May 23, 2013 - The first episode of “Let’s Talk About Sex, with Foster Youth” from Fostering Media Connections is now available to view online HERE. The series of “webisodes” is aimed at improving the sexual education of foster youth. Each webisode consists of interviews with foster youth, the adults in their lives and experts on a range of topics covering sexual health, family planning and the psychological issues associated with sexuality.Read more »
December 11, 2012 - Fostering Media Connections is currently accepting applications for their Guardians of Social Change paid media internship program. For 10 hours a week, current and former foster youth are paid to learn and report on the foster care system and produce videos. The application, which can be downloaded HERE, is due January 4th to Ryann Blackshere at ryann@fosteringmediaconnections.org. DETAILS HERE. Read more »
November 10, 2012 - A Watched System: A forum to discuss the ethical standards that journalists who cover the juvenile dependency hearings should adhere to. On November 15th, Fostering Media Connections (FMC), in association with the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute of Law and Social Policy at Berkeley Law will produce a “National Conversation” exploring the often acrimonious debate over whether or not the news media should have access to juvenile dependency proceedings. November 15, 2012: 1:00 PM...Read more »
May 12, 2012 - FYA's ED Reed Connell, is interviewed for a piece on the realignment of foster care published Friday on The Chronicle of Social Change blog, a project of our friends at Fostering Media Connections. Let's bring that great advocacy home to the counties, everybody. As Assemblymember Holly Mitchell recently said during a hearing, following the impassioned testimony of many former foster youth - "I was about to say that I look forward...Read more »
October 26, 2011 - The National Conversation on the Intersection of Foster Care and Education, hosted on October 19, 2011, by Fostering Media Connections and the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute can be viewed HERE. The Action Guide, produced by FMC and CCAI in conjunction with the event, can be downloaded HERE. The event was followed by good news out of DC-- Senator Al Franken's (D-Minn.) “Fostering Success in Education Amendment” made it through the...Read more »
October 12, 2011 - On October 19th, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) and Fostering Media Connections (FMC) will produce a National Town Hall event, intended to build on a broad, existing movement to improve educational outcomes for students experiencing foster care. DETAILS HERE. Read more »
May 24, 2011 - As part of its Road to Educational Equality Tour, Fostering Media Connections is partnering with Harvard 's Child Advocacy Program, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, the Stuart Foundation and the Participant Foundation (behind the acclaimed film Waiting For Superman) to create a high level conversation on May 24th around educational equality for all children. The HuffingtonPost posted...Read more »
March 28, 2011 - This editorial, by Daniel Heimpel of Fostering Media Connections, was released by the Bay Citizen, proclaiming United States Congressman Pete Stark's attempts to protect the best interests of foster youth by protecting their SSI benefits from the child welfare systems that provide their care. We remind you of our recent post, which posed the question of whether Representative Stark's bill includes a provision about the asset limit...Read more »
February 23, 2011 - KALW's Your Call program on The Future of Foster Care (02/21/11) is now available online. The show features Sam Cobbs, Executive Director of FYA Member First Place for Youth as well as former foster youth (and college graduates) Vernita Hubbard and Sokhom Mao. Mr. Mao was also featured in an article about foster youth and education on the HuffingtonPost (01/24/11) by Daniel Heimpel of Fostering...Read more »
July 15, 2010 - FOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS, HASTEN REFORM. Jweekly.com "When Daniel Heimpel and Eytan Elterman were back in town recently, they hit nearly every media outlet in the Bay Area and beyond, from the San Francisco Chronicle to the Sacramento Bee, appointment or not. The team behind Fostering Media Connections, a media-centered, grassroots enterprise aimed at hastening the implementation of foster care reform, was spreading the word about a system that...Read more »
06/12/2013, 9:00am - 11:00am
First Five Alameda County, Alameda, CA
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ILSP Classroom, Oakland, CA
Alameda County Foster Youth Alliance (FYA) | 675 Hegenberger Rd., Oakland, CA, 94621 | 510-387-7518 | info@fosteryouthalliance.org
