Youth Voices Rising

FREE professional headshots 📸✨ If you are in L.A. and have lived experience in foster care or the youth justice system, this is for YOU. Come get a free, high-quality headshot. 📍 Tomorrow | March 26, 2026 📌 Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area 🕐 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Break the cycle. Empower the future. Join us April 16 for a meaningful conversation that explores real, actionable ways to support young people through mentorship, education, and strong community networks. Register today for free: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Foster care teaches kids to lower your expectations & celebrate moving from a zero to a three, far from real safety, writes Latricia Powell. Read the full op-ed, "Better is Not the Same as Safe" now on The Imprint. imprintnews.org/youth-voice/be…

A conversation with a parent expert made me realize that the support I offer isn't effective without harm reduction, writes Lakievia Johnson. imprintnews.org/youth-voice/wh…

Foster youth in Minnesota sound off on the effects of ICE's disruption, violence and racial profiling in their communities. 🔗 Click the link to read more.  imprintnews.org/youth-voice/yo…

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This kind of parenting — healing while parenting — requires strength, reflection, and deep emotional labor, writes Jose Perez. Click the link below to read this powerful piece.  imprintnews.org/youth-voice/he…

On a deeper level, heartbreak doesn’t mean you failed at love. It just means that you care deeply, writes Danielle Robinson. Click the link below to read the full piece from this Youth Voices Rising writer.  imprintnews.org/youth-voice/ho…

Everybody goes through grief, but how we each deal with those emotions sets us apart, writes Lamani Moore. Click the link below to read the full op-ed.  Content warning: This piece mentions death. imprintnews.org/youth-voice/ho…

Anything that I do is around making the system better, telling my truth, and stating the truth about the system, writes Aleesha German. Click the link to read more. This story is published in partnership with Foster Advocates.  imprintnews.org/youth-voice/my…

Join us tomorrow for “Love Shouldn’t Hurt: How Lived Child Welfare Experience Shapes Romantic Relationships” as panelists share insights on unhealthy love, healing and building emotionally safe relationships. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Youth Voices Rising and Proximate Solutions are inviting system-impacted young people to join Voices Forward, a virtual writing workshop focused on storytelling, advocacy, and publishing. Click the link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us on Feb. 19 for “Love Shouldn’t Hurt: How Lived Child Welfare Experience Shapes Romantic Relationships” to hear powerful reflections from panelists on unhealthy love, healing, and what it takes to build healthy relationships. 💻 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

On this episode of Innerviews, host Ivory Bennett is joined by Dr. Alison Davis for a conversation about what this past season revealed, what we’re releasing, and what we’re intentionally carrying forward. Listen now: safecampaudio.org/episode/restor…

Like Tsayoga, many children and youth in the foster and child welfare system live in a state of continual asking, writes Sage Desai. This piece is published in partnership with Foster Advocates. imprintnews.org/youth-voice/fi…

Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming online event! Join Youth Voices Rising and a panel of lived experts to explore how early trauma and system involvement shape relationship choices and pathways to healthy love. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In the third piece of The Long Way Home series, Ángela Banks writes about the rupture of trust in relationships after experiencing foster care. Click the link below to read this installment. imprintnews.org/youth-voice/th…

Washington has the resources and people who care. We lack coordination, urgency, and heart. This bill bridges the gap, writes Matea Reed. imprintnews.org/youth-voice/no…

There is still time to register for today's webinar with @fostergreatness! Hear directly from community experts about what the "Fostering the Future" EO truly means for youth and alumni, the real potential for positive impact, and more! Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join Youth Voices Rising and a panel of lived experts on February 19 for "Love Shouldn't Hurt: How Lived Child Welfare Experience Shapes Romantic Relationships." Register now to save your spot: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…