Athena Madison's Foster Care/Adoption Story
“Why I Advocate”
November 21, 2016
Pasadena Salvation Army provides prom dresses for underprivileged girls
Photographed April 2011
RenaIssance Scholars Graduates Defy Odds on Road to Success
Originally published: June 07, 2018 | Melanie Johnson | cpp.edu/news
Congressional Briefing, “A Right to a Forever Family”
Panelist for AB12 Convening Permanency for Non-Minor Dependents, “Adoption for a Non-Minor Dependent”, Los Angeles, CA. July 2015.
TedXTalk at Mt. San Antonio College
“Unity in Our Struggle”, Class Speaker, Pasadena City College (2016)
Overmedication of Psychotropic Drugs in Fostercare “Alternatives to Psychotropic Medication”, Louisville, Kentucky. 2016.
Speaker for Chief Justice of CA, Justice Tani G. Cantil Sakauye, “Honoring Nov. as Adoption & Permanency Month”, Sacramento, CA. October 2015
It all begins with an idea.