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Sharing Our Year in Review It is said that ldquosharing is caringrdquo andit is undeniable that 2020 hasprovided us an opportunity tosincerely think about how we shareand care While Zoom calls and carparties enabled us to share ourthoughts and good wishes at theend of the day our collectivehumanity is what has sustained ourkinship as families and communities

The pandemic has opened our eyes to see where more sharing is neededASCI has shared resources information meals learning assistance and othersupportive services We have mastered digital platforms in order to share ourtime with staff and families continued our support groups virtually offeredonline youth activities and nurtured community partnerships to keep the sharinggoing

We have also seen the importance of sharing ourselves As we share our ownexperiences needs triumphs challenges and faith we strengthen our bondsby recognizing what we have in common

Like you I have also missed sharing some things like family milestones firstbirthdays weddings and even saying goodbye to those close to us And I thinkeach of us misses sharing in our respective communitiesrsquo togetherness from

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church services to conversations in the supermarket

Entering 2021 we at ASCI continue to share kinship community and hope Wework passionately to continue ensuring the safety and well-being of the childrenand families we serve as well as our own children and families

Sharing is giving and receiving it is thought and action it is tangible andintangible Sharing can achieve so much Sharing has the power to make ourworld a better place

I share with gratitude our year in review

Dr Sharon McDaniel

The Battle Against Bias A Unique Yearof Hope Resilience amp Creating Change

Through Kinship

Over the course of 2020 ASCI has reflected heavily on the criticalvalues of diversity equity and inclusion in child welfare We have seenfirsthand how the pandemic racial inequities and discriminatorypractices have continued to keep marginalized populations at adisadvantage in the United States We have also seen the effects ofsuch marginalization on these populations amid a global crisis as ithas negatively impacted these same populations in disproportionateways

Yet we have been able to highlight the actions of impactful thoughtleaders and advocates within the system working every day todismantle its racist and oppressive practices The system as we wehave known it can no longer exist in its historical context and we mustcontinue fighting to create a sustainable form of support and equity forall children and families

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January 2020

Diversity Equity andInclusion in theCenter of Child

Welfare Part III withDr Cheryl Hall-

Russell

April 2020

Toxic Stress inChildren What ItDoes and How to

Mitigate It

July 2020

Lessons fromAmerican Indian

February 2020

The Freedom ofLiteracy Investingin the Futures ofAfrican-AmericanChildren ThroughEarly Childhood

Literacy andEducation

May 2020

Who Are theHeroes of National

Foster CareMonth

August 2020

DeconstructingChild Welfare

March 2020

Celebrating NationalSocial Work Month

withSocialWorkStories

June 2020

PhiladelphiaCommunity

Organization GalaeiHighlights the

Resiliency of QueerLatin Youth

September 2020

The Backbone ofKinship Care

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and Alaska NativeCulture to Reorientthe Child Welfare

System Part I

October 2020

Special-NeedsYouth in Care

AddressingOverrepresentation

amp AdvancingStrategy

OppressionRenewing Hope

Through aRacialized ChildWell-Being Lens

November 2020

Disability Does NotEqual

IncompetenceRemoving Biases

Against Parents andCaregivers with

Disabilities in ChildWelfare

Sustaining FamiliesThrough

GenerationalWisdom in Kinship

December 2020

Being with Family Isa Human Right We

Canrsquot and WonrsquotDeny It

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