#CDFCA's Radical Imagination Fellows Clarissa Pena & Florencia Valenzuela recently helped shape Los Angeles County's 2025 Youth Commission report. Top concerns for local youth? Mental health, education, and the economy.
Read their insights and the full report here: https://bit.ly/47nkGdO
The Season 2 finale of Young People Lead is out! In this episode, #CDFCA's Radical Imagination Fellows discuss how to better support youth aging out of foster care and how to close major gaps in housing, education, and mental health. Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube: https://youtu.be/xcYLwIxhKMU
Episode 5 of Season 2 of Young People Lead is out now! #CDFCA’s Radical Imagination Fellows talk with Justice Alchemist and author Dr. Charity Chandler-Cole who shares her journey from system-involved youth to transformative leader. Listen on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube: https://bit.ly/46AfqmN
Our #CDFCA team held a Celebration of Joy last night in Los Angeles as they celebrated the voices, creativity, and visions of children and young people. We want to thank our team, Samuel Halperin Youth Public Service Awardee, and Advocate for Joy honorees for the amazing night!
Episode 4 of Season 2 of Young People Lead is out now! #CDFCA Radical Imagination Fellows talk with Melissa Milchman (Coalition for Juvenile Justice) on how system involvement disrupts the development of foster and transition-age youth. Listen on Spotify, Apple & YouTube: https://bit.ly/4b46Hfb
Only ONE WEEK until the #CDFCA Celebration of Joy! Southern California friends, join us for a special night highlighting the stories, talents, and perspectives of children and young people from across Los Angeles. Learn more and sign up here: https://bit.ly/4aqptgJ
Episode 3 of Young People Lead is here! #CDFCA’s Radical Imagination Fellows talk with Victor Hinderliter from LA County Health Services about the systemic roots of youth homelessness and solutions to address it. Listen on Spotify, Apple & YouTube: https://bit.ly/4qMNp2H
Episode 2 of Young People Lead is out now! #CDFCA’s Radical Imagination Fellows talk with the Social Justice Learning Institute's Derek Steele on how foster care, housing instability, and systemic inequity shape education. Listen on Spotify, Apple, & YouTube: https://bit.ly/3O6F2Bj
Season 2 of Young People Lead is out now! In our first episode, #CDFCA’s Radical Imagination Fellows reflect on resilience, racial and gender identity, gatekeeping, and the role of community in shaping their advocacy. Listen on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube: https://bit.ly/4at1I7o
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Only 2 days until Season 2 of Young People Lead drops! Join #CDFCA’s Radical Imagination Fellows for six conversations on foster care, youth homelessness, healing, and systems change.
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Big news! Season 2 of Young People Lead premieres next Tuesday. It features our #CDFCA Radical Imagination Fellows in six conversations on foster care, youth homelessness, healing, and imagination as tools for systems change.
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
Season 2 of our Young People Lead podcast premieres next Tuesday! Listen as our #CDFCA Radical Imagination Fellows explore topics from housing and education to youth justice and how they impact foster and transition age youth in Los Angeles. Here's a sneak peak!
Don’t miss the latest season of Young People Lead, premiering February 3 on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube! Hear from #CDFCA's Radical Imagination Fellows, present-day leaders tackling real challenges and shaping solutions for foster and transition-age youth in Los Angeles County.
Season 2 of our Young People Lead podcast premieres Feb. 3! This season features our #CDFCA Radical Imagination Fellows sharing real stories, challenges, and solutions from foster & transition age youth across Los Angeles County. Get to know the young leaders behind this project!
#CDFCA’s Yasmine-Imani McMorrin recently shared her thoughts with Public News Service on new laws in California that will impact child well-being this new year. Hear her insights here: https://bit.ly/3Yoch59
The #CDFCA team is proud to be part of the Education Justice Coalition, whose report highlighted the failure of the Los Angeles County juvenile detention system to adequately educate incarcerated youth. Watch this Spectrum News 1 Southern California story: https://bit.ly/3Mputse
One bad decision as a teen shouldn’t cost young Californians decades of opportunities. #CDFCA’s Milinda Kakani warns CapRadio News how a new state law treats youth like adults and expands surveillance instead of addressing root causes. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iisBxfx
#CDFCA, as part of the Education Justice Coalition, developed a report on how LA County can better educate youth in detention. This week, @LACountyBOS directed the county's education office to implement recommendations from their report. Read motion #14: https://bit.ly/4r2FzTO
The Education Justice Coalition and our #CDFCA team are pushing to strengthen education for youth detained in LA County. County leaders have introduced a motion that proposes implementing the coalition’s recommendations from its report. Read the motion: https://bit.ly/4r2FzTO
This year’s Child Watch uplifted youth voice, leadership, and vision for systems change. Hosted by the #CDFCA team, the event centered young people with lived experience in foster care. Watch the keynote address provided by Dr. Charity Chandler Cole here: https://bit.ly/4o61CHr
IT’S OFFICIAL! Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1454 into law—a major win for early literacy! Backed by unanimous legislative support, the new law ensures California’s youngest learners get evidence-based reading instruction grounded in decades of research on how children learn to read. #CDFCA
#CDFCA’s Yasmine-Imani McMorrin recently spoke with Spectrum News 1 SoCal's Vania Patino about the Education Justice Coalition’s new report on how Los Angeles County detention halls have failed to provide young people in their care an adequate education. Watch & read: https://bit.ly/3Wqr0ey
Child Watch 2025 recently brought foster and transition-age youth together to lead conversations on systems change. In youth-led panels, the Radical Imagination Fellows also shared their visions on housing, education, & more with the #CDFCA team and others. Take a look.
Join the #CDFCA team in Los Angeles on September 25 for Child Watch 2025! You don't want to miss this important discussion highlighting the lived experiences of young people in foster care in California. Register now: https://bit.ly/3VEy46U
The #CDFCA team continues working to end unlawful practices in LA County juvenile detention centers. Watch @nbcla.com’s story featuring #CDFCA’s Milinda Kakani on the state of California's potential move to take over these facilities: bit.ly/3TWFe5S
“Deeply damaging” | Last week, #CDFCA joined youth advocates at a Los Angeles courthouse to oppose plans that would prove harmful for incarcerated youth at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. Check out this video from the event & hear what our Milinda Kakani told the LA Times what’s next: lat.ms/3ZtF5tJ
