Tag: FYM

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  YeshiCan!

  by Jamie Lee Evans and Yeshi Vaughan Yeshi running at a high school track meet. Foster Youth Museum’s Lost Childhood’s exhibition will be up at Santa Clara University for public viewing April 30 – May 12, 2023. Since the Covid-19 global pandemic hit the world in 2020, we have been waiting patiently for the opportunity…

  April 25, 2023

• 15 Years Later: Former Foster Youth Look Back on the Power of Restorative Justice

  by Jamie Lee Evans Photo LtR: Kate Teague, Ray Bussolari (FYM Curation Director), Kayla Gordon, and Jamie Lee Evans (wearing a face mask because of the Oakland fires in 2019, pre-Covid) It’s been about 15 years since I first tested out the practice of restorative justice (RJ). RJ, while still second fiddle to that other…

  December 1, 2021

• Chosen: Foster Youth and Their Chosen Families

  What supports young people to grow in resilience, success, good health and happiness? Love, connection and belonging. For foster youth this is even more profoundly true, even though fighting for food, clothing and shelter takes up so much energy. Join Foster Youth Museum and our latest exhibition Chosen: Foster Youth and Their Chosen Families and…

  February 14, 2020

• Join Us – Fostering Resilience at SCMAH

  Join California Youth Connection and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) to discuss how foster youth not only survive, but thrive, contribute and make a difference. This event includes panel discussions from current, former, and older generations of foster youth, and youth-led performances.  Fostering Resilience: What it Took, What it Takes, and…

  November 2, 2017

• Join us – First Friday: Lost Childhoods Exhibition Opening – July 7, 2017

  Come one! Come ALL!!  Come Join us for opening Night of the Lost Childhoods Exhibition for FREE during First Friday on July 7, 2017 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. CLICK HERE to learn more! Questions?  Contact Darryn Green at Darryn@calyouthconn.org

  July 6, 2017