Catalysts for Change
As catalysts for multi-sector systemic change, We Love Our Sons & Daughters Foundation will build capacity at the intersection of 4 core outcome components: Justice, Health, Education, and Family.
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Intergenerational and Multi-cultural Community Forums that bring political legislatures, law enforcement, and the “people” from communities around the country together to continue the discussion and identify key issues that confront our society….
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RAINBOW OF MOTHERS will provide a support system of hope to mothers, representing a diversity of ethnic backgrounds, with resources including but not limited to: wrap-around resources, both independent and group mental health counseling, hardship respite assistance, legal advocacy and much needed information to direct and support the restorative process of rebuilding and repurposing life after premature loss of a child...
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This program is a community based partnership with metro area school districts to promote healthy lifestyles for uninsured and under-insured youth living in economically challenged communities…
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S.T.R.I.V.E.E. INSTITUTE (SIBLINGS THRIVING AND READY TO BE INVOLVED AS VALUABLE EXAMPLES OF EXCELLENCE) a RAINBOW OF MOTHERS sister program providing trauma-informed evidence based social-emotional and developmental curriculum and training for children and adolescents as they face a “new normal” in the wake of the loss of a sibling or parent…
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In the spirit of Mike Mike, his love for computers, tech gadgets, his determination to complete high school, and his plans to attend technical college in the fall of 2014…its Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead as we provide programs for middle and high school aged youth that focus on Science, Technology, the Arts, and Mathematics…
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Lezley McSpadden remembers her son’s life and shares what she’s doing to secure his legacy
The most important thing to me is to secure the lives of other children. My son is gone—I can’t bring him back—but how can we put something in place where other children are protected?
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Rainbow of Mothers: A Docuseries
Each season we meet a core group of 4 mothers in different cities across the country who just like Lezley, are on that same path.
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A New Bill Would Reserve $100 Million to Help Heal Survivors of Police Violence
The bill was written with help from Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, who was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sparking national outcry against police brutality in Black and brown communities.
