Episode 548 - FASD Awareness Month: Connecting Families to Hope and Resources with Emma Baldwin
The Adoption & Foster Care JourneyShow Notes
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; Ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up of the poor and helpless, And see that they get justice.” -Proverbs 31:8-9
This episode kicks off FASD Awareness Month with our special guest, Emma Baldwin. Emma is a sibling of a person with FASD and an autistic self-advocate. Emma’s work in the FASD field began with the FASD Network of Southern California and training initiatives at Proof Alliance in Minnesota. While living in Minnesota, Emma served on the advisory council of the Univ. of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration and chaired St. Paul Mayor’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities. Today, Emma is the Director of Partnerships at FASD United—leading the FASD United Affiliate Network (which JFO is a member of), supporting the Living Experience track of the International FASD Research Conference, and overseeing the development of the FASD Symposium and White Papers.
Listen in as Emma shares how FASD United, the national organization in the U.S., is empowering people living with FASD, educating systems of care and the public, enacting policy and uniting communities everywhere so that those living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure are recognized and supported.
Links mentioned in this episode: FASDUnited.org Free Breath Prayer Download See Available Trainings AFCJ on YouTube justicefororphansny.org justicefororphansny.org/hope-community Email: [email protected] sandraflach.com Soul Care Saturday—52 Devotions for Foster and Adoptive Moms Orphans No More—A Journey Back to the Father book on Amazon
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