ATTEND A FREE TRAINING! July 21, 2011 from 9:00 – 12:00pm at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Register at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e43nqot735e590b3&oseq= Children in
Child Advocacy Awards & Reception July 21, 2011 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm At the Michael Murphy Gallery 2701 South MacDill Avenue,
Shop at the Jacksonville Whole Foods and donate your dime to FYS when you use a recyclable bag! Now through June 30th.
FCF, in conjunction with the Broward County Bar Association and Legal Aid Service of Broward County will hold a four hour training for lawyers who
Orlando Child Advocacy Awards and Reception, September 9, 2011 from 5:00 – 7:30pm at the Citrus Club Downtown. Call to RSVP or donate online:
Board of Directors and Advisory Board meeting, Orlando, September 10 [pe2-gallery album=”aHR0cDovL3BpY2FzYXdlYi5nb29nbGUuY29tL2RhdGEvZmVlZC9iYXNlL3VzZXIvZmxvcmlkYXNjaGlsZHJlbmZpcnN0L2FsYnVtaWQvNTU0Nzc5ODE4NDYyOTE2MTA4OT9hbHQ9cnNzJmFtcDtobD1lbl9VUyZraW5kPXBob3Rv”]
Two day training and conference for all Children’s Legal Services grantees of The Florida Bar Foundation. Orlando, September 15-16.
Northeast Florida Child Advocacy Awards September 27, 2011 from 5:30 – 7:30pm Honoring: Tammy McGuire (The Foster Closet), Jacie Barnard (First Coast News), Cheryl McCall
FYS Training on the Trauma of Removal with Judge Larry Schack in Okeechobee, Florida May 19 – 20th 2011,
FYS Events & Meeting Chair
(Palm Beach)
Hello, My name is Alexia Nechayev. I am 25 years old and I am an alumna of Florida International University where I received my B.A. in Psychology. My future career goal is to be a Lawyer. I was in care for about one year from age 17 to 18. Prior to entering care, I only knew about the negative stigma regarding foster care and while in care that narrative was unfortunately my experience.
In school I felt like I was on display because my status in care was broadcast to other students and in my placement behavior was leveraged for “privileges” that should be a natural right of all children. Because I did not know my rights I did not know that what I was experiencing was wrong. Today this is exactly why I advocate, because I don’t want this to be the same for other youth who are experiencing foster care.
This is my second year on the FYS Statewide Board and I’m happy to be the Events and Meetings Chair this year because my main goal through advocacy is to reach as many people as possible. My favorite thing as a board member is to see how comfortable members become while working together. The community needs to know that youth in foster care are real people, going through some of the hardest moments of their life and youth need to know that their voice is powerful. I believe that we have to speak up and bring these issues to people’s attention so that they do not forget us. Advocacy, education and consistency is the only way.
