A Movement for Justice, Transparency, and Solidarity
Every movement has a spark—an undeniable force that demands to be recognized, heard, and felt. The National Foster Care Awareness Day was born from that force, from the urgent need to bring visibility, truth, and justice to the countless children, youth, and young adults who have been impacted by a broken foster care system.
Why We Created It
For decades, the foster care system has operated in the shadows—underfunded, misunderstood, and, at times, weaponized against the very youth it claims to protect. The statistics are staggering:
🔹 Thousands of children and young adults age out of the system each year with no safety net.
🔹 A disproportionate number of Black, Indigenous, and youth of color are placed in foster care due to systemic failures, not neglect.
🔹 Many experience instability, separation from siblings, and forced disconnections from their culture, identity, and heritage.
🔹 Far too many suffer abuse, neglect, and an unjust pipeline to incarceration, homelessness, and mental health crises.
Despite these injustices, foster youth have always been resilient, creative, and powerful beyond measure. But power without a platform is a whisper in a storm.
That’s why we created National Foster Care Awareness Day—not as another performative awareness campaign, but as a weapon of truth, a tool for solidarity, and a movement for change.
A Weapon for Transparency and Social Justice
We refuse to let the stories of those impacted by the system be sanitized or silenced. This day is about:
- Exposing the systemic failures that perpetuate cycles of trauma.
- Giving foster youth the platform to tell their own stories—unedited, unfiltered, and on their own terms.
- Creating mass visibility and accountability to demand systemic change.
- Rallying the public, policymakers, and allies to stand in active solidarity with those who have lived through the system’s failures.
This is not about pity. This is about power. This is about reclaiming narratives from a system that has historically controlled them.
More Than a Day—A Catalyst for Change
May 6th is not just a date on the calendar—it is a rallying cry, a disruption of silence, a demand for action. On this day, we unite as a force of survivors, allies, advocates, and changemakers to amplify the voices of those who have lived through the foster care system and ensure that the next generation will not have to endure the same injustices. This is our declaration:
No more invisibility.
No more silence.
No more unchecked harm.
Foster youth are not statistics. They are leaders, creators, innovators, and change agents—and National Foster Care Awareness Day is their platform to be seen, heard, and empowered. This is the first step in a larger movement, one that will continue beyond a single day—because systemic change requires persistent pressure, radical truth, and relentless advocacy.
May 6th is just the beginning. Will you stand with us?