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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 20, 20171 min read
Christal Frost Radio (Podcast)
Today we welcomed Shenandoah Chefalo, author of the memoir “Garbage Bag Suitcase,” talking about some of the failings of the foster care...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 27, 20173 min read
Children As Animals: The Evolution of the Child Welfare System
First Step: The SPCA In the early part of the 1800s, Henry Bergh created The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) which p
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 20, 20173 min read
How to Help Foster Youth Maintain Their Rights
Most people are only one or two personal connections from a foster child but don't know it. Statistically, there is one foster child for
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 28, 20173 min read
May is Foster Care Awareness Month: Here is How You Can Help
MAY IS FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH Here is How YOU can help In 1988 with the help of Senator Strom Thurmond, President Ronald Regan...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Mar 7, 20171 min read
Topeka Capital Journey-Author Talks About the Importance of CASA
For more than 20 years, well into her adulthood, Shenandoah Chefalo wouldn’t breathe a word about growing up as a foster child, concerned...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Dec 8, 20162 min read
Who Gets The Life Raft: The Difficult Relationships of Foster Youth
Writing for this blog is sometimes problematic for me. I try to be as transparent as possible and talk about the things that are truly...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 20, 20161 min read
Couple Devotes Time To Children
HILLSDALE – With the goal of making life better for citizens in their community, Doug and Susan French of Hillsdale have delved into...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 10, 20161 min read
The Giving Back Podcast - PART 1
No one comes into foster care because of a pleasant situation. Shenandoah Chefalo is the author of Garbage Bag Suitcase, a memoir of...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 11, 20161 min read
James Miller Lifeology Podcast
We all have experienced many difficult things in our lives. Often we allow an event or our environment to define who we are. When this...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 30, 20164 min read
Comfort in Chaos: Understanding Trauma Brain
I make no bones about it, as a foster child, I don’t think I was an easy person to get along with and I certainly wasn’t trying to make...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 18, 20161 min read
KiwaniTalk -Dearborn, MI
KiwaniTalk is produced by memers of the Kiwanis Club of Dearborn, Michigan. Recently they asked me on to talk about my book, Garbage Bag...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 17, 20161 min read
I Want To Know (Podcast)
In this episode of I Want To Know we welcome in author and survivor of the foster care system Shenandoah Chefalo. In her new book Garbage...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 12, 20161 min read
Changing The Lives of Foster Children
Plagued and embarrassed by her name, made worse by a nomadic childhood that made it impossible to build lasting relationships, Shenandoah...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 31, 20161 min read
The Changing Behavior Network-Part 2
In this radio-style podcast, Dr. Sutton interviews Shenandoah Chefalo about her life and her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir. It’s...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 24, 20161 min read
The Changing Behavior Network-Part 1
In this radio-style podcast, Dr. Sutton interviews Shenandoah Chefalo about her life and her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir. It’s...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 22, 20161 min read
Journey for Truth (Podcast)
Shenandoah found herself in foster care at age 13 after her mother never came home. She speaks of her experience, the trauma that many...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
May 11, 20161 min read
Fox 47 Lansing
Kristen Beat speaks to Shenandoah Chefalo about her new book Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir and advocating for a better foster care...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 27, 20161 min read
Bringing Inspiration to Earth (BITE) Podcast
Garbage Bag Suitcase: A MEMOIR (foster care awareness) with Shenandoah Chefalo Shenandoah's dreams for a stable childhood were shattered:...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 18, 20161 min read
Journey of Hope with Rodney Mathers (Podcast)
Welcome! It has been brought to my attention recently that an amazing number of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and woman are...
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