Jackie: Persevere Until Success Happens (Part II)
Aged Out: The Stories that Built Us
English - March 18, 2021 17:52 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Education agedout fostercare fosterchildren Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In Part II of Jackie's story, he tells us about the struggles and triumphs of going to college. He discusses founding UNT’s PUSH program to support foster care and aged out alumni and to educate the community on the issues present in the system. Jackie also discusses his current work for CASA to help children in situations like his own. Success does happen.
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Credits:
Jackie Davis Recording team: Taylor Michals & Jacqueline Juhn Recruiting: Ayu Fitzgerald Editing team: Alyse Cicio & Christine Tran Interviewer: Niki Akhaveissy Music Credit: Nostalgia” by Tobu https://soundcloud.com/7obu Creative Commons – Attribution 3.0 Unported – CC By 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/03Aky9bhOMUThe views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SMU or the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Foundation.