New Indianapolis group wants to turn parents into education advocates
Screenshot courtesy of EmpowerED Families Iris Blanco remembers how frustrating it was to try to enroll her children in school when she first moved to Indianapolis. Now she wants to help other parents. “Just even simple things like that, for a lot of people, that’s hard,” Blanco said. She’s one of eight Black and Latina parent leaders with a newly created group called EmpowerED Families, which hopes to equip families with the knowledge and tools to ensure that their children have the best education possible. The EmpowerED Families team aims to give people of color in the most underse...