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The Rainbow Resilience: Advancing LGBTQ+ Wellness Summit made history on March 28-29, drawing nearly 120 attendees to the Brown School at Washington University. The event—which sold out two months in advance—was the largest in-person professional development event ever hosted by the school. 

On February 6th, the Clark-Fox Policy Institute, in collaboration with the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), the W.T. Grant Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Casey Family Programs, convened a vital congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on the transformative potential of early childhood education to reduce and prevent child maltreatment. The […]

The Brown School’s highly anticipated Rainbow Resilience Summit: Advancing LGBTQ+ Wellbeing has sold out two months ahead of its start, signaling a strong demand for education, advocacy, and collective action in support of LGBTQ+ communities.

Gary Parker, associate dean for external affairs at the Brown School and director of the Clark-Fox Policy Institute (CFPI), has been elected president of Influencing Social Policy (ISP), a non-profit national membership organization of social work faculty and practitioners dedicated to advancing social work education and policy advocacy.

The Clark-Fox Policy Institute is proud to announce that the Graduate Policy Scholars program has welcomed its largest cohort to date with 67 new scholars-in-training. This year’s class brings together a diverse group of talented graduate students from across the university who are dedicated to shaping the future of public policy. With a record number […]

On October 18-19, the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis marked a major milestone with the launch of its first-ever two-day professional development summit, Policy and Equity: Collaborative Frameworks for Inclusive Change. The event allowed attendees to choose between two specialized tracks: one focusing on advocacy strategies and the other on data and […]

Paid leave and employee well-being are the focus of a three-part policy series on family-friendly business practices put together by the Brown School’s Clark-Fox Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Clark-Fox Policy Institute is proud to announce that Anna Shabsin and Dan Ferris have been named Senior Advisors to the Clark-Fox Policy Institute.

Hundreds of childcare providers, parents, and advocates gathered at the Missouri capitol building in Jefferson City last week for Child Advocacy Day. The groups visited with legislators across the political spectrum to talk about the importance of high-quality, affordable early childhood education. Advocates distributed copies of the Clark Fox-Policy Institute’s report, Launching Lifelong Success, which […]

The Clark-Fox Policy Institute has named Ellicia Lanier as its inaugural Scholar-in-Residence. Lanier is the founding Executive Director of Urban Sprouts Child Development Center and serves on the steering committee of the Gateway Early Childhood Alliance to reimagine St. Louis’ early childcare system. With over 20 years of experience in early childhood policy and practice, […]

The room was buzzing with ideas and inspiration last Tuesday night when the Clark-Fox Policy Institute hosted Bright Futures Ahead: Essential Techniques and Policies for Supporting and Uplifting Today’s Youth. The event brought together child well-being experts from research, policy, and practice to discuss how we can work together to improve child well-being in St. […]

Mallory Rusch, Executive Director of Empower Missouri, joined Gary Parker, Director of the Clark-Fox Policy Institute, and students from the Graduate Policy Scholars program on Friday, November 17th for an intimate conversation over pizza. Mallory shared stories of her biggest policy wins and losses and how she works to advance progressive legislation in a conservative […]