Navigating AI: An Evening Workshop
2026-04-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver)
Ready to feel confident about your family’s digital life?
Build your playbook: Turn uncertainty into clarity, confidence, and empowerment.
Join AI experts (and fellow parents!) as they help you move from confusion and concern to clarity, confidence, and agency in this workshop for parents and children of all ages.

Date: April 30, 2026 | 6:30—8:00 PM
Location: YMCA| 2800 Dagny Way | Lafayette, CO 80026
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(note: Sliding scale ticket pricing. Select one ticket per family.)
✨ Registration includes pizza and a complimentary copy of Whit’s new book, Family Throughlines.

Together, we’ll explore:

What AI can and can’t do.
How AI is showing up in schools and daily life.
What healthy, practical guidance looks like for people at different ages and stages.

Presenters:

Bobby Hodgkinson: Associate Teaching Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder and father of BVSD 7th and 5th graders.
Michael Whitaker (“Whit”): SVP of Strategy and Organizational Innovation at ICF, author of Family Throughlines, and father of BVSD 9th and 6th graders.

Leave informed, empowered, and equipped with practical strategies and shared language to navigate this rapidly changing world.

REGISTER TODAY (note: one ticket per family)

PEN Ambassadors: May 2026 Meeting
2026-05-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 506 Via Appia Way, Louisville, CO, 80027, United States
Hello PEN Ambassadors and parents interested in becoming Ambassadors! Please join us for our May 2026 meeting from 6:30–8:00 PM at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 506 Via Appia Way, Louisville, CO 80027.
We are growing! Visit our new PEN Ambassadors page.
Please share about PEN across your parent communities, and invite others to become Ambassadors and join our growing community!

Fentanyl: What Every Family Needs to Know
2026-07-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Lafayette YMCA, 2800 Dagny Way, Lafayette, CO, 80026, United States
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Join us for this very important – and life-saving – educational program.

Facts and myths about fentanyl.
How to identify an overdose.
How to save a life with Nalaxone (aka Narcan).
Why fentanyl testing strips don’t always work.
What laws protect your child when calling 911.

Presented by:

Trina Faatz, MA, CPFS, PRC, ADS. Affected family member and parent.
Mila Long, CAS, ADS, Brainspotting Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist, Peer Recovery Coach. Person in recovery with lived experience.

DETAILS

WHO: Adults & Youth (ages 14+)
WHEN: 6:30-8 PM, Thursday, July 9, 2026
WHERE: YMCA Northern Colorado
ADULT TICKETS: $5/10/15 sliding scale — pay what works for your family’s budget
YOUTH TICKETS (ages 14-18): $5
Light snacks will be provided.

Special thanks to the YMCA of Northern Colorado for hosting.

Parent Ambassadors 2026/27 School Year Kickoff
2026-08-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Lafayette YMCA, 2800 Dagny Way, Lafayette, CO, 80026, United States
Save the Date for our 2026/27 school year kickoff meeting!
More information coming soon.

My Sister Liv: A Film Screening
2026-09-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Dawson School, 10455 Dawson Dr, Lafayette, 80026, United States
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MY SISTER LIV is a documentary film that features sisters Tess and Liv, who from a young age are inseparable, with what seems to be an unbreakable bond. However, as Liv enters adolescence and struggles with the relentless pressures of social media, depression, body dysmorphia, and often thoughts of suicide, her big sister Tess struggles to help her.
MY SISTER LIV is a rare and riveting journey into the life of a young girl and her loved ones. As Tess and her family learn to cope with unthinkable loss, they begin the heartbreaking journey to understand the circumstances that led to Liv’s death and learn from experts who give real solutions and hope.
Directed by Grammy Award Winning Director, Alan Hicks, and produced by Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning producer, Paula DuPré Pesmen.
> Watch Film Trailer

Hosted by Parent Engagement Network with venue host Dawson School.

Open to teens, ages 14+ and adults.
Therapists, including Susan Caso The Liv Project’s Mental Health Director, will be onsite to host a Q&A panel designed for youth and one for adults immediately following the screening.
Jenna Candreia, Executive Director for the LIV Project, will participate in the parent panel as well as Liv’s Mom, Honey Buef.
Liv’s Sister Tess will participate in the post-screening discussion.
Spanish subtitles will be provide and interpretation will be available upon request.
Rise Against Suicide, HOPE Coalition, and other community organizations and resources will be onsite and available.

DETAILS

WHO: Adults & Youth (ages 14+)
WHEN: 6:30-8 PM , Thursday, September 17, 2026
WHERE: Dawson School
PRICE (per person): $5/10/15 sliding scale — pay what works for your family’s budget)

$5 Youth Tickets (ages 14-18)

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Disclaimer: The film, My Sister Liv, presented by The Liv Project, discusses youth mental health and suicide. Participation is optional. This film has been crafted with a team of therapists, including Susan Caso, MA LPC, The Liv Project’s Mental Health Director. In addition, the film was vetted by team members at the Children’s Hospital Colorado Pediatric Mental Health Institute to ensure the content was accurate and safe. The film has been approved for youth ages 14 and up. Topics in the film include suicide, depression, anxiety, self-harm, bullying, sexual assault, and grief. Please take care while watching.

Roots & Wings: 25th Anniversary Celebration
2026-10-01 17:30 - 21:00 | Nissi’s Entertainment Venue & Event Center, 1455 Coal Creek Dr Unit T, Lafayette, CO, 80026
Save the Date…
October 1, we invite you to join us for Roots & Wings, our 25th Anniversary Celebration, an evening of storytelling, celebration, and vision. You’ll hear from parents who started it all, meet parents and families whose lives have been changed, and have the opportunity to shape what comes next. The night will include dinner, dancing, and an auction. We can’t wait to celebrate an incredible 25 years of supporting parents and families!
Save the date. More details coming soon!

Motus Theater Presents: What Love Requires
2026-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Lafayette Arts Collective, 201 North Public Road, Lafayette, CO, 80026
Motus Theater & Parent Engagement Network present What Love Requires, a new autobiographical monologue project featuring stories of parents of transgender and nonbinary adults.

In many ways, the job of parents is to support our children to blossom into the unique gift they were meant to bring to the world. However, every parent’s idea of who our children are can be limited by family or societal expectations (You’re supposed to be a doctor like your parents, not a musician!)
For parents of transgender and nonbinary children, supporting our children has particularly high stakes because of the threats our children currently face simply by living their own true gender, and experiencing the joy we all have when we can truly be ourselves.
The performance shares stories of parents supporting their children to not only survive, but thrive. The performance also celebrates the ways parents are liberated from limiting perceptions about gender in the process of truly seeing and learning from their children.
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Monologists include Beth Leyba (she/her), Lynn Kutner (she/her), Cat Lindsey (she/her), and Julie (she/her). Featuring music from acclaimed violinist Anthony Salvo (he/him).
