is launching its first annual Echo Visionary and Transformational Honors Ceremony on Saturday, November 12 at Natural Curiosities in the Historic Jensen's Rec Center.
The event takes place starting at 7 p.m. and includes hors d'oeuvres, dessert and dancing to sets by DJ Senor Amor.
This year's first Echo Visionary Honor recipient is Lynn Kersey, who, in 1996, founded and currently directs the Maternal and Child Health Access.
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MCHA is a Los Angeles based nonprofit that improves the health of low income women and families through advocacy, education, training and direct services.
Ms. Kersey is being recognized for her commitment to improving lives through a lens of social justice and compassion. Her work shares Echo Parenting's vision of a world that respects the humanity and dignity of children and their families.
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The Echo Transformational Honor recipient is Travis Miller. This honor recognizes a participant of the Echo Parenting program who, inspired by how the philosophy has transformed their own life, actively applies the principles of Echo Parenting in ways that transform their communities, especially communities that affect the lives of children.
Mr. MIller has taught ninth grade English at Manual Arts High School for 11 years. He is a founding design team member of the School for Global Awareness smaller learning community and the Freshman Preparatory Academy and the award winning Manual Arts Human Rights Club.
Amy Brenneman ("Judging Amy" and "NYPD Blue") will be hosting the event and Assemblyperson Jackie Goldberg will be a special guest speaker. Ruth Beaglehole, Director of Echo Parenting and Education will also speak. Events include an opportunity drawing featuring 4-star hotel packages, among other incentives.
This is an opportunity to support a local Echo Park institution which has a global vision of a world of nonviolence in which adults respect children by ensuring their right to emotional and physical safety.
Founded by longtime Echo Park resident, Ruth Beaglehole, Echo Parenting & Education conducts weekly parenting classes in both English and Spanish, teaching parents an empathy led practice of child raising.
Although classes take place regularly in Echo Park, the organization serves the Greater Los Angeles community, training and educating parents, preschool and elementary school teachers, social workers, and mental health professionals how to support and nurture children integrating the principles of nonviolence with the knowledge of emotional intelligence and brain development.
Tickets are available at the door and through the Echo Parenting website.