CASA Library: I’ll Pray For You, and Other Outrageous Things Said To Disabled People

"i'll Pray for you" 2023 Staff book picks

Our team at Henrico CASA loves to read… and there’s no better time to read than the summer! In upcoming weeks we’ll be highlighting some of our recent favorites in the hopes that you will enjoy the themes and connections to our work as child advocates. Synopsis In I’ll Pray for You and Other Outrageous Things…

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CASA Pick: Yellow Wife

CASA staff holding Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

Our team at Henrico CASA loves to read… and there’s no better time to read than the summer! In upcoming weeks we’ll be highlighting some of our recent favorites in the hopes that you will enjoy the themes and connections to our work as child advocates. Synopsis Yellow Wife begins on a plantation in Charles…

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CASA Volunteers Show Compassion and Empathy

Empathy blog header

There are a number of reactions that people have when a child in our community is in emotional pain due to a crisis and/or conflict in their life. The reactions may range from apathy to sympathy, empathy to compassion. Apathy is the more negative reaction because it’s a way of not caring about what happens…

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