A podcast by the SMU Child Advocacy Clinic created to raise awareness regarding the child welfare system while giving youth who aged out a voice to transform it
Dallas, TX
Joined October 2018
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Privileged to train up-and-coming child advocates. Last class today; Spring 2022 Word Cloud re most important aspects of being a lawyer (client-interaction organization and communication top 3!); class photo; clinic chief counsel with mascot #SMULawClinics
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Congratulations to the remarkable Professor/Attorney Diane Sumoski @ChildAdSMU for receiving @DallasBarAssoc Kim J. Askew Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her long-standing service to the Association & Dallas community.
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It's #NationalReadABookDay! Consider reading a book about child welfare. #ChildWelfare #CASA #ChildAdvocacy
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What a great concept! Biz+philanthropy=success for foster kids. You can bet that we will be drinking coffee at LaLaKindCafe. Thanks @FrancoisReihani for your work! bit.ly/2XpAY07
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250K TX grandparents are primary caregivers for their grandkids! @SMULawSchool students explored Dallas this weekend hanging flyers about our Feb 23 Clinic to help kinship caregivers find a lawyer to seek legal custody of children already in their care. Help us get the word out!
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Everyone deserves to be special to someone. 13 reasons to adopt a teen. #adoption #NAM2018 #olderyouth ow.ly/YALe30mye0g @AdoptUSKids
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Teenagers transitioning out of foster care and into adulthood face unique challenges, according to a new @AECFNews report which, for the first time, gathers foster care data from all 50 states. Read more about the report and the issues teens face: washingtonpost.com/local/edu…
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Without a family, and without the skills to make it on their own, one quarter of youth aging out of foster care will be involved in the criminal justice system within two years of leaving the foster care system. November is National Adoption Month. #NAM2018
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RT @AdoptUSKids Things you may not have realized about adoption from foster care: You never outgrow the need for family. #NAM2018 #adoption #NeverTooOldForFamily
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Tomorrow is National Adoption Day! Today, we're sharing reasons to adopt a teen every hour on the hour from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET. Please share them with others, and help change the narrative around teens in foster care. #adoption #NAM2018 #ReasonsToAdoptATeen
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TX leaders have put several kids' issues on the #TXlege agenda for 2019: student mental health, maternal mortality, foster care, undoing cuts to early childhood programs, juvenile justice reform, etc.
Here are our recommendations to tackle these issues. bit.ly/tcfc-priorities-2019
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7 Ways You Can Help Foster Youth Without Becoming A Foster Parent | Foster Fight ow.ly/beMU30mlHwu #fostercare
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This amazing athlete is also a foster care alumni. Watch her on ESPN2 in the New York City Marathon right now! – at Austin, TX
After overcoming the odds, professional wheelchair racer and Team #MovedMe member Michelle Wheeler sets her sights on the #TCSNYCMarathon and beyond >> bit.ly/2Sr5fcw via @centredaily
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We sat down with advocate Vivek Sankaran to talk about the #FamilyFirst Act, keeping kids out of #fostercare, and more: "I worry that people see this as a sea change and think of it as the end of the conversation." chronicleofsocialchange.org/…
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Big hearing on foster care & prevention just announced for Nov. 13 at the #TXlege.
Between the court ruling, the Family First Act, and the need to build on last session's efforts, this be a big issue once again in the 2019 session.
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So proud of the Child Advocacy Clinic @SMULawSchool and the important work it is doing to highlight the challenges faced by kids aging out of the #FosterCare system. Please check out their new podcast!
Go listen to our first full podcast featuring Brandon! Brandon entered the foster care system at 5 years old and eventually aged out. He shares an inspiring story that you don't want to miss. Let us know what you think!! agedoutproject.libsyn.com/we…