Episode 11 - A walk through the life of an Advocator with Christopher

Children’s Aid societies are beginning to recognize the importance of the inclusion of youth voices and participating in conversations surrounding the barriers and areas of needed improvement within the child welfare system. We are seeing more collaborations between youth and agencies to develop a strategy to redesign Children's Aid, along with putting in place proper safety outlets for youth to safely advocate for themselves.  First voice advocates are youth with first hand experience in child welfare who are driven to see changes within the system. One tool which was developed for the youth was the Advocacy office, which is closed (officially closed back in 2018). That impact weighs greatly on many people from care, especially current youth. Today, we have Christopher Cottle who worked at the advocacy office as a youth Communications Amplifier and is here to speak on his experience and give his insight into what he feels needs to change.   Christopher’s plugs   http://www.cycpodcast.org/ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/risingyouth-podcast/id1494492980   Rising Youth and CYC Check out the full episode on the CYC podcast available on Spotify  Google play and many other platforms.   Follow our socials https://linktr.ee/project.outsiders Instagram Twitter  LinkedIn Facebook   Want to know how to get involved or support our mission? Subscribe to our patron to get exclusive content and discounts to our merchandise. Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/projectoutsiders