Welcome to The Parent Plug™️

NOTHING WILL STOP US.

There is nothing bigger than the love we have for our children and our community. So people who don’t understand what we’re building here also must understand that for us there is no alternative. 

You are likely here in the wake of the death of Ryan Gainer in San Bernardino County. 

This is my home, where I was born, raised, educated, and trained. Ryan is every child I have worked with. And his name is etched into this place in my heart in a way that provokes me to believe in possibilities that reach far beyond what is currently true.

I come from a lineage of people who were forced to rely on a system formed against us. My heritage stretches from the Panther Party to the Secret Service and from the mental health field to skid row.

This is not a story about Malcolm X or my “ancestors.” This is the story of my grandparents. Of my grandfather, who is currently living, working, and paying taxes.

And in all of our fights, the message has been the same:

The system was never designed to protect us.

We are called to protect each other -

The oppressed serving the oppressed.

But our call to action is one of partnership. Where we begin to work outside and inside of systems until they all align to better serve our children. I don’t want to build a new table, I do not want to sit at an existing one, I want every single player to come together with a singular goal. And I know this is possible because everything I dream up I realize, and because you are here and we can do this together. 

We are creating a community of intentional action.

This community is for families of neurodivergent children and the people who serve them: ⬇️

• Behavior Analysts
• Mental health professionals
• Educators
• Peace officers
• Community officials
• The privileged and the underprivileged
• The resourced and the under-resourced

We do not accept violence as a possibility for our children. We do not accept the notion that this is the best we can do. We do not accept that systems fail and will always fail us. Nothing will stop us. 

Thank you for being here. For holding the vision with me. 

“Dominant culture” has found ways to commodify and monetize everything. In some ways to exploit and in some ways to survive. But nothing about this is more important to me than the guarantee that community is not something I will have for sale. Not about this. Not when having supportive community that centers the needs of our children could save their lives. Not when gatekeeping could be the thing that ultimately fails them. 

This community will never come at a cost. Not now. Not ever. You can screenshot this and hold it as evidence until the end of time.

We will find ways to create revenue when revenue is needed for resources. We will find ways to compensate people when compensation is needed. We will always find a way. But to take part, to be with people who understand our specific struggles and provide resources to ensure our children’s safe and nurtured futures? That does not have a price tag. Not here.

So if you’ve had any reservations that all of this is perhaps an elaborate sales pitch, please take it from me and my years of receipts and integrity: that’s not what this is. 

Here are some of our emerging ideas of what you can expect to find here:

• Community Support.
• Continuing Education.
• Social Opportunities - for your children, and for you. 
• Caregiver Training and Consultation
• Access to Our Community Resource Center. 
• Efforts to build crisis intervention lines locally and nationwide. 
• Meet-ups for more specific populations like homeschooling parents and fathers. 

And that’s just the beginning. 

So what would you love to see here? What do you most need? 

Reach for the stars because we’ve got us. And we will figure it out. 

We're so glad you’re here.