B.R.A.V.E. (Bold, Resilient, Aware, Victorious, Empowered)

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  • B.R.A.V.E. (Bold, Resilient, Aware, Victorious, Empowered)
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  • 03/23/2026
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  • B.R.A.V.E. (Bold, Resilient, Aware, Victorious, Empowered) is a community-engaged, parent-centered support group embedded within Family Foundations Early Head Start, serving families with children prenatal to age three across Allegheny County. Developed through an ongoing partnership between Early Head Start families and University of Pittsburgh–affiliated practitioners, B.R.A.V.E. is co-designed with participating parents, who shape group agendas, activities, and priorities. Guided by trauma-informed and healing-centered frameworks, this project uses a phenomenological qualitative approach to center parent voice and lived experience. Findings demonstrate mutual benefits for community and university partners, including strengthened peer connection, increased self-awareness and emotion regulation, reduced mental-health stigma, and improved parent–child relationships. This poster highlights how reciprocal, strengths-based partnerships can generate practice-based evidence while advancing community well-being, leadership, and equity within early childhood systems.
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  • cesf.pitt.edu
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  • 2026 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum
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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Shafer, Ashley, et al. B.r.a.v.e. (bold, Resilient, Aware, Victorious, Empowered). University of Pittsburgh. 2026. d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/e9af616f-28fb-41cd-b892-7fe405be4ec1.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

S. Ashley, S. Victoria, K. Charlotte, & H. Lashawan. (2026). B.R.A.V.E. (Bold, Resilient, Aware, Victorious, Empowered). https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/e9af616f-28fb-41cd-b892-7fe405be4ec1

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Shafer, Ashley, Sabo, Victoria, King, Charlotte, and Hopper, LaShawan. B.r.a.v.e. (bold, Resilient, Aware, Victorious, Empowered). University of Pittsburgh. 2026. https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/e9af616f-28fb-41cd-b892-7fe405be4ec1.

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