All Things Children's Alliance
This Children's Alliance program was developed for all levels of the child welfare workforce in order to address Secondary Traumatic Stress.
What is Resilience Alliance?
The Kansas state motto is "Ad Astra Per Aspera", which is Latin for ________.
What is "To the stars through difficulties"?
This popular Disney character was featured in Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film that was the first animated cartoon with fully synchronized sound, putting an end to silent animation.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
This example of advanced generative artificial intelligence was developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022. CAK staff often use this platform to generate humorous Christmas photos and cartoons.
What is ChatGPT?
The ancient Roman three-day festival of Lupercalia was replaced in the fifth century by this February holiday after the festival was deemed pagan by Pope Gelasius I.
What is Valentine's Day?
This Institute lays a foundation for kinship, foster, and adoptive caregivers to build the knowledge, skills, resources, and supports they need to navigate the child and family well-being system.
What is MAPP/MAPP Institute?
The famed John Steuart Curry painting Tragic Prelude hangs in the Kansas State Capitol and features what notorious abolitionist set in a Bleeding Kansas scene?
Who is John Brown?
James Cameron's timeless 1997 classic, Titanic, chronicles the doomed love story of the fictional Jack Dawson and Rose, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Kathy Bates played this well-known female philanthropist who really was on the Titanic and survived after helping many others to safety.
Who is Margaret "Molly" Brown/the Unsinkable Molly Brown?
This catastrophic event occurred during a CARN meeting, endangering several pairs of dress shoes as heroic CAK staff came to the rescue and saved the day without disrupting any of the members upstairs.
What are leaking pipes?
This President's birthday actually falls on February 22. However, in 1971, the country started celebrating it on the third Monday in February instead so that they could have a long weekend.
Who is George Washington?
The Children’s Alliance drives systems-level change to strengthen children and families through ________, _________ and ________.
What are advocacy, networking, and education?
Cawker City, Kansas, is home to the world's largest ball of this material, at over 38 feet in circumference and weighing more than 16,750 pounds.
What is twine?
This director has made a name for himself with such movies as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Batman (1989), and Beetlejuice 1 and 2 (1988 and 2024, respectively).
Who is Tim Burton?
CompuServe developed the compressed image file technology for these in 1987. Today, staff often share these popular short, animated, looping images in the CAK Teams chat.
What are GIFs?
This CAK staff member had the most recent work anniversary in February.
Who is Kristen Malloy?
CAK's legislative advocacy ramps up at the Statehouse when the Kansas Legislature is in session. The legislative session starts in January and typically ends in early _____.
What is May?
Kansas is known for tornadoes, and the worst in recent history was the 2007 Greensburg tornado, which ranked as an EF5 or F5 on this scale, named for the researcher who created it.
What is the Fujita Scale/Enhanced Fujita Scale?
Will also accept Fujita-Pearson Scale.
In this 2010 film, housewife Penny Chenery suddenly finds herself managing her family's Thoroughbred racehorse farm and the career of this legendary Triple Crown-winning racehorse, whose name is also the movie title.
What/Who is Secretariat?
This type of insect once played a role in an elaborate CAK April Fool's prank.
What is a bee?
In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson singled out a week in February to highlight two important birthdays and recognize the oft-forgotten histories, culture, and contributions of specific peoples. In 1976, President Ford extended this week to last the entire month of February, which is known as what?
What is Black History Month?
The Children's Alliance was formed in this year: _____.
What is 1954? (Per former director Bruce Linhos's documented testimony before the Children and Seniors Committee in 2015)
Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 in a Lockheed Vega she affectionately named her "Little Red Bus". Earhart was born in this Kansas town.
What is Atchison, Kansas?
This film studio is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States, founded in 1912 and having since released such films as Frankenstein, Jaws, E.T., Despicable Me, and Wicked.
What is Universal Pictures/Universal Studios?
This global analytics and advisory firm hosts CliftonStrengths, a strengths-based development tool for learning, leadership, and professional growth that is well-utilized by CAK staff, thanks to Shanna!
What is Gallup?
This is the name of the famed groundhog who lives in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and is perpetually searching for his shadow every Groundhog Day.
Who is Punxsutawney Phil?