Episode 7: Beyond blame—the history and future of the Fostering Change campaign

As Word Spreads podcast

In this episode, Shae speaks with Dylan Cohen, who works now with First Call on policy advocacy campaigning with youth in and from government care in BC, and Kris Archie, one of the architects of the Vancouver Foundation's Fostering Change initiative. ----- Terms, people and projects mentioned in this episode Fostering Change | Vancouver Foundation (www.vancouverfoundation.ca/our-work/initiatives/fostering-change) First Call: Fostering Change campaign (http://firstcallbc.org/fostering-change/) September 30: Youth Policy Solutions Day Strategy Meeting (www.fosteringchange.ca/policy_strategy_meeting / [e-mail]) October 24: Show Up for Youth in Care - Victoria Rally (www.facebook.com/events/297989787275227/) Paige's Story: Abuse, Indifference and a Young Life Discarded (www.rcybc.ca/paige) Santanna Scott-Huntinghawk, the girl in the tent (http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/she-was-known-only-as-the-girl-in-the-tent-but-her-family-wants-you-to-know-the-real-santanna) Dylan Cohen ([e-mail]) Kris Archie, Secwepemc te qelmucw and seme7, from Tsqescen/Broken Rock (https://twitter.com/WeyktLris) Executive Director of The Circle http://www.philanthropyandaboriginalpeoples.ca/kris-archie/ Mark Gifford (https://twitter.com/contactgifford) Write the Future petition (www.fosteringchange.ca/petition) Leave Out Violence British Columbia: Unpacking Home (www.bc.leaveoutviolence.org/unpacking-home/) Patti Fraser and Corin Browne: 19th Birthday Party project (www.housingmattersmedia.com/the-19th-birthday-party-project/) Portraits of Connection: October 3rd, 2017 (www.fosteringchange.ca/portraits_of_connection) ----- Disclaimer Views expressed in this podcast belong to individuals themselves, and do not necessarily represent positions held by First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition or its member organizations. ----- Acknowledgments Thank you to the staff at the VPL Inspiration Lab, and host Shae of this episode of As Word Spreads. ----- This episode features: Basic Implosion Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/