The [Inclusion] Conversation - Foster Youth Voices Month, with Andrew Bridge

Welcome to The [Inclusion] Conversation Podcast!

It’s Foster Youth Voices month! We are thrilled about our guest who is a Foster and also a lawyer who advocates for Foster Youth in the system currently so that they have a voice. Today we hear from our host, Grace Yung Foster and our guest, Andrew Bridge, Children's Rights Lawyer, Author NYT Bestseller Hope's Boy and National Bestseller The Child Catcher, Lived Experience Foster Care, and Keynote Speaker. In this episode we explore Foster narratives, belonging, loss, and how our foster care experiences do not define us.

This podcast dives into the world of work, careers, and life for Adoptees, Foster Care Alumni, our allies, parents, child welfare professionals, policy experts, and all within the Adoptee and Foster's orbit.

Andrew Bridge, is a Children's Rights Lawyer, Author NYT Bestseller Hope's Boy and National Bestseller The Child Catcher, Lived Experience Foster Care, and Keynote Speaker

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In this episode, we cover:

Foster Youth Voices Month

Loss, grief, healing, and owning our narratives as Foster

Belonging and identity

Life transitions and reclamation as a Foster

His book, “The Child Catcher” and its origin story

The privilege of having opportunities other Fosters do not, and the guilt, responsibility we feel, but also the opportunity to serve and elevate our community because of it

Allyship

Links:

https://www.andrewbridgeauthor.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Child-Catcher-Fight-Justice-Truth/dp/B0D12VT8KB/ref=sr_1_1

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-bridge-667860210/

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