Disseminating Knowledge 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
In 2023, our team:
Engaged new audiences: Our leader, Foster America’s Co-founder and Executive Director Marie Zemler Wu, was awarded several prestigious opportunities in 2023 to amplify our mission. Among the year’s notable accomplishments was her work with the Emerson Collective – a force in the realm of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship. The Collective recognizes Foster America as a
thought leader with the skills to make meaningful – and lasting – change in the field of child welfare. Marie was named a recipient of Emerson’s prestigious Dial Fellowship in recognition and furtherance of Foster America’s thought leadership and skills to make meaningful and lasting change for family well-being. Over the course of the fellowship, which concluded in fall 2023, Marie honed her communications strategy, connected with like-minded changemakers across sectors and leveraged new ways to elevate Foster America’s mission on a national platform. As part of the fellowship, Marie – who spent a year working alongside leading innovators in the fields of health, science, climate change and more – delivered a moving speech on the imperative of child welfare transformation and established Foster America as an expert in new approaches to serving families. Marie’s expertise was showcased last year in the Emerson Collective’s online blog. Her piece, “Reality Check: How We Can Fix the U.S. Foster Care System,” about the myths of the foster care system spoke to the practical misconceptions of the general public about a system that profoundly impacts families. She was also featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s article on the impact of Dial Fellows across sectors.
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2023 Annual Report
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