Massachusetts Network of Foster Care Alumni
VIRTUAL MEETUPS FOR CURRENT AND/OR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH AND ALLIES:
You are a 'current and or former foster youth' if you said YES to the following questions:
1. Were you in 'foster care' in ANY sovereign nation, state, territory or country in the world for ANY period of time? (who are foster care alumni?)
2. Did you experience any of the following - foster homes, group care settings, kinship care (AKA raised by a family member) ---- adoption, guardianship or reunification (AKA returning home after foster care) following your time in out of home placement, continuation with DCF after 18?
Friends of Foster Care (ALLIES) are welcome to attend. Current and/or former foster youth below the age of 18 are welcome to attend with an adult.
Platform - Zoom. Once participants register they will recieve a link to join the workshop.
"As a child growing up in Compton, I challenged anything that I saw as unjust. My foster mom would tell me that I could be President! No one had ever suggested I was capable of achieving something like that and it stuck in my mind like an earworm. I discovered how my voice was essential in building an equitable and just society. Now, every day I wake up fighting for Black children much like me to have a fair chance at an opportunity to thrive. Because, I too see the President in every system impacted kid in Los Angeles."
Akin Abioye serves as the Manager of Youth Justice at Liberty Hill Foundation. In this role, he manages the day-to-day activities for the California Funders for Boys and Men of Color Southern California and My Brother's Keeper Los Angeles County work, and supports the Ready to Rise public private partnership.