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generouslyfunding the design,production and first printingof the W.L.S.E.Up!Powerbook for Children in Foster Care  \n## This Powerbook belongs to\n\n(a very  \n## person)\n\nDuoa  021(  \nAuthor:The Center for Adoption Support and Education(C.A.S.E.)Editor:Michelle Arbogast Lovejoy,Director of Community EducationDesign &illustration by Desin Central,Ine.as a work for C.A.S.E  \n◎ 2008 The Center for Adoption Support and Education.All rights reserved.W.I.S.E.Up!e,the W.I.S.E.Up!Owl,the W.I.S.E.Up!Program and all materials herein are registered marks of The Center for Adoption Support and Education.No part of this workmay be reproduced or translated without written consent.  \n#### No matter where you are,where you go,or what youdo,it is important to remember that your storybelongs to you.\n\nGrowing up in foster care means having good days and baddays,happy days and sad days,strong days and scared days,busydays and lonely days.I know because I grew up in foster care,just like you.  \nLots of people you will meet,kids,teens —even grownups—don't really understand foster families.Sometimes,notunderstanding something makes people feel curious or scared.When people are curious or scared,they say all kinds of things.  \nYou can never choose what others will say,or ask,or jokeabout.But you can choose how you want to respond.Youranswers and your feelings always belong to you.  \nWhen I was growing up,I didn't have anything like W.I.S.E.Up!to help me get through difficult moments at school,on theplayground or in my foster home.This is why I hope that youtake advantage of the skills W.I.S.E.Up!teaches because Ipersonally know the power that it gives you.  \nSeveral years later as a law student at Howard UniversitySchool of Law,I now understand that my story and past belongsto me and it is my choice whether or not I choose to share.  \n Jelaui Freewan  \nCurrently a law student at Howard University School of Law,Jelani Freeman sitson the Board of Directors for Center for Adoption Support and Education.Placed in thefoster care system at age 9,Jelani spent time in multiple foster homes,shelters,grouphomes and juvenile facilities before aging out of the system at age 18.Jelani earned his  \nB.A.in Political Science and History from the University at Buffalo and his M.A.inHistory from American University.Jelani also had the honor of working in the officeof Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton,after graduating from college.  \n7  \nWhen I was eight years old,my foster motherAgatha Armstead enrolled me in a classical balletschool where my interest and passion in the artswas nurtured.Agatha had a wonderful sixth sense.Not only did I learn how to do a pirouette,but thediscipline required to master ballet conditioned mefor the many opportunities and challenges still ahead.Most important,perfecting a pirouette taught methat I could fit in and get along in the world basedon my own merit.This truth has been a guidingforce in my life.  \nI never dreamed that someday I 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