Youth Voices Rising

Youth Voices Rising Founded in 2016, Youth Voices Rising gives young people with lived experience in the foster care or j

Youth Voices Rising, one of three programs overseen by the nonprofit organization Fostering Media Connections (FMC), began in 2016 as a journalism training program for young people with lived experience in the foster care or juvenile justice systems. Based on the curriculum from FMC’s "Journalism for Social Change" program, which ran from 2013-2017 and taught journalism to graduate and undergradua

te students of public policy and social work, Youth Voices Rising allows FMC’s staff — professional journalists and editors at news site The Imprint and parenting magazine Fostering Families Today — to work directly with current and former foster youth. Over the last two years, more than 100 Youth Voices Rising pieces have been published. To learn more, reach out to our Youth Voice Program Manager at [email protected]. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://imprintnews.org/the-imprint-newsletters

In his second column piece, Timothy Evans writes about how manhood isn't made through suppression but through healing an...
05/18/2026

In his second column piece, Timothy Evans writes about how manhood isn't made through suppression but through healing and guidance.

Youth Voices Rising’s next virtual event is happening June 4!Join us for an important conversation on the power of famil...
05/11/2026

Youth Voices Rising’s next virtual event is happening June 4!

Join us for an important conversation on the power of family connections for foster youth. We’ll explore reunification, kinship care, and family finding through personal stories, lived expertise, and meaningful policy solutions that help young people stay connected to family and community.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, engage, and be part of the conversation.

Use the link below to register now for free.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0GuFxlNAQHWsjzroXTS9Wg

Every few months, everything changed. I wasn’t continuing my education. I was starting over, writes Ronald McCall.
05/09/2026

Every few months, everything changed. I wasn’t continuing my education. I was starting over, writes Ronald McCall.

I am sick of this made-up facade that the system has to try and make themselves seem great and undeniably precious, writ...
05/07/2026

I am sick of this made-up facade that the system has to try and make themselves seem great and undeniably precious, writes Mya Martinez.

Read the full op-ed below.

I am sick of this made-up facade that the system has to try and make themselves seem great and undeniably precious, writes Mya Martinez.

I never got the support or family. Let my story be an example of why trusting people to support you can take you far, wr...
04/28/2026

I never got the support or family. Let my story be an example of why trusting people to support you can take you far, writes Isaiah Sampson.

This piece is published in partnership with Foster Advocates.

I never got the support or family. Let my story be an example of why trusting people to support you can take you far, writes Isaiah Sampson.

Foster youth deserve more than just getting by and surviving. We deserve stability, writes Destiny Jackson.
04/27/2026

Foster youth deserve more than just getting by and surviving. We deserve stability, writes Destiny Jackson.

In the final piece of The Long Way Home series, Ángela Banks writes about rebuilding a life steady enough to hold and sa...
04/22/2026

In the final piece of The Long Way Home series, Ángela Banks writes about rebuilding a life steady enough to hold and safe enough to grow in.

This article is published in partnership with the Fostering AfterCare Podcast.

In the final piece of The Long Way Home series, Ángela Banks writes about rebuilding a life steady enough to hold and safe enough to grow in.

They make foster care seem like you will be in a safer place. But my experience in foster care was anything but that, wr...
04/21/2026

They make foster care seem like you will be in a safer place. But my experience in foster care was anything but that, writes Amber Skarhus.

In his first column piece, Timothy Evans writes about how growing up fast in the system led to him paying the consequenc...
04/20/2026

In his first column piece, Timothy Evans writes about how growing up fast in the system led to him paying the consequences later in life.

Don't forget to register for our upcoming webinar, "Breaking the Cycle: Empowering Foster Youth to Thrive."Join us on Ap...
04/07/2026

Don't forget to register for our upcoming webinar, "Breaking the Cycle: Empowering Foster Youth to Thrive."

Join us on April 16 for an exploration of practical strategies to help foster youth break generational cycles of trauma and poverty. Click the link below to register for free.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kcPabxfMQKy3wm-Pfgiifw

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