What are cultural competency and cultural humility
Cultural competence is the ability to interact successfully with people of other cultural backgrounds. It is practicing an understanding of different cultures, values, and beliefs. It is the recognition and respect of cultural norms outside of your own.
Kidsave-Gallup study featured in the Washington Times
Kidsave-Gallup study featured in the Washington Times: Let’s help abandoned and abused kids
Kidsave-Gallup study featured in Go Erie Times
You can bring a child in from the cold - consider foster care. Kidsave -Gallup study featured in Go Erie Times
How to Be a Great Mentor
Effective mentoring can transform a child's life. Kidsave and the EMBRACE project highlight the importance of consistency, care, and cultural connection in mentoring relationships.
Protecting Trans Youth in Foster Care
Did you know LGBTQ+ youth, especially transgender and nonbinary youth, are overrepresented in foster care and face unique challenges? It’s true, 30% of youth in foster care identify as LGBTQ+.
Technology and Racial Equity with Microsoft’s Darrell Booker
Listen to the episode “Technology and Racial Equity with Microsoft's Darrell Booker” to hear how Darrell is using his experience in tech to make a positive impact on the lives of Black children in care, whose needs are significantly greater than those of their non-Black peers.
How Technology Can Drive Equity For Key Societal Issues
Watch a compelling conversation during National Foster Care Month about how technology can drive equity for key societal issues.
Why Equity Matters in the Foster Care System (ft. Darrell Booker)
Listen to Darrell Booker, EMBRACE task force member and Racial Equity Tech lead at Microsoft on Living Corporate discuss Why Equity matters in the Foster Care System
Opinion: How to prevent Black kids from becoming stuck in foster care
All foster children deserve a chance at finding their forever families. Far too often, Black and brown children remain in foster care too long without needed support. State and federal leaders can change that. In the 15 years I served as a caseworker in impoverished communities in New York City and the Bay
