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Addressing Poverty to Keep Families Together with Sarah Winograd
Jul 27, 2022
47m 44s
In the Community, Of the Community with Cherie Craft
Jul 13, 2022
50m 25s
The Impact of Community Conditions with Matthew Jackson
Jun 29, 2022
43m 45s
The Risk and Power of Storytelling with Keri Hope Richmond
Jun 15, 2022
30m 52s
In Search of Belonging with Sana L. Cotten, Part Two
Jun 1, 2022
28m 03s
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| 7/27/22 |  Addressing Poverty to Keep Families Together with Sarah Winograd | Sarah Winograd’s journey as a “professional volunteer” led to the realization that poverty was a driving factor in the child removals in the families she was working with. See how Sarah mobilized her community to address family poverty to help families stay together. Through the Together for Families program, Sarah lives out her vision of supporting families by helping them meet basic needs. Show Notes 00:00:30 | Matt opens this episode reflecting on the child welfare system’s associat... | 47m 44s | ||||||
| 7/13/22 | In the Community, Of the Community with Cherie Craft | Cherie Craft, the founding CEO and Executive Director of Smart from the Start, talks about her organization’s unique approach to engaging communities and addressing conditions to enhance child and family well-being. Cherie references a previous episode of Seen Out Loud with Matthew Jackson to explain how Smart from the Start builds trust with families. Cherie also offers advice for other organizational leaders on relationship building, reducing recidivism rates, and incorporating social justi... | 50m 25s | ||||||
| 6/29/22 | The Impact of Community Conditions with Matthew Jackson | In this episode, Matthew Jackson explains how the community conditions he grew up in influenced the trajectory of his life into adulthood, and the difficulties he experienced with leaving “Jungle” in the past and charting a new path for the betterment of his family. Listen as Matthew shares his story as a single father, passionately invested in his daughter’s life, and how he’s helping other dads, with similar beginnings in Boston, MA and Washington, D.C. [Warning: This conversation con... | 43m 45s | ||||||
| 6/15/22 | The Risk and Power of Storytelling with Keri Hope Richmond | Keri Hope Richmond, Child Welfare Policy Advocate, Speaker, joins conversation on engaging storytellers with lived experience with the child welfare system. Listen as Keri talks about her experiences sharing her story about navigating foster care—some empowering and some not—and the lessons she’s learned along the way. She also passes along advice to organizations on the do’s and don’t’s in engaging storytellers with lived expertise. Show Notes 00:02:55 | When was the first time Keri ... | 30m 52s | ||||||
| 6/1/22 | In Search of Belonging with Sana L. Cotten, Part Two | Pick up where part one left off with Sana L. Cotten on her journey to find answers about her family history. In this episode, Sana, who has never met her father, goes on a 10-year search to locate her paternal family and find belonging. She reflects on how her unfulfilled need for family connection after entering foster care has impacted her through adulthood. Show Notes 00:00:30 | S2 E3: In Search of Belonging with Sana L. Cotten, Part One is a prelude to the conversation that... | 28m 03s | ||||||
| 5/18/22 | In Search of Belonging with Sana L. Cotten, Part One | Determined to discover where she came from, Sana L. Cotten recalls her ventures to uncover her past, face her family’s trauma, and reconnect with relatives who are part of her story. Hear from Sana how the process of learning about her birth family after adoption has helped her break generational cycles, shape her identity, and begin a journey to healing through empathy. Trigger Warning: Descriptions of rape and sex trafficking Show Notes 00:01:19 | Meet Sana L. Cotten, as she ... | 35m 18s | ||||||
| 5/4/22 | A Pivotal Moment For Parent Allyship with Gina Wassemiller | Gina Wassemiller is a mother of three and a passionate parent ally. In the short film “Being Gina” she shares her evolution from being a parent struggling with substance use disorder, domestic abuse, and the removal of her children to being a leader at the F.I.R.S.T. Legal Clinic. This organization supports new mothers experiencing substance use challenges with legal advocacy and other services to prevent Child Protective Services removals. Gina is also a contracted Social Service Specialist ... | 21m 35s | ||||||
| 4/20/22 | How to Influence Systems Change with Dr. Bruce Perry | Dr. Bruce Perry and Matt pick up from their conversation in Season 1 to dive deeper into strategies for creating positive change for families. Hear Dr. Bruce Perry give his advice for organizations like the Institute for Family on what it takes to make an impact—from shifting mindsets through storytelling to creating sustainable connections in communities. Show Notes 00:02:00 | Picking up from S1 E3: PEOPLE CHANGE THROUGH STORIES, Matt recalls a compelling statement from Dr. Bru... | 31m 35s | ||||||
