{"id":37462,"date":"2018-04-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/wear-blue-on-friday-april-6-2-3\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T21:24:46","slug":"wear-blue-on-friday-april-6-2-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/wear-blue-on-friday-april-6-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Wear Blue on Friday, April 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>\n\tAlaska has one of the highest per capita rates of child abuse and neglect in the nation, but we can all work to change that. Start by wearing blue on Go Blue Day\u2014<strong>Friday, April 6, 2018<\/strong>\u2014to raise awareness of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Communities across the state are also hosting rallies on April 6 to show their support. You can participate by attending a Go Blue Day rally in your community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Anchorage rally<\/strong>, 9 a.m., Wells Fargo on Northern Lights and C Street<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Juneau rally<\/strong>, 12 p.m., Alaska State Capital Building &#8211; front Steps<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Mat-Su Valley rally<\/strong>, 9 a.m., Wells Fargo Parking lot (1701 E Parks Hwy, Wasilla)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tThe theme of month is &#8220;30 ways to Strengthen Families.&#8221; Throughout the month you will hear more about Strengthening Families, an evidence-based framework for preventing child abuse and neglect by focusing on family strengths. Print, display, and share the poster below from Alaska Children&#8217;s Trust with 30 ideas to strengthening a family.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskachildrenstrust.org\/s\/ACT-prevention-month-poster-MECH-032818.jpg\">8.5&#8243; x 14&#8243; Poster (JPG)<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/layouts\/thread\/files\/images\/ACT+prevention+month+poster(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 200px\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/5abd216d70a6ad9c583cae5f\/1522344313769\/ACT+prevention+month+poster+MECH+032818.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"30 Ways to Strengthen Families Poster\" src=\"https:\/\/threadsandbox2.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ACT-Child-Abuse-Prevention-Month.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px;height: 288px;border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;float: right;margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskachildrenstrust.org\/s\/ACT-prevention-month-poster-MECH-032818.pdf\">8.5&#8243; x 14&#8243; Poster (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tStrengthening Families promotes five protective factors that, when present, help prevent child abuse and neglect. Click on each protective factor below for more information:<\/p>\n<p>\n\t1.     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c3c3725e25152213ce6f\/1488569284200\/SF+Parental+Resilience+3-2013.pdf\">Parent Resilience<\/a><br \/>\n\t2.     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c40317bffc990c57e1d7\/1488569348537\/SF+Social+Connections+3-2013.pdf\">Social Connections<\/a><br \/>\n\t3.     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c4336a496359fbd066e2\/1488569396647\/SF+Knowledge+of+parenting+and+child+development+03+2013_1.pdf\">Knowledge of Parenting &amp; Child Development<\/a><br \/>\n\t4.     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c53bbf629a6755bc067d\/1488569660463\/SF+Concrete+support+in+times+of+need+03+2013.pdf\">Concrete Support in Times of Need<\/a> <br \/>\n\t5.     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c6d68419c262e9d833f9\/1488570071452\/SF+Social+Emotional.pdf\">Healthy Social &amp; Emotional Development of Children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tLearn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/alaskachildrenstrust.org\/programs\/strengthening-families\">all five protective factors<\/a> at www.alaskachildrenstrust.org.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37462","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wear Blue on Friday, April 6 - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/wear-blue-on-friday-april-6-2-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wear Blue on Friday, April 6 - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alaska has one of the highest per capita rates of child abuse and neglect in the nation, but we can all work to change that. 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