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Fundada en 2016 por un grupo de madres apasionadas, CPLAN (Red de Acción de Liderazgo Colaborativo de Padres) surgió de una determinación colectiva de defender la educación de nuestros hijos. Nos dimos cuenta de que para crear un cambio significativo, necesitábamos unirnos y desafiar colectivamente el sistema educativo existente. Al fin y al cabo, cuando muchas voces se unen, tienen un impacto más fuerte.
Desde entonces, CPLAN ha crecido hasta convertirse en una coalición estatal de interesados educativos dedicados, incluyendo padres, educadores, administradores y responsables de políticas.
Misión
CPLAN es una organización de defensa liderada por padres que busca informar, inspirar y empoderar a los padres para abogar por una educación más equitativa para sus hijos.
Visión
Nuestra visión es que todos los estudiantes tengan acceso a una educación de alta calidad que los prepare para la universidad, la carrera y la vida.
Our
Story
Building the capacity for families and schools to lead together.
Founded in Boston in 2016 by Julia Mejia alongside a diverse group of mothers, CPLAN emerged from a shared experience: navigating an education system that too often left families without the knowledge, relationships, or meaningful opportunities needed to influence their children’s educational experiences. Despite differences in culture, language, immigration status, education, and income, these mothers recognized a common need, not simply to be included in school conversations, but to help shape the decisions and systems affecting their children.
That conviction continues to guide our work today.
CPLAN builds the capacity of families and schools to move beyond traditional approaches to family engagement and toward authentic partnerships grounded in shared learning, mutual respect, and shared responsibility. We equip parents to become informed, confident leaders while helping educators and school communities recognize and engage the knowledge, strengths, and experiences families bring.
Through leadership development, professional learning, and collaborative family-school initiatives, we help communities build the relationships and structures needed for families and educators to work together in shaping more equitable, responsive, and supportive learning environments.
We believe families should not simply be invited into systems. They should have a meaningful role in shaping them. When families and educators bring their knowledge, perspectives, and leadership together around shared goals, they strengthen the conditions in which every student can thrive.
Because lasting educational change happens when the people closest to students have the capacity and opportunity to shape the systems that serve them.
En CPLAN, estamos impulsados por la creencia compartida de que la educación es la clave para desbloquear un futuro más brillante para todos los niños. Creemos que todos los estudiantes de escuelas públicas merecen acceso equitativo a opciones escolares de alta calidad, independientemente de sus ingresos, código postal, raza o etnicidad.
Entendemos el papel crucial que juegan los padres, miembros de la comunidad y el personal escolar en la creación de un sistema educativo más equitativo. Juntos, podemos abordar las persistentes inequidades educativas que obstaculizan el potencial de nuestros hijos.
Nuestros Estándares
Relationships
Build Power
Trust & collaboration between families, educators, and communities are the foundation for lasting change in schools.
We create space for honest dialogue through community forums, school site councils, and partnerships built on trust;
Not tokenism.
Wellness Is Essential for Learning
Emotional safety and belonging are foundational for academic success.
Learn how we support wellness in schools→
Our Reshaping Community Wellness Initiative helps families and schools understand how healing, emotional intelligence, and mental health shape learning and school climate.
Parents Are
Leaders
Parents bring expertise, lived experience, and leadership to education. It is essential that they co-lead with schools to build a learning environment that fosters a sense of identity, safety, and belonging with purpose and direction.
We support parents with multilingual workshops, coaching, and leadership opportunities so they can step into decision-making spaces with confidence.
Decision-Making Should Be Shared
Family and community voice should guide school policies, ensuring they shape the systems their children depend on.
We support families to lead and participate in School Site Councils, advisory boards, and hiring committees, ensuring decisions are made with, not for, the community.
Redes Sociales
2016
The Collaborative Parent Leadership Advocacy Network (CPLAN) is a nonprofit organization and statewide coalition committed to empowering parent leaders in education across Massachusetts. Grounded in principles of educational equity and mental health awareness, we endeavor to cultivate an inclusive, informed, and collaborative educational environment that uplifts students, families, and the broader school community.
CPLAN began by empowering parents to advocate for their children. Through our work, we recognized that families and educators often share the same goal, but face significant barriers, including limited resources, insufficient support, and growing expectations. We evolved our approach to strengthen not only parent leadership, but also the capacity of families and schools to work together as partners. Today, we help bridge that gap by building the knowledge, relationships, and shared responsibility needed to create more equitable learning experiences for every student.
Our Evolution
Redes Sociales
