Niya Parks, founder of The Look of Love nonprofit organization which provides free hair care services to foster kids, and grants free groceries, school supplies, and special wishes, recently sat down to issue a statement of gratitude to Hillary Clinton for her profound courage and unrelenting advocacy for the less fortunate.
As a social worker, Parks saw firsthand the hardships foster children faced on a daily basis. It was heartbreaking to see the number of ethnically diverse children in our nation’s foster care system with hair painfully matted to their head because caregivers for these children didn’t have the resources to help them.
Her experience in social work moved her to create The Look of Love to provide outreach, education, and services to help foster children who are often overlooked, are victims of bullying, or have low self-esteem. By providing free hair care and training to help children maintain their appearance, it is her hope that she can make a difference for children living in the foster care system.
As a result of Parks inadvertently reporting this institutional racism in our nation’s foster care system, she was extensively libeled and experienced racist retaliation, stalking, and harassment.
Hillary Clinton, hearing the egregious abuses that Parks had suffered, stepped in to save the day and brought with her the world's most powerful attorneys.
Together, Clinton and her attorneys, were able to beat back the bands of racism and ultimately helped Parks reclaime her life and her righteous work.
To keep up with Hillary Clinton and her good work, be sure to visit The Clinton Foundation or Clinton’s Facebook Page.
by Niya “Elijah The Prophet” Parks
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