Each Thursday at noon, the COVID313 Community Coalition for Families and Students host a virtual townhall focused on supporting parents, students, and families during the Coronavirus outbreak.

The next Townhall for Families and Students will be Thursday, May 28 from 12n-2p. Find out more at covid313.org. You can also see it live on Detroit PBS’s Facebook page each Thursday.

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While coping with the COVID-19 crisis, the Detroit child advocacy group Hope Starts Here reminds us about the Six-A-Day Plan urges parents to engage young children. Those six: encouragement, talk, reading, hugs, singing and play. Hope Start Here Outreach Coordinator Theresa Mitchell explains there’s more to be done to help kids while we shelter in place.

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