At the 2025 Mississippi Bar Convention, former State Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam sat down with more than twenty leaders in law, policy, and public service—capturing three days of extraordinary conversations for a special seven-part series of her Hope Mississippi podcast. This is Part Six of Seven. What does it really take to keep kids safe and families whole when poverty, addiction, and untreated mental illness pull them apart? In this episode, we begin with Judge Walt Brown of Adams Coun...
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At the 2025 Mississippi Bar Convention, former State Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam sat down with more than twenty leaders in law, policy, and public service—capturing three days of extraordinary conversations for a special seven-part series of her Hope Mississippi podcast. This is Part Six of Seven. What does it really take to keep kids safe and families whole when poverty, addiction, and untreated mental illness pull them apart? In this episode, we begin with Judge Walt Brown of Adams Coun...
The Science of Hope: Cindy Cheeks is Changing Lives in Mississippi's Child Welfare System
Hope Mississippi
32 minutes
6 months ago
The Science of Hope: Cindy Cheeks is Changing Lives in Mississippi's Child Welfare System
What happens when government agencies, churches, and community members break down silos and work together? Lives transform, families reunite, and hope takes root in even the most challenging circumstances. Dawn Beam and Cindy Cheeks dive deep into the science of hope and its practical application in Mississippi's child welfare system. With startling statistics—one in four Mississippi children living in poverty and one in five experiencing food insecurity—they reveal how economic hardship dir...
Hope Mississippi
At the 2025 Mississippi Bar Convention, former State Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam sat down with more than twenty leaders in law, policy, and public service—capturing three days of extraordinary conversations for a special seven-part series of her Hope Mississippi podcast. This is Part Six of Seven. What does it really take to keep kids safe and families whole when poverty, addiction, and untreated mental illness pull them apart? In this episode, we begin with Judge Walt Brown of Adams Coun...
