S2 BFNC LIVING Ep 11 || The work of Fostering Greatness/How young adults can set themselves up for success in 2023.

30/12/2022 36 min

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BFNC LIVING Season 2 Episode 11
Topic: The work of Fostering Greatness/How young adults can set themselves up for success
in 2023.
GUEST: Leah Angel Daniel, Founder of Fostering Greatness, Author of I Shall Not Be Moved
and Doctoral Student
HOST: Daysi Ball, Buffalo Federation Neighborhood Centers Director, BFNC Hope Center
DESCRIPTION: This week’s episode is about the importance of planning for greatness despite
the obstacles. Guest and Author Leah Daniel, an alumna of foster care, shares firsthand
conversations about the good, bad, ugly, missed opportunities, the mistrust, and the distrust of
the foster care system. She states, “I have learned that life is what we make of it and eventually
it is up to us as individuals to turn a negative situation into a positive outcome.”
Audre Lorde said it best…” If not me, then who? If not now, then when?” This is our time to
change the narrative and outcomes for those who are still navigating the foster care system,
unsuccessfully. There are MANY of us who possess the knowledge, power, lived, and shared
experiences to make effective, efficient, and real change obtainable, states Leah Daniel.
Fostering Greatness Inc. was created by foster care alumni for foster care youth, young
adults, and alumni. Let’s make the difference that we wanted others to make for us.