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Black History Month Book Drive
In her beautiful children's book, Amanda Gorman writes, "I can hear change humming in its loudest, proudest song. I don't fear change coming. And so I sing along." In a world where police brutality took the life of Tyre Nichols, and Governor DeSantis can...
Proud Dads by Glen Riggs
“Do you want to adopt a little boy?” That is how our journey started to becoming dads. I remember laying in bed that night next to my husband, Keith – my mind turning. We just had dinner with my visiting family, and they mentioned that one of our cousins, Bryan was...
On Being an Asian Foster Youth by Jessica Mi
My name is Jessica Mi. I am a former foster youth, Stanford graduate, and between the ages of 14 and 21, I was a client of East Bay Children’s Law Offices. I am also Chinese-American, and while in foster care I was one of very few Asian-American youth in the system....
What Else Can I Do to Support Children in Foster Care?
Each May, we share our ideas about how you can learn more or get more involved. If you have a few minutes: Shop for culturally relevant and foster care related books for our clients from our wish lists. Follow EBCLO on Facebook and Instagram and then follow...
Know Your Rights Trainings
Thanks to UC Hastings Ralph Abascal Fellow CJ Connolly and UC Berkeley law students Betsy Marshall ’22 and Ben Sachrison ’24, EBCLO hosted its first Know Your Rights Presentation for foster youth in Short Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (previously known as...
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