Trying to fit in Hello, my name is Ernesto. I’m 24 years of age, and I am a gay man who was in foster care for six years. In 2003...
Emmie's Story I was born in Louisiana, but my family moved to Casper, Wyoming just a few years later. This became my home for the better part of 18 years...
The Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Program brings foster youth and policymakers to the same table. From May 22nd to May 27th, Shadow Program participants attend young leader training focusing on...
Define: Underdog (noun) 1) A person, team, or entity believed to have a poor chance of success, winning, or achieving some other goal. 2) A victim of injustice or persecution...
Hello Everyone, So today is my first blog post for the internship. Since our arrival here at FosterClub's headquarters, Amy and I have attended Portland Code School to give us...
For a good part of my life, everyone told me how to run my life. What I have to do, how I have to do it and so on and...
On September 29, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 4980). This new law takes important steps forward in preventing vulnerable foster...
The day has come where we have to say goodbye to the first batch of Session B All Stars and it hurts. The friendships we’ve formed. The family, the things...
When I was young and only a child, running around careless & wild, my parents nagged me over and over that someday when I grow up, I will be an...
Why is common courtesy suddenly not so common? Extravagance. Luxury. Wealth. These are the words we have come to equate with success. Boy did we get it wrong. Chasing a...