Episode Details

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like Data of the Day, which our teaser number is 10 billion. Today’s guests and topics are:

• Derrick Broze, Mayoral Candidate for Houston, investigative journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur, public speaker, and activist based in Houston, Texas.
• Merritt Drewery, Assistant Professor of Animal Science, Texas State
• Neomi Fletcher, Associate Director, Early Childhood Education, C@R
• Kim Kofron, Senior Director of Education, C@R

We hope you will be with us throughout the show as we discuss the issues as they affect the children of Houston, and the Children of Texas....