Monday Evening Speaker Series with Adrian McLemore
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Monday, March 29, 2021 (8-9 pm ET) - Adrian McLemore
When Personal Becomes Professional
Adrian McLemore has an intimate and deep understanding of the foster care system. At just six years old, Adrian found himself in a foster home. For the next 12 years, he lived in three states, bouncing between his parents and the system, eventually aging out of foster care. Then at 21, he responded to a call to become a kinship caregiver for his niece and nephew, who were both toddlers at the time. From these experiences, Adrian has become a champion for ensuring young people are part of the foster care conversation. He has taken what is inherently personal for him and made it his life's work. In this Monday Evening presentation, Adrian will share with us his personal journey, how it has led to his current work and how to balance lived experience with professional responsibilities.
About Adrian McLemore
Adrian has spent over a decade providing professional, progressive, & personal expertise across a broad range of child welfare systems and various institutions. He is an energetic and policy savvy strategic consultant & program officer with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, managing a portfolio of resources that focus on mentoring boys and young men of color and summer youth enrichment programs deployed across Baltimore City. Adrian also partners with child welfare directors, state legislatures, and community stakeholders to improve older youth's permanency outcomes, stimulate family & youth engagement, and implement effective policy strategies that lead to positive system reform and change. Adrian possesses a strong analytical acumen and displays a proven ability to navigate complex political landscapes and advise clients on advancing positive child welfare policy and ensuring long-term sustainability successfully. He has been instrumental in passing child welfare legislation, establishing local and statewide youth advisory boards, creating college readiness programming, successfully advocating for Medicaid expansion & IL services and other local, state, and nationwide initiatives. Adrian holds a BA in political science from Wright State University and is a graduate student at the University of Baltimore.
Find out more about Adrian: https://adrianmclemore.com