Portland single moms Clare Bean and Morgan Siler are launching a print magazine this month called Single Parent. Just a bit over one year after they launched their successful online community IHeartSingleParents.com; which has been awarded one of the ‘Best Website for Divorced Parents and Separated Families’ by On Teens Today and featured on KOIN News 6, The Oregonian, Fox’s Mike and Juliet Show, and numerous prominent blog sites, Clare and Morgan are launching a print magazine and a series of events called Single Parent Night Out.
This all started with two young, dynamic Portland women who found themselves in the role of single Mom. At first it was lonely and they were both chaffing at the public’s stereotypical view of single parents. Then they met each other and realized that knowing another single parent helped. So, they decided to find a way to create a positive, healthy community of other single parents and see what they could do to change the way society views single parents. After all, there are nearly 14 million single parents in this country (and about 222,684 of them live right here in Portland), the vast majority of whom are doing a great job of providing for their children and creating a good life for their families. Today, the online community IHeartSingleParents.com is thriving and has a number of prominent single parent members, including:
- Dr. Leah Klungness, speaker and co-author of The Complete Single Mother
- Barbara Winter, speaker and author of Making a Living Without a Job
- Mari Gallion, author of The Single Mother’s Guide to a Happy Pregnancy
- Tommy Taylore, author of Single Parent Survival Guide
- Michael Shimberg, author of The Complete Single Father
- R.J. Jamarillo from SingleDad.com
- Simon Blackwell of HelpforDaddy.com
Single Parent magazine launching this month and includes a column by Dr. Leah Klungness and feature articles by prominent single parent writers such as Alaina Sheer from Ms. Single Mama, and Melissa Chapman, Family Editor at Single Minded Women. AND – with the exception of the owner of their publishing company, Clare and Morgan have assembled an all single-parent team to produce, write, and promote the magazine. Single Parent Night Out events are launching this month in Portland at the Barracuda, sponsored by Entercom (105.1 The BUZZ), DeKuyper, and Chanel Shavers, RE/MAX Equity Group, Inc, Broker. When polled, 91% of the IHeartSingleParents.com community said they would like to have monthly sponsored events so Clare and Morgan, along with SK2R Publishing, organized a monthly night out in Portland. They are planning to start launching in other cities later this year and this summer will have family events for the single parent community. Clare and Morgan are dedicated Moms, dynamic businesswomen, fun-spirited Portlanders, and creating a single parent revolution. I think they would make a great story for AM Northwest. If you’d like to set something up, please call Lura Frazey, Public Relations at 503-914-5810.
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