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“THEY SAID I would become homeless… Now I’m a builder.”
“They said I would only draw the Dole… Now I’m a graphic designer.”
“They said I would never finish school… Now I’m a teacher.”
“They said I was going to be a social problem. Now I’m a social care worker.”
EPIC is an organisation that aims to empower young people who leave State care, a group amongst the most vulnerable in the country.
It believes changing people’s perceptions of young adults who grew up in care is essential to their work.
This video was made to challenge those stereotypes that people hold.
Director of Epic, Jennifer Gargan, has recently highlighted how vulnerable young people are when they leave care. They often end up homeless because they are not prioritised for housing early enough.
“In the last number of weeks, Epic has witnessed a vast increase of young people leaving care coming to our service with LITERALLY nowhere to go. The State in acting as corporate parent must fulfil their responsibility and prioritise accommodation for these young people,” she said. “These young people have no safety net to fall back on and at 18, are often out on their own with no family to support them.”
Earlier this month, we met homeless man Tony O’Brien who had been left living rough on the streets after leaving the care system. A chance meeting with a photographer has led to a job and an opportunity for him to get back into full-time accommodation.
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How do you tell the ethnicity of a puppet? Why did it take a year? So many questions
@Disco Inferno: it’s name I suppose, also just look at the furore about Big bird from Ted cruz
What ethnicity are Ernie and Bert?
@Edmund Spencer: more importantly who calls Bert and Ernie, Ernie and Bert. Also ethnicity is pretty obvious when they combine to form Bernie Sanders
@Darren Byrne: they’ve always been Ernie and Bert to me, this is the hill I am prepared to die on.
@mayo chicken: It will happen quickly, we’ll just bury you under all the officially licensed packaging that says “Bert & Ernie”.
@Darren Byrne: write it on my tombstone!
The best thing about this is that for the average person, it won’t bother them – but for the real right-wingers, they’ll be screaming bloody murder over it and it will be hilarious.
@Seán Ó Briain: Exactly.
Is she from north or south Korea I wonder?
@Ronan Walsh: she’s from America
Brilliant news. Great to see such an influential TV show giving these issues so much thought, giving kids the chance to learn what previous generations have not been exposed to often enough.
@Freudian Quip: what nonsense. Sesame Street has been a paragon of equality and diversity for over half a century.
Oh to be ji-young again .,
I hope Naomi will be actually able to take part in the show.
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