On this week’s episode we discuss the Biden administration’s possible crackdown on the use conversion therapy, Los Angeles’ new child welfare director, and a promising new legal clinic for mothers of newborns. Lemn Sissay, chancellor of the University of Manchester, was stolen from his mother by the U.K. care system, renamed Norman, and placed with a family he was told was his forever but who callously discarded him as an adolescent. The award-winning poet and writer joins us to talk about growing up in care, the social worker who made a difference in his childhood, and much more. Reading RoomStability Now! Getting Proactive About the Child Welfare WorkforceRegister for Free!https://imprintnews.org/webinarsExecutive Order on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individualshttps://bit.ly/3OtkbDjEnding Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youthhttps://bit.ly/3bbXhlpHHS Leader Rafael López: It’s Time to Flip the Script on Child Welfarehttps://bit.ly/3QvTC1NChild Welfare Leaders Sign on to Letter Urging States to Ban Conversion Therapyhttps://bit.ly/3bavMstDecision Backing Conversion Therapy Inches Controversy Closer to U.S. Supreme Courthttps://bit.ly/3zNRMncLongtime County Official Tapped to Lead Los Angeles Child Welfare Agencyhttps://bit.ly/3tC9YMAKeeping Moms With Their Newborns: A Team of Washington Lawyers and Advocates Works to Avoid Foster Care Separation at Birthhttps://bit.ly/3MWZApEMy Name Is Why, by Lemn Sissayhttps://bit.ly/3OkSVXt

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