Everyone always asks me what the holidays mean to me. To some people the holidays are all about gifts and food. To some people the holidays are about giving and receiving. For me the holidays […]
I never really had a traditional Christmas. At times, we were so poor we didn’t have a tree and had to go to the 99-cent store for gifts. Sometimes we had nothing at all. Sometimes […]
For children like me who grew up in Richmond, California, our lived experiences are very different than our peers who grew up just miles away in the affluent Bay Area. In Richmond, you see everything […]
Many nonprofit organizations and agencies across the country are thinking about the best way to increase employment opportunities and support to foster youth. Counter-narratives are beginning to disrupt the assumptions and stereotypes that exist about […]
Later this month, I’ll walk across the stage and receive my associate degree from Santa Ana College. After that, I’ll transfer to the University of California, Riverside, with the goal of one day becoming a […]
About three months after I first entered the foster care system at age 12, a foster parent uttered words that would stay with me for the rest of my life. “Gay people are sinners who have […]
Anyé Young remembers the first time she went to Dave and Buster’s without her dad. The arcade was where Young and her father forged many happy memories together, a special place that Young considered “our […]
Xocheezy* is an 18-year-old foster youth who came of age in California’s juvenile justice system. That might have been avoided had her family ever been connected to housing support. It is not rare for […]
Gang member, poor kid, ward of the court, foster youth, violent felon, lost cause … Growing up I was often told who I was by the adults around me before I ever had the […]
On Tuesday, an Oregon foster youth will be asking tough questions of the state’s candidates for governor. Organized by Children First for Oregon, the Debate for Oregon’s Future is entirely youth led, with all questions written […]
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