The Speak Up
The Speak Up
Podcast Description
The foster care system is complex, often misunderstood, and filled with stories—stories of resilience, heartbreak, and hope. Here, we’ll talk with those who’ve lived it, those who work in it, and those who want to change it. From real-life experiences to policy discussions, we’re bringing the truth to light and giving you ways to take action.
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Examines various aspects of foster care through real-life experiences and policy dialogues, including kinship care, system failures, and personal stories of resilience, with episode examples like conversations with friends about kinship challenges and insights from professionals in children’s shelters.
The foster care system is complex, often misunderstood, and filled with stories—stories of resilience, heartbreak, and hope. Here, we’ll talk with those who’ve lived it, those who work in it, and those who want to change it. From real-life experiences to policy discussions, we’re bringing the truth to light and giving you ways to take action.
Amber Canales shares her powerful story of prenatal trauma, abuse, life in a shelter, and years in kinship care inside the foster system.
She describes the daily hardships, emotional and physical abuse, and the turning point when teachers, CPS, and a caring aunt helped her and her siblings find safety and stability.
This episode highlights resilience, the long road to healing, and ways listeners can support children impacted by foster care.
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