I am a mother who was arrested for child abuse.
I am now 35 years old and I have learned so much along the way. But at 19, I lost my son to the child welfare system for three years because I hit him with a belt.
I was raised that if you get out of line, you get hit. Mom and grandma would hit us with a belt or throw slippers at us, the old school … Read More
Rise will celebrate its 10th Anniversary on Oct. 28, 6:30p.m.
Guest speakers: Anne Williams-Isom, CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone and Gladys Carrión, Commissioner, NYC Administration for Children’s Services.
Purchase your ticket now!
Learn more about Rise’s 10th Anniversary.
Enjoy cocktails, a spectacular view and inspiring stories at Poets House, 10 River Terrace in Battery Park City.
Event Hosts: Casey Family Programs, Lauren and Steve Pilgrim, Forestdale Inc., Anonymous, and Jeff Gramm and Susie Heimbach.
Celebrating 10 Years of Writing by Parents that Changes Minds and Lives:
Rise will celebrate its 10th Anniversary on Oct. 28, 6:30p.m.
Join us for cocktails, a spectacular view and inspiring stories at Poets House, 10 River Terrace in NYC.
Purchase your ticket now!
Learn more about Rise’s 10th Anniversary!
The New York Times’ Motherlode blog published When Finding Housing Is a Job in Itself by Rise’s Piazadora Footman:
Six years ago I went into the New York City shelter system. For 11 months I searched for apartments like crazy. I had few options. I had just come out of a psychiatric hospital. I had a 4-year-old son and was pregnant with my daughter. >>>READ MORE
Journalist Ada Calhoun covered Rise in Fusion, writing: “Nora McCarthy is a natural narrator. Even popping popcorn in a microwave down the hall from her modest office on Manhattan’s West 27th Street, the blond 40-year-old, wearing a white eyelet shirt, light pants and blue sandals, is preternaturally calm and methodical: “Huh, that was just three pops. I’m going to reset the timer… This bowl isn’t quite big enough… Hmm, how about this one? Okay, that … Read More
