September
Defining Fierce Advocacy – the CASA Way “Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer, never submit to failure … You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot...
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Too Many Children Dying Too many children are dying at the hands of people who should be taking care of them. The latest victim is Orien Destiny Hamilton. She would have been 1 year old on Tuesday, but...
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Adopt an Attitude of Caring During National Adoption Month Who do you call if you end up in the hospital? That’s one of the questions that Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) work to answer for...
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” is Frank Capra’s Christmas classic that shows what life would have been like for businessman George Bailey if he had never been born. The despair depicted by Bailey, played by...
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CASA Volunteers are Lights for Children Darkness meant John’s mother’s boyfriend might creep into his bedroom and make him do things that made him uncomfortable. Light was when the boyfriend stayed...
View ArticleStand Up, Speak Up
February, Black History Month, is that period of time when we consider the contributions of African Americans to our country. We talk about advances in civil rights and we lift up success stories of...
View ArticleCASA Volunteers: Fierce Advocates
If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb, so says the colorful weather saying. The reverse can be said of CASA advocates. Many often enter their training with some trepidation,...
View ArticleFoster Care Redesign: Be part of the solution
That the foster care system is broken is not news. Fixing such a complex system is difficult, especially when every day 46 more children enter the foster care system because of abuse and neglect. In...
View ArticleLoving families are not too much to ask for
Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend and Father’s Day follows in June. Most of us who are blessed enough to still have parents in our lives will carefully spend time picking out just the right card...
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Texas CASA Celebrates 25th Anniversary
This year marks a significant milestone for Texas CASA – our 25th anniversary. Over the past 25 years, we have taken strides toward positioning Texas as a national leader for child advocacy, and so...
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