Rescue The Fosters

A’aliyah Moore is a former foster youth and passionate advocate dedicated to shedding light on the injustices within the foster care system. Through her story, A’aliyah brings awareness to the challenges, resilience, and strength of those who have experienced life in foster care. Her mission is to inform, inspire, and ignite change — reminding others that their past does not define their potential. As a guest on Rescue the Foster, A’aliyah uses her voice to speak truth, spark hope, and encourage understanding for youth who deserve to be seen and heard.

In 2017 my son was medically kidnapped after my husband and I brought him into the hospital with a swollen arm where they x-rayed him and found rib fractures in various stages of healing and a fracture in his arm. They took him into foster care and arrested my husband. In foster care he sustained two more fractures and they still severed our rights and convicted my husband. He is currently serving 12 years in prison for it. (He was convicted in 2019). Our son was able to be placed with my parents after 11 months in foster care (they refused for that long to give him to them because they believed “they must be crazy for supporting people who abuse their child”). After my husband was convicted and our son had to be adopted by my parents I decided to start going to college to get into law school to fight for families like mine. I graduate law school next year and have been doing post-conviction work for the last year of my education. I would be happy and grateful to do an interview for your podcast. I am in Arizona and have been trying for 6 years to get our story out there but the media out here is very opposed to sharing stories like ours because our DCS is state funded and not private.

Connie Reguli could have never imagined her path to activism. It began when she decided to pursue a second career in law, attending night school while juggling two other jobs. Earning her law license at the age of 42 meant she brought a wealth of life experiences with her into the courtroom. Her legal career led her to focus on child welfare and domestic litigation, where she witnessed mistreatment of litigants and corruption among judges as early as 2002. In 2008, she took the initiative to educate state legislators about the process for removing judges. Since then, she has been relentless in her efforts, fighting against child protective services to defend parents' rights. In 2019, however, a corrupt prosecutor, detective, and state's attorney falsely charged her and her client with crimes. A biased judge allowed the charges to proceed, turning Reguli and her client into felons. It took two years to overturn these felonies and have the charges dismissed. Through social media, Reguli has established an advocacy platform called the Family Forward Project, which has over 19,000 members. She actively lobbies in Washington and continues to champion the rights of families. Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1By4DciyUU/ X: https://x.com/FamilyForwardPr Rachel Bruno is an author, speaker, family advocate & CPS survivor. Rachel had her seven week old baby & toddler son taken from her by CPS. The crime... a cranial injury sustained by her newborn while under the care of a nanny! Rachel has also authored the book: Fractured Hope: A Mother's Fight for Justice available on Amazon. Social Media: Website: https://rachelbruno.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/racbruno Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelbrunospeaks X: https://x.com/rachelbruno?s=20

Kajal Emmett joins Gino & Robert! KK will tell her story of restoration from child abuse to co-founder of the non-profit rescuethefosters.org!

Gino, Meghan Walsh, Sylvia Beachy & KK discuss the founding and future plans of the non-profit Rescue the Fosters!

Meghan Walsh, Sylvia Beachy, Kajal Emmett & Gino discuss the latest developments regarding Rescue the Fosters.

Sylvia Beachy, Meghan Walsh, Kajal Emmett & Gino discuss foster care reform.