Foster Care, Adoption, and Beyond: Untold Stories
Foster Care, Adoption, and Beyond: Untold Stories is an educational podcast centering on foster care, adoption, youth homelessness and related urban and social work topics. The host, Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina, is a professor, social scientist, and social work educator. She is also an advocate and member of the foster, adoption, and homeless youth community. FAB Untold Stories combines storytelling, expert interviews, and investigative reporting to inspire action. Episodes cover topics such as foster-adopt parent advocacy, education access, nonprofit impact, and resilience, offering vital insights for anyone dedicated to creating a more just and compassionate world.
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Foster Care, Adoption, and Beyond: Untold Stories
Episode 2 | White Diamond: How Foster and Adoptive Parents can Honor Their Child’s Parents
This episode invites you to think of ways to honor, acknowledge, and recognize your child's family of origin. This is especially relevant if you are a foster or adoptive parent, legal guardian, social worker, educator, or family friend. In this episode, I share how I visited my biological mother who I hadn't visited in forever. Before we departed, she gave me her White Diamond perfume, which I used anytime I wanted to remember by mother. I conclude with key takeaways.
About Me
Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina is a professor of social work, researcher, author, educator, and advocate. Her research aims to understand how society (e.g., nonprofits, government) contributes to the inclusion and exclusion of social groups, and particularly among immigrants, religious and ethnic groups, and the foster, adoption, homeless youth community. She is also a foster-adopt parent and former foster-homeless youth and advocate of this community.
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A new episode is released monthly on the 11th with special releases sprinkled throughout the year.
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