Parents Engaging Parents Sessions Spark Community Involvement in Liberty City [TheChildrensTrust.org]

Alicia St. Andrews 5/5/1511:01 AM

Trenika Raiford never imagined herself as a group facilitator, but motivated to help her Liberty City community she decided to step up.

Raiford, a single mom with three children who has lived all her life in the neighborhood, got a dose of training from Catalyst Miami – enough to provide her with basic skills and the spark of confidence to say: “Yes, I can.” She teamed with co-facilitator David Pickney, a father of four who was also born and raised in Liberty City, to facilitate a parents’ group that met over eight consecutive weeks at Shining Light Childcare Development Center.

[For more of this story go to https://www.thechildrenstrust....ment-in-liberty-city]

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