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Episode: Foster Care in Alaska 2025: Deko Harbi, Shannon Smith, & Tali Stone
Description: Send us Fan MailDeko Harbi, Shannon Smith, and Tali Stone are former Alaska foster youth. All three recently visited the Capitol in Juneau as part of a trip organized by Facing Foster Care in Alaska. Facing Foster Care in Alaska is a nonprofit organization that provides foster youth and alumni opportunities to share their lived experience about life in foster care to raise community awareness and promote improvements in the system. This is this podcast’s third episode featuring former foster youth; the first from 2023 was with FFCA co-founder Am...