Giving Voice and Community to Those Touched by Foster Care
Fri, Dec 10
|A FREE Zoom event
We hear a lot about WANTING to give voice to youth from foster care and those who have lived through hard times. USA Ambassador 2021 and foster alumni, Jamerika Haynes-Lewis, founded CLEVER JAM Communications with the goal to do just that!
Time & Location
Dec 10, 2021, 8:00 AM PST – Dec 11, 2021, 9:00 AM PST
A FREE Zoom event
Guests
About the Event
Postive community change can come from some of the most unexpected places and unexpected people such as youth from foster care. This all starts through giving them voice.
As native of Tacoma, Washington, Jamerika Haynes-Lewis has more than ten years of experience as a journalist and advocate for children in foster care. While growing up in foster care, Jamerika was determined to have a different life than the one she experienced. She put herself through college earning a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Washington State University.As the owner of Clever Jam Communications, Jamerika offers strategic communications guidance, motivational speaking, and facilitation. Currently she is USA Ambassador Ms. 2021 through the USA Ambassador Pageant. Her platform is ‘A Chance to Succeed: Empowering Youth in Foster Care.’
Jamerika shares the impact community stakeholders can have in the lives of youth that are or were in relation to the foster care system…