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.

Today’s guests and topics are:

• Dr. Christopher Kulesza, Scholar in Child Health Policy, Rice University – Social determinants of health in K-12 education.
• Ben Wermund, Washington Correspondent for the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News – Texas Troopers told to push children into Rio Grande article.

• Linda Corchado, Children’s Immigration Network, C@R

• Steven Wu, Organizing and Policy Director, Woori Juntos – Language Barriers in Children and How Policy Can Help
• Sophia & Willis Johnson, NTX Hats Off Chairs, Sophia Johnson is founder and president of ABI, Willis Johnson is CEO and Founder of JBJ Marketing, LLC – what drives their passion and why do they want to support C@R?

Each week we aim to fill the same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas.