Vanessa Diffenbaugh Quotes

Many kids in foster homes have a lot of emotions that are hard to get out. It's important to let them know they can make a difference in the community.

My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.

Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.

The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.

My dad worked for child protection.

I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.'

When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.

Like all women, I've had a pretty awful time in many ways, but it's always possible to either make a joke or find someone else.

Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.

I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children.

In terms of 'Saving Face,' I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn't let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.

Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.

William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.

I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn.

We need to ask questions about how we're going to give low-income kids who come from a broken home access to a loving home.

I hope we can form a community where a woman can speak up about abuse and not suffer another abuse by not being believed and instead being ridiculed.

There are millions of women all around the world who are in dangerous, terrifying situations. It's up to us as storytellers to give people hope, to let people know that there is a way out.

My dad has spent 20 years of his life working in child protection and writing policy for organisations across Australia in order to recognise and safeguard against abuse.

They shut down kids' homes, for a number of reasons, and I was part of that transition into foster care. That's all well and good if it's populated by people who feel their work is paid decently and supported.

I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.

'Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors.

Children especially deserve our support after they are rescued from those who have victimized them.

Something we learned from foster kids after sitting down with them to hear their stories is that so many of them are invested in social justice, and they're all invested in making the system better for the kids behind them.

Foster care was a big part of my life.

I under no circumstances want to be seen as a victim. I have worked with victims of sexual violence and I don't have a candle to hold to the experiences of those victims.