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Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives

Ryann Blackshere | Posted 03.31.2012

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Ryann Blackshere

Current and former foster youth will converge on the Capitol building in Sacramento, CA, to advocate for their rights, an example of a broadening foster youth-led political movement laying roots across the nation.

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Demanding A Better Education For Children In Foster Care

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 08.14.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

The education of children in foster care is one step in a long, needed march towards a future where we put all children first.

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On the Road to Educational Equality

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Angelo McClain, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Child Welfare, Senator Mary Landrieu, Mitchell Chester, Children, Sixto Cancel, No Child Left Behind, Orphans, Fostering Media Connections, Daniel Heimpel, Participant Media, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Waiting for Superman, Education, Department of Children and Families, Marta Minow, Harvard Law School, Senator Chuck Grassley, Einhorn Family Charitable Trust, Foster Care, Education News
Daniel Heimpel

Town Hall at Harvard Law School highlights the intersection of foster care and education.

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Fighting To Give Foster Children The Support They Deserve

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

The chain of responsibility for children in the foster care system culminates with us, and by virtue of our Democratic process, those who represent us.

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The Future of Foster Care: Are We Too Cheap to Keep Children Safe?

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fostering Media Connections, Abuse, Disproportionality, Orphan, Bias, Racism, Harvard Law School, Elizabeth Bartholet, Maltreatment, Daniel Heimpel, Foster Care, Neglect, Impact News
Daniel Heimpel

If making children safe truly requires changing the overarching ideology, then juvenile judges, social workers, children's rights attorneys and social scientists cannot do it alone.

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Staring at Superman

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sokhom Mao, Education, Sen. Al Franken, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, San Francisco State University, Fostering Media Connections, Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, Guardian Scholars, Foster Care, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Education News
Daniel Heimpel

On Tuesday, the President will deliver his State of the Union Address. In all likelihood, education will be a prominent consideration, sparking a national debate and setting the cogs of Congress into motion.

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A Lesson to Be Learned

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: American Indians, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Fostering Media Connections, Indian Child Welfare, Fostering-Connections-to-Success-and-Increasing-Adoptions-Act, Washington State, Foster Care, Adminsitration of Children and Families, Parenting, Healthy Living News
Daniel Heimpel

In the 50s and 60s this was typified by the "Adoption Project," which forced thousands of Washington State children into white homes in a mad dash to assimilate.

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