Youth Voices Rising

The reason healed advocates need to be in spaces is because they show up with a different intent, writes Sabrina Anderson.

The combination of being homeless and having a crippled leg left me in a rapidly deteriorating mental state, writes Jesus Angel Rodriguez.

Begging my teachers, counselors, and social workers to do something and help me became a daily chore, writes Tyler Peters.

When they continued happening, they made me feel like I was experiencing everything for the first time, writes Cheyenne Cobb.

I went from being in a space with only Fosters to non-foster peers who had always had a stable home and family, writes Travis Matthews.

Every youth that has crossed into child welfare has kept the score, and it isn’t adding up, writes Sabrina Anderson.

Due to my experiences in foster care, I forgot how to dance in powwows, as well as other Native traditions, writes Shawna Bullen-Fairbanks.

Despite my trauma, I’m pleased because of how clear my spirit feels today. But I still stumble, writes Jeremiah Bennett.

Some of our strongest pieces published by the Youth Voices Rising program in 2023