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Youth Voice Simone Biles

7/28/2021

Simone Biles: You Can Be Strong and Choose Rest

Simone Biles is a champion for liberation through her public acceptance and acknowledgement of her need for rest, which is an inevitably radical act of resistance, writes Ivory Bennett.

Q&A: A California Service Provider on Foster Care and Youth Homelessness

7/22/2021

How the Child Welfare System Made Me Prioritize Education Over Myself

My relentless pursuit of education while in foster care led me away from any path toward myself, writes Youth Voice author Shay House.

Ley-Lonni Woodruff

6/28/2021

EPIC

Ley-Lonni Woodruff earned first place in the Youth Voice Writing Contest poetry division for her piece, EPIC.

Youth Voice Writing Contest Winner Hannah Hamm

6/28/2021

Twisted Fairytale

Hannah Hamm earned first place in the Youth Voice Writing Contest essay division for her piece, Twisted Fairytale.

6/28/2021

A Car Is Not a Home

Madison Follett is the second-place finalist in the Youth Voice Writing Contest for her poem, "A Car Is Not a Home."

"Things That Matter are Hard," by Laila-Rose Hudson, is the second-place finalist in the Youth Voice Writing Contest, essay division.

6/28/2021

Things That Matter Are Hard

Student and writer Laila-Rose Hudson finds inspiration from her personal mantra, "Things that matter are hard." She's the second-place finalist in the Youth Voice Writing Contest.

    Youth Voice Writing Contest finalist Samantha Villajin writes about the strength she found in community after experiencing childhood trauma.

    6/24/2021

    Power in Numbers

    Youth Voice Writing Contest finalist Samantha Villajin writes about the strength she found in community after experiencing childhood trauma.

    6/24/2021

    I Was Just the Foster Daughter

    A finalist in the Youth Voice Writing Contest, poetry division, writes about her experience of sexual assault while in foster care.

    6/22/2021

    Inspiration is All

    Inspiration can be an opportunity that pops up in your life, leading you toward a wonderful path like it did for writer Esmeralda Camberos. She's a finalist in the Youth Voice Writing Contest, essay division.