Parent Power
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What We Offer
At S.T.A.N.D. Up Minnesota Parents United, we believe families deserve more than a seat at the table, they deserve the knowledge, support, and power to help shape the decisions affecting their children.
Our work combines one-on-one family advocacy, parent education, literacy support, leadership development, community organizing, and systems change to strengthen families and create more equitable educational opportunities for children across Minnesota.
Whether a parent needs help navigating an immediate challenge at school or wants to become part of a larger movement for change, we meet families where they are and help them move from information to empowerment to action.
Through our programs and advocacy, we:
Support Families. We provide personalized advocacy for families navigating special education, discipline, literacy concerns, bullying, enrollment, school climate, and other educational challenges.
Build Strong Readers. Through Read to Lead, we equip families with knowledge about literacy development, the Science of Reading, reading intervention, and ways to support children at home and advocate for effective instruction at school.
Protect Educational Rights. Through Know Your Ed Rights, parents and young people learn their rights and gain practical tools for navigating school systems with confidence.
Develop Parent Leaders. We create opportunities for parents to strengthen their advocacy, leadership, organizing, and decision-making skills so they can lead change in their schools and communities.
Organize Communities. We bring families together around shared concerns, build collective power, and create spaces where lived experience becomes a catalyst for action.
Change Systems. We work with families, community partners, policymakers, and education leaders to advance policies and practices that promote literacy, racial equity, educational justice, accountability, and meaningful family voice.
From One Family to Systemwide Change
Sometimes change begins with helping one parent prepare for a school meeting.
Sometimes it begins with teaching a room full of families about literacy.
And sometimes it means organizing hundreds of people to demand something better.
We do all three.
Because when families have information, support, and collective power, they don't just navigate systems.
They change them.
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1. SUPPORT
One-on-One Family Advocacy
You don't have to navigate the education system alone. We help families understand their options, prepare for school meetings, address concerns, and advocate for what their children need.
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Knowledge Builds Power
Through Read to Lead, Know Your Ed Rights, workshops, and family resources, we give parents practical information about literacy, educational rights, special education, discipline, and more.
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Parents Become Leaders
We help parents move from having a voice to using their power. Families build the confidence, skills, and leadership needed to advocate for their children and lead change in their communities.
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Flexible, expert advice when you need it. Book hourly support across a range of topics—from planning to problem-solving. This focused consultation will help clarify your goals, map out next steps, and identify opportunities for growth.
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Changing Systems Together
We turn family experiences into collective action. Through organizing, coalition building, policy advocacy, and systems change, we work to create more equitable and accountable schools for every child.
Where Parent Power meets Systems Change
1. LISTEN
Families Know What They Need
We start with parents. Their experiences, concerns, ideas, and hopes help identify what is working, what is failing, and what needs to change.
2. BUILD POWER
From Voice to Leadership
We equip parents with knowledge, advocacy tools, relationships, and leadership skills so they can move from being heard to having real influence.
3. ORGANIZE
Individual Stories Become Collective Action
We bring families together around shared experiences and priorities, building community power to advocate for solutions that reach beyond one child or one school.
4. CHANGE SYSTEMS
Turn Parent Power Into Lasting Change
We take what families identify and push for changes in policies, practices, funding, accountability, and decision-making so improvements last beyond a single moment.
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LWhere Parent Power Meets Systems ChangeHere’s a Place for You in This Movement
Whether you’re a parent looking for support, a community member ready to get involved, an organization interested in partnering, or a supporter who wants to invest in parent power—there is a place for you at S.T.A.N.D. Up Minnesota Parents United.
Change takes all of us. And when we stand together, we become powerful enough to change what one person cannot change alone.