Have Museum, Will Travel: A Foster’s First Time Out of Cali By Ricardo Ramirez, California Youth Connection member, Foster Youth Museum docent, Playmaker Rookie of the Year 2016 My name is Ricardo and I am a docent for the Foster Youth Museum and our exhibit in Arkansas. This is my first trip ever outside of California and my…
No More Sleepwalking: Waking Up By Bethanea Goudea, YTP Trainer (cohort 2016), Foster Youth Museum Docent Until recently, hypersomniac was a great way to describe my world. The hopes I had for my future involving happiness, stability, love and acceptance were so dreamlike and intangible–until now. They seemed so far from me, and while my life seemed to be wasting away…
Robots, Fosters and Our Trip to the South… Team Fusion Members and their Robot – competitors at the Western Regional Robot Competition By Jamie Lee Evans This past weekend I went to a regional competition of youth robot makers. The youth ranged in age from 12 years old to high school seniors and designed, built and programmed…
Foster Youth Museum is Heading to Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fostering Experience in Grace Cathedral By Cole Vanwey Hello, I am Cole Vanwey. I am a youth advocate who works to transform systems that impact youth in their transition to adulthood. I am a member of Humboldt County’s Behavioral Health Board, and a commissioner on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission. I am also…
Perspectives from Former Foster Youth Illuminated in Faith & Contemporary Issues Conversation By Kevin Clark Preparing to see youth tokenized, rather than given equity in the public sphere, irks me. I’ve seen foster youth contribute to the “aesthetic appeal” of forums and conversations, with usually about 30 seconds given to intersperse a hurried timeline of…