Tecoria Jones & Emma Johnson on Parent Leadership

Sanaa Sharrieff interviews Tecoria Jones and Emma Johnson about their experiences as parent leaders. Emma and Tecoria reflect on their respective experiences in South Carolina and Nebraska and nationally, and discover some parallels in their journeys as mothers who experienced the child welfare system in their own childhoods.

• Tecoria is involved in the implementation of Thriving Families, Safer Children in South Carolina: https://thrivingfamiliessaferchildren.org/
• Tecoria serves on the board of Be Strong Families: https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/
• Emma is a trainer for CSSP’s Youth Thrive 4 Youth training and referred to the Youth Thrive Protective & Promotive Factors
• Emma also serves on CSSP’s Expectant and Parenting Youth Advisory Board
• Both Tecoria and Emma referred to CSSP’s Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework and Approach