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Tag: foster care

A Former Foster Care Youth And Advocate On Learning To Be The Mother She Didn't Have
Lifestyle · Parenting

A Former Foster Care Youth And Advocate On Learning To Be The Mother She Didn't Have

By Keyaira Boone · Apr 24, 2024
Black Children Are Overrepresented In The Foster Care System. Why Aren't We Adopting Them?
Lifestyle · Parenting

Black Children Are Overrepresented In The Foster Care System. Why Aren't We Adopting Them?

By Brennan Nevada Johnson · Nov 30, 2023
Child Welfare Systems Discriminate Against Black Children
News

Child Welfare Systems Discriminate Against Black Children

By Rayna Reid Rayford · Oct 25, 2023
The Inspiring Organization That Gives Foster Kids Attending HBCUs Free Dorm Makeovers And Financial Support
News

The Inspiring Organization That Gives Foster Kids Attending HBCUs Free Dorm Makeovers And Financial Support

By Melissa Noel · Aug 4, 2023
New California Law Makes It Possible For Foster Youth To Attend College For Free
News

New California Law Makes It Possible For Foster Youth To Attend College For Free

By Melissa Noel · Jul 21, 2023
Tori Hope Petersen On Faith And Learning To Contradict Trauma After Growing Up In The Foster Care System
Books · Entertainment

Tori Hope Petersen On Faith And Learning To Contradict Trauma After Growing Up In The Foster Care System

By Lynnette Nicholas · Aug 30, 2022
Tiffany Haddish Felt Like 'Garbage' Growing Up In Foster Care. She Now Works To Keep Foster Youth From Feeling The Same.
Health & Wellness · Lifestyle

Tiffany Haddish Felt Like 'Garbage' Growing Up In Foster Care. She Now Works To Keep Foster Youth From Feeling The Same.

By Aley Arion · Jun 16, 2022
Kenisha E. Anthony Entered The Foster Care System When She Was 4 And Aged Out Of It. Now She's Working To Change It.
Lifestyle

Kenisha E. Anthony Entered The Foster Care System When She Was 4 And Aged Out Of It. Now She's Working To Change It.

By Victoria Uwumarogie · May 28, 2021
Former Councilman Tito Jackson And Birth Mother Recount Their Emotional Reunion
Lifestyle · Parenting

Former Councilman Tito Jackson And Birth Mother Recount Their Emotional Reunion

By Victoria Uwumarogie · Apr 19, 2021
Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey Hosts Virtual Holiday Gala

Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey Hosts Virtual Holiday Gala

By Donna M. Owens · Dec 3, 2020
The Policing Of Black Motherhood In A Nation We Were Never Meant To Survive Free
Culture · Op-Ed

The Policing Of Black Motherhood In A Nation We Were Never Meant To Survive Free

By Carmen Green · May 11, 2020
Yandy Smith Is Working To Become A Foster Mother To Her Mentee
Celebrity

Yandy Smith Is Working To Become A Foster Mother To Her Mentee

By Paula Rogo · Aug 18, 2018