Committee for Children’s text-based mentoring platform for new and expecting parents, Nurture Seattle, will benefit from a $100K Innovation Grant from the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine’s Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions. Read More
Committee for Children VP Named a 2021 Woman to Watch PRWeek names Committee for Children’s vice president of public relations and communications Shauna McBride a 2021 Woman to Watch.Read More
Research-Based How-to Guides Help Families Prevent Online and In-Person Child Sexual Abuse In support of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Committee for Children is launching its fourth annual Hot Chocolate Talk campaign to help families start conversations with their children about personal and digital safety.Read More
Committee for Children Expands Flagship Second Step® Elementary Program with New Digital Offering Committee for Children releases its first fully web-based social-emotional learning curriculum for Grades K-5, intuitively designed for modern classrooms.Read More