Dallas CASA

Dallas CASA Advocate Summit Kick off (Virtual)
2022-10-13 17:30 - 19:00 UTC
The Dallas CASA Advocate Summit (Virtual) kicks off on Thursday, October 13 at 5:30p, followed by a full day of continuing education Saturday, October 16. Together, the Advocate Summit offers more than eight hours of virtual continuing education. Join fellow volunteers and staff to learn more about important child welfare issues and best practices for advocacy. Register here
Topic include:
-Making the Most of Child Visits
-Gaining Confidence in your CASA Confidentiality
-The Impact of Substance Abuse on the Family
-Couches, Cuddles & Connections: An Infant Mental Health Overview
-Foster Care Medicaid: STAR Health Overview
-Advocating for the Education Rights of Children in the Foster Care System
-Advocating for Adolescents and Aging Out Youth
-Helping without Sacrifice (A Discussion on Self-Care in the Face of Vicarious Trauma)
-The Impact of Race-Based Traumatic Stress
-Case Presentation: A Collaborative Family Engagement Success Story
-LGBTQIA+ Youth Under Assault – Myths and Reality
-Sharing Hope/Compartiendo Esperanza (Mental Health Resources in Minority Communities)

Big D Reads Special Event
2022-09-28 18:00 UTC
Join Dallas CASA for a BIG D READS special event!
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime conversation with Jim Schutze, author of The Accommodation and local thought leadership, as they discuss our city’s history and path toward racial justice.
Register now to zoom in for this important discussion. Please share the link with your friends!
To learn more visit Big D Reads.
Pick up a free copy of the book at the Dallas CASA office, 2757 Swiss Avenue, Dallas (limited availability)

Event Guests Include:
John Schutze – Author, The Accommodation. Former reporter for the Dallas Times Herald and The Observer and current columnist for D Magazine.
Maureen Armour – Professor Emeritus, SMU Dedman School of Law. Maureen Armour was the faculty’s co-leader of the law school’s civil clinic. Following law school, Maureen was a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Barefoot Sanders, who adopted and monitored a plan to desegregate Dallas ISD schools.
Peter Brodsky – Former private-equity investor and now owner and redeveloper of RedBird Mall, Peter has provided board leadership to education programs including Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP).
John Creuzot – Dallas County District Attorney since 2019. He served for 21 years as a Dallas County Felony District Court Judge, earning a national reputation for his innovative work on drug courts, criminal justice reform and evidence-based sentencing.
Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III – Senior pastor at Friendship-West Baptist Church, where he is engaged in fighting against racial injustice, committed to increasing economic and social justice in urban areas and devoted to transforming the live of the disenfranchised.

New Volunteer Information Session
2022-09-01 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-08-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-07-29 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-07-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-07-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-07-07 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) and 12 more dates
For more information on becoming a Dallas CASA volunteer please click here. Follow the link to register to attend a new volunteer information session.

New Volunteer Information Session
2022-08-18 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
For more information on becoming a Dallas CASA volunteer please click here. Follow the link to register to attend our special Men of CASA new volunteer information session.

Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses
2022-07-15 10:00 - 2022-07-31 15:00 (America/Chicago) | NorthPark Center, 8687 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX, 75225
Parade of Playhouses will take place July 15-31, in person at NorthPark Center. Amazing, custom-built, children’s dream playhouses will be on display during the 17-day event. For chance to win a playhouse, raffle tickets will be sold for $5 each or five for $20 on DallasCASA.org.
Presented by Crest Auto Group with Grand Marshal KDC, all proceeds from raffle ticket sales and sponsorships benefit the children served by Dallas CASA.

New Volunteer Information Session
2022-06-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
For more information on becoming a Dallas CASA volunteer please click here. Follow the link to register to attend a special African Americans for CASA new volunteer information session.

Another Evaluation
2022-05-17 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago)

Children's Council Spring Meeting
2022-05-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Dallas CASA, 2757 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75204
The Dallas CASA Children’s Council hosts a general membership meeting and panel discussion on relative and kinship placement.
Click here to learn how you can become a Children’s Council member.

Website Review
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-13

Cherish the Children
2022-05-06 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Omni Dallas Hotel, 555 S. Lamar , Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
The Dallas CASA Children’s Council will host the 2022 Cherish the Children benefit luncheon on May 6 at the Omni Dallas Hotel. During the event, Dallas CASA will recognize an honoree with the 2022 Caroline Rose Hunt Cherish the Children Award.
For information on our Cherish the Children luncheon or future events, please contact Michelle Mai, 469.547.9456 or email. Thank you for your generosity, continued support and for recognizing that child victims in our community need us now more than ever.

MiCASA SuCASA Latino New Volunteer Information Session
2022-04-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Bilingual Spanish-speaking volunteers are needed to serve Latino children living in foster care.
For more information on becoming a Dallas CASA volunteer please click here. Follow the link to register to attend a new volunteer information session.