| 3/17/22 | BONUS EPISODE: NAVIGATING TOGETHER WITH JAQUIA AND RAVEN | On this bonus episode celebrating social work month, Jaquia Wilson returns to the mic with her former social worker Raven Mitchell. Hear from Jaquia and Raven about the solid foundation they built during Jaquia’s time in foster care. Get insight on the importance of relationship-building between youth in care and social workers and how impactful Raven has been on Jaquia’s early years. Show Notes 00:00:36 | On S1, E5: CRACK THE CONCRETE WHEN YOU WALK we meet Jaquia Wilson and... | 12m 25s | ||||||
| 11/19/21 | THE MOMENTUM IS BUILDING | From the national to community level, hear how the movement to prioritize family well-being is gaining momentum. In this season finale, three guests give insight on conversations taking place across the country around supporting families and recognizing their value. Jerry Milner, former Associate Commissioner at the Children’s Bureau, shares his perspective on the progress of the child welfare transformation work on a national scale. Sharee Pemberton and Commissioner Hope B. Haywood of a rura... | 33m 03s | ||||||
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| 11/10/21 | THE WALLS STARTED TO COME DOWN | Brett and Jessica Crisp have been married for over a decade and have a 9-year-old adopted son. They served as licensed foster parents with Children’s Home Society of North Carolina from 2016 to 2020. Through their experiences as adoptive parents and former foster parents, they have become advocates for reunification, as well as parents and foster parents working together. SHOW NOTES 00:01:25 | How do children in foster care bond with foster parents? 00:03:38 | Hear ... | 45m 35s | ||||||
| 11/3/21 | CRACK THE CONCRETE WHEN YOU WALK | Hear what life was like for Jaquia Wilson, the youngest of nine children, who went from growing up with a loving mother in the Bronx to aging out of foster care without a support system. Jaquia demonstrates resilience through a series of tragedies, resulting in her entering foster care as a teenager. With a little help from a caring social worker, Jaquia’s fighting spirit leads her to college and, now, advocacy work for youth in care. Show Notes: 00:01:05 | Meet Jaquia Wilson as... | 37m 58s | ||||||
| 10/27/21 | MY DARKEST MOMENT WAS NO LONGER GOING TO BE BLEAK | Hear from Alise Morrissey about the impacts of individuals—a volunteer, a judge, an attorney, and a program leader—who offered glimmers of hope by seeing her for who she was instead of her circumstances. Alise tells her story of going from straight-A student to giving birth amidst a prison sentence. She reveals how her faith, the people who showed her kindness, and the determination of being there for her child led to recovery from substance use disorder and reunification with her daughter. ... | 46m 20s | ||||||
| 10/20/21 | PEOPLE CHANGE THROUGH STORIES | Systems change when people change. And people change through stories. Dr. Bruce Perry candidly offers compelling insights on the power and science of storytelling. This episode demonstrates how some of the most important things we can do to improve family well-being and change systems starts with listening. Show Notes: 01:45 | Matt shares his origin story as a caseworker and shares what happened when he stepped back from his social worker checklist and listened to someone’s sto... | 33m 27s | ||||||
| 10/18/21 | LOOKING FOR THAT WARM HUG ALL MY LIFE | Shrounda Selivanoff takes us on a journey from childhood to motherhood, including a head-on collision with the child welfare system. Hear from Shrounda on how being seen and acknowledged for who she was changed her life forever. Shrounda is a passionate mother, kinship caregiver, and parent ally who inspires and helps other parents who experience the system through her work as public policy director at Children’s Home Society of Washington. Show Notes: 0:50 | Meet Shrounda... | 38m 33s | ||||||
| 10/13/21 | WHAT IF WE DIDN’T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL BAD ENOUGH | Spoken word poet, Slam Anderson, and her mom, Lillie Lee-Williams, engage in an emotional conversation demonstrating the strength of family bonds despite a 14-year child welfare-initiated separation. This episode questions what would happen if the child welfare system was designed to support root causes of family stress instead of waiting for late-stage intervention. Plus, Slam recites her spoken word poem “My Need for Change,” detailing her experiences with the system, which Matt Anderson re... | 24m 58s | ||||||
| 9/29/21 | Seen Out Loud Podcast Trailer | Seen Out Loud, formerly Seen and Heard, is a show about disrupting the child welfare system by the simple act of seeing families in their full humanity. Listen to their stories with your host Matt Anderson. Tune in weekly to hear new perspectives and compelling insights that can lead to the radical transformation of America’s foster care system. | 2m 03s | ||||||
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