This session will showcase Bachman Lake Together's Parent Leadership Program as a model of community engagement and collective impact in a predominantly Latino, immigrant neighborhood. The program equips parents with leadership skills and advocacy knowledge through the Community Action Network (CAN), a program that fosters parent leaders who actively participate on the organization's board, strategy committees, and working groups. Parents co-design local education and family well-being initiatives, bridging community voice and systems, this will include the story of the model and the lessons learned.

Learning Question:  How do we intentionally build authentic, trust-based partnerships with community members - going beyond inclusion - to co-create and drive system change collaboratively, even when progress is gradual and requires sustained time?