Parents graduate leadership program with tools for community and civic engagement

Porter-Leath’s Early Success Coalition recognized graduates of its Parent Leadership Training Institute cohort during a ceremony on November 20.

It was the coalition’s fourth graduating class and the first in partnership with the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County. The ceremony was held at the Porter Leath and University of Memphis Early Childhood Academy in Orange Mound.

Deaunn Stovall, the Early Success Coalition’s parent engagement manager, said that the cohort teaches parents how to become involved in community, civic and governmental activities. The program is nationally recognized for turning parents into effective leaders and advocates for their children and their community…

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