Tamekia Swint speaks with Loyola University's Chicago School of Law, law and social justice professor Anita Weinberg, Jocelyn Fetting, an aspiring intern for the IDCFS Statewide Youth Advisory Board, and Ni'Yuana Baker, intern for the central region of the Illinois Statewide Youth Advisory Board, about the HB 5097 bill. A call to action by the DCFS Statewide Youth Advisory Board to help youth maintain their connection to culture and identity while in foster care through proper hair care.

For more information on the Youth Advisory Board: dcfs.illinois.gov/brighter-futures/independence/ statewide-youth-advisory-board.html

Contact Anita Weinberg at aweinbe@luc.edu to initiate a bill like HB 5097 in your state.

Tamekia Swint speaks with transracial adoptive mom Roxanne Engstrom and Lydia Mercer, an advocate for others in the racial (Un)Learning space, about hair discrimination, racism, and advocacy.

Black hairstyling and its caring methods protect the culture, traditions, and hair protective rights of every Black person who would wear them. - Tamekia Swint

Welcome to Hairitage Talks! In this episode, hosts Tamekia Swint and Luke Mitchell talk with Transracial Adoptees Sisay Girma and Monisha Hendrix about their different experiences growing up in predominately white communities. Watch this episode on YouTube to join the discussion! https://youtu.be/AgQ-kuNt38g Follow @Styles4KidzNFP @mitchbluke @hairitagetalks on Instagram and Facebook

Welcome to Hairitage Talks! In this episode, hosts Tamekia Swint and Luke Mitchell talk with Rhonda Chandler, CEO/Founder of Lovin' The Skin I'm In (Green Bay, WI), about the fears and emotional struggles of transracial/foster kids feeling good, confident, and ready for school.  Watch the episode on YouTube to join the discussion! https://youtu.be/Y-JAsGyQSUQ?si=M-ApmgHw1scD5f5- Follow @Styles4KidzNFP @mitchbluke @hairitagetalks @lovinmyskinwi on Instagram and Facebook

Welcome to Hairitage Talks! In this first episode, Tamekia Swint, Executive Director of Styles 4 Kidz talks with co-host Luke Mitchell about the struggles of growing up in a transracial adoptive family and not fitting in with his Black culture.

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