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Ben Minor, Children’s Restoration Network

July 20, 2015 by angishields

Pro Advocate Radio

Ben Minor, Children's Restoration Network

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Ben Minor, Children’s Restoration Network

Ben Minor is the Development Director at Children’s Restoration Network, a nonprofit organization that provides supportive services to help homeless children and homeless mothers across 20 Metro-Atlanta counties each year.

Ben has been working with Children’s Restoration Network for the past seven years, where he helps to manage some of the organization’s fundraising efforts as well as several of their educational programs, so he joined us on Pro Advocate Radio to share about CRN and the work they’re doing to help homeless kids be prepared for the start of the new school year.

Please visit the CRN website to learn more about upcoming events and campaigns to serve more of Georgia’s homeless children and single parents in need.

August 1st was “Stuff the Bus” day and WSB, Kroger and other businesses set up locations for us to drop off school bags and supplies. It was an incredible day of exciting community support and lots of smiles all around, especially when these kids received their new stuffed bags – so please check out the photos on the CRN or WSB Facebook pages!

Visit the website for more details on upcoming events and to learn how you can contribute now and on an ongoing basis to make a difference for the thousands of homeless children in our area.

We love this photo of WSB’s Sophia Choi stuffing the bus for Children’s Restoration Network, and what better way to engage talent in this mission than by featuring the work of legendary cartoonist Mike Luckovich!

The crew at WSB in Atlanta created a whirlwind of exciting news and social media posts, so please follow & share @WSBTV and @WSBradio

Please listen and share this broadcast with family, friends and across your social media networks!

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Deb Beacham/My Advocate Center

Founder, Executive Director

My Advocate Center is building and offering solutions needed in each community, in each state in the U.S.A. and beyond. We are about improving family stability and seeing that the needs of children are met.

When families, especially single parents and children, become homeless it turns into a daily struggle to cover even their most basic needs so we are glad to feature Children’s Restoration Network and support their drive for school supplies, clothing and backpacks to help fill these voids for homeless children. As we grow and expand, we are engaging more organizations that work to prevent homelessness as well as to serve urgent and current needs in our communities.

Our work includes serving military and veteran families and children, as they often fall onto hard times during and after service, but our veterans are also a part of the solution. Positions are being created to put as many veterans and veteran family members to work as possible.

Our Professional Spotlight #onPAR serves the mission of uplifting families and children who are caught in conflict, whether it is before the breakup of a relationship, during divorce or child custody disputes, or after a legal battle when recovery and peace are needed.

Bold moves are being made to help parents understand how to better transition through & out of conflict, meaning we help reduce stress for children, and preserve family time & resources for their benefit.

Professionals who are like-minded are encouraged to connect and become a part of our Resource Directory. Please visit the Counsel for Change group page here on LinkedIn to learn more about our discussions. Our advisory panel reviews professionals to ensure certain standards are met. If you are focused on upholding ethics rules, professional duty, and are committed to helping children receive the best that both parents have to offer, let us know.

Our investigations, initiatives & strategies are also well suited to supporting government agencies in making necessary improvements to programs & services. It is important that these changes are made to better serve parents & children; but it is also possible to yield a positive economic return for each community & state.

MAC’s purpose in contributing to agencies & other organizations is to improve the divorce/child custody process in a way that leaves our communities stronger & better able to support the needs of children. We now have opportunities to lessen the impact of family violence, addiction & other dysfunction, while putting our financial resources to better use.

Connect | Inform | Empower

When it comes to guiding public policy to improve the process, and to helping parents navigate through high-conflict custody cases, no other collection of experts and resources is better positioned to give you clear and actionable insight.

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A Father Asks to be in His Children’s Lives

June 29, 2015 by angishields

Pro Advocate Radio

A Father Asks to be in His Children's Lives

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A Father Explains Family Court Pitfalls; Asks for A Chance to be Involved with Kids

More and more parents like this father, Jack, are speaking out to reveal for others the potential pitfalls of our Family Law system after being trapped in unnecessary litigation. As Jack is using his experience to help others more safely navigate the legal process around family conflict, he is also working to have a second chance for a life with his children. What is holding him back?

Legal Support is the number one issue for parents like Jack, and we now know there is a major shortfall in the area of Pro Bono support in Family Law. So this show has everything to do with asking our community to pitch in. Let’s make this needed support – intervention and second chances – possible!

In Jack’s world, where his children were wrongfully removed from his life, nothing made sense until he realized he just didn’t have access to the right information and resources.

