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.
How I Joined Kidsave’s EMBRACE Project to Help Black Kids in Foster Care
How I Joined Kidsave’s EMBRACE Project to Help Black Kids in Foster Care
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
Shining Through Adversity
Sunshine's journey from foster care to a public health DrPH, a leadership and practice Docotorate degree, illuminates the path for Black foster youth, advocating for equity, mentorship, and systemic change in public health leadership.
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
Black Americans: More Knowledgeable & Involved in Foster Care, Yet More Reservations About the System
EMBRACE Project lead Shantay Armstrong joined Mohamed Younis on The Gallup Podcast to discuss the unique challenges facing Black youth, who make up 22% of children in U.S. foster care. They dive into
The Challenges Facing Black Children in Foster Care
See EMBRACE Lead and task force member, Sunshine Best on Areva Martin in Real Time, discuss the importance of finding Black and culturally competent mentors and adoptive families for Black children in foster