Knipe

Knipe, who founded CYC, started NFYAN to take CYC's proven advocacy model nation-wide.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

Knipe believes adults should take a behind the scenes role and guide youth by asking critical thinking questions to empower them to be successful themselves, a philosophy adopted by one of the Network's member organizations the Oregon Foster Youth Connection OFYC.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

Knipe, who founded CYC, started NFYAN to take CYC's proven advocacy model nation-wide.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

"Everyone is much more interested in hearing directly from young people," says Janet Knipe, Executive Director of the National Foster Youth Action Network NFYAN.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

"Everyone is much more interested in hearing directly from young people," says Janet Knipe, Executive Director of the National Foster Youth Action Network NFYAN.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

Knipe, who founded CYC, started NFYAN to take CYC's proven advocacy model nation-wide.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

"Clearly all the legislative change is extraordinary, but when I think about what the movement is about, it's the community that we're able to build," says Knipe.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

"Clearly all the legislative change is extraordinary, but when I think about what the movement is about, it's the community that we're able to build," says Knipe.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

"Everyone is much more interested in hearing directly from young people," says Janet Knipe, Executive Director of the National Foster Youth Action Network NFYAN.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012

Knipe believes adults should take a behind the scenes role and guide youth by asking critical thinking questions to empower them to be successful themselves, a philosophy adopted by one of the Network's member organizations the Oregon Foster Youth Connection OFYC.

Ryann Blackshere: Fostering Our Future: Foster Youth Advocate for Better Lives Ryann Blackshere 2012