So now that Jack knows the landscape, and is still focused on what his children need from him (from both parents), he is asking for the opportunity to restore balance in their lives.

He just wants to be a part of their lives and for them to know him and receive all that he has to offer as a father. That is a major focus of the work being done by Pro Advocate Radio’s title sponsor, My Advocate Center, Inc. This mission is shared by other like-minded organizations such as The Fatherless Generation Foundation and The Fatherless Daughter Project. We all agree that children need their parents in their lives, and when a parent is available, motivated and has much to offer their child – whether mother or father – they should not be denied, and the children especially should not be denied.

There is no easy or nice way to put this, as the pitfalls Jack faced when going through the family court process were caused by certain professionals seeking to prolong the litigation, turn a divorce into an unnecessary custody fight, and to drain the family financially and emotionally. It is unfortunate that this goes on, that it happens often, and is driven simply by greed, enabled by a lack of transparency and oversight, and it damages children when one parent is punitive and uses the children to harm the other.

The children suffer the most, and parents realize too late that the legal process can be dangerous in regard to staying in the lives of your children; for some, there is little to no hope of being left in a position to give their children what they need.

Children need for parents to be available for them, peacefully working together.

What they need and want is the best of BOTH parents.

My Advocate Center invites law schools to study this case and to help students understand what fiduciary duty failures look like in real family law cases, and what is possible in terms of solutions this coming generation of lawyers can offer.

Professionals and anyone interested in contributing or identifying resources for parents and children who deserve the chance to be together, please visit MyAdvocateCenter.com or email Deb@MyAdvocateCenter.com

James O’Brien/Pro Advocate Radio

Talk Show Host

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Deb Beacham/My Advocate Center

Founder, Executive Director

We are the Game-Changers in guiding improvements that affect the Family Law community, specifically high-conflict divorce, child custody disputes & family violence matters.

We believe that it is possible to better prepare individuals and families to resolve conflict before things take a turn for the worse, and to avoid leaving the family stripped of financial resources, valuable time and their health.

Connect | Inform | Empower

MyAdvocateCenter.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin (Deb)

Parents Reveal Family Law Pitfalls: Dishonest Attorneys

February 15, 2015 by angishields

Pro Advocate Radio

Parents Reveal Family Law Pitfalls: Dishonest Attorneys

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Parents Tammy and Tony Reveal Family Law Pitfalls

Parents Tammy and Tony speak out to reveal for others the potential pitfalls of our Family Law system after being trapped in unnecessary litigation.

There is no easy or nice way to put this, as the pitfalls were caused by dishonest attorneys seeking to prolong the litigation, turn a divorce into an unnecessary custody fight, and to drain the family financially and emotionally.

This strategy known only to the attorneys would have left this couple without the ability to co-parent together and without the time and financial means to give their son what he really needs. He needs them available for him and peacefully working together.

There is no argument that Tammy and Tony both wanted what was best for their son, and for the purpose of this show we’ll call him “Junior.” Even though they were struggling and having a hard time communicating, they never envisioned destroying each other. What actually took place will shock you.

They never fathomed their own attorneys would give such poor advice and cause them to do harm to each other, in ways that were unnecessary and that went against their nature and what they wanted.

Fortunately, Tony was able to see the deception that was leading to increased stress and risk for them as a family, and that would likely jeopardize his rights as a father. Separately and with no knowledge of what Tony was experiencing and realizing, Tammy came to My Advocate Center through a referral from a friend. She was able to talk to an attorney for a second opinion about her situation, and realized that not only was she getting poor advice, she was being guided to make their conflict worse. As a mother struggling to overcome a painful injury and disability, this was the last thing she needed.

Please listen and share what you learn here, and ask families caught in conflict to pause, take a step back and consider alternatives to what goes on in many divorces and child custody disputes.

Identities are being shielded here for privacy and to allow this family time to heal and recover from what they were put through in this legal matter. The good news is that they were able to take a time-out long enough to compare notes, to reach a more peaceful common ground, and decided to use their experience to help others. They are not, however, out of the woods. Tammy needs a leg up to recover from the suffering caused in this case and a chance to recover financially from what appear to be unnecessary losses.

My Advocate Center invites law schools to study this case and to help students understand what fiduciary duty failures look like in real family law cases.

James O’Brien/Pro Advocate Radio

Talk Show Host

www.ProAdvocateRadio.org | Twitter (PAR) | Twitter (James)

Deb Beacham/My Advocate Center

Founder, Executive Director

We are the Game-Changers in guiding improvements that affect the Family Law community, specifically high-conflict divorce, child custody disputes & family violence matters.