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This is a podcast series to explore the resources and strategies that are effective in helping foster youth prepare for aging out of the foster care system and transitioning into adulthood. Our goal is to put out a podcast every 2-3 weeks. To support our podcast, go to agingoutinstitute.org/podcast and become a patron. Thank you!
Episodes
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
In this episode, Lynn Tonini interviews Jamerika Haynes-Lewis, Founder of Clever Jam Communications based in Seattle, Washington. Jamerika shares her own experience growing up in foster care, how she leveraged her success in pageants as a platform to help youth in foster care, what she offers as a workshop facilitator with youth, and more.
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
In this episode, Lynn Tonini interviews Miriam Cobb, Founder and Director of the Empty Frames Initiative based in both Texas and North Carolina. Miriam shares her experience studying government care systems in other countries, how her organization has supported youth by teaching story telling through photography, the residential program that she is planning in the future, and more.
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Episode 041: Interview with Joann Taijala from Home Grown (Eureka, CA)
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Episode 036: Interview with Miriam Connolly from Blavin Scholars (Ann Arbor, MI)
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Episode 035: Interview with Natalie Chavis Fisher (Indianapolis, IN)
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
In this episode, Lynn Tonini interviews Natalie Chavis Fisher from Indianapolis, Indiana. They talk about Natalie's work as an attorney in foster care and adoption law, as well as a novel she has written, a documentary being developed, and a television show - all focusing on adoption and aging out of foster care. They also brainstorm solutions that the foster care system could implement that would help youth be better prepared for aging out of care.