These Black-Led Organizations Are Dedicated To Assisting Black Youth in Foster Care

National Foster Care Month pays detailed attention to the needs of those currently in foster care and looks for greater understanding in which the system can reformed. As of 2021, although only comprising 14% of the total population of children…

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Journey to Motherhood: LaKeia Jones-Baldwin Shares Her Touching Transracial Adoption Story

Journey to Motherhood: LaKeia Jones-Baldwin Shares Her Touching Transracial Adoption Story

“Families don’t have to match. We don’t have to look alike to love alike,” LaKeia Jones-Baldwin says during our chat about her touching transracial adoption journey. The mother of four—which includes raising her now 5-year-old adopted white son, Princeton, and…

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Why Nicole Mays-Jackson Works to Match Children with Intellectual Disabilities With Their Forever Homes

Why Nicole Mays-Jackson Works to Match Children with Intellectual Disabilities With Their Forever Homes

According to the U.S. Department of Education, 1 in 5 young Black boys with disabilities—twice more than their classmates without disabilities—faced suspension in school. This disproportionate statistic is just one reason why the work that Houston-based entrepreneur Nicole Mays-Jackson is…

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