And Still, ''They Wait''

About the Book

Through Kimberly F. Brown’s initial piece Portrait of a Waiting Child to And Still, "They Wait," Brown gives a mental picture of the pain, the corruption, and the hope of adoption and foster care. A heartfelt mixture of sadness and inspiration serve as an inside eye to the mental process these children endure. Brown provides a voice for those children who are caught up in the system at no fault of their own and challenges the "system" to take a stand and "Stand Up" in support of all waiting children. And Still, “They Wait” strives through people, politics, poetry, prose and “pure” excellence to ignite an urgent national dialogue about the foster care child welfare "system." The poems and prose in this book adhere to beliefs that all children deserve a chance to have a home, whether it is for a second or a lifetime. Furthermore, Brown’s artistry promote that negative labels destroy the soul while positive labels promote the goal. Human beings, whether adult or youth, are not "special needs"—just special people who deserve special opportunities that lead to possibilities of growth, encouragement, empowerment, and success. Inside And Still, “They Wait” readers will take issue with global foster care and the correlation to civil rights. Brown’s imagination and experiences within the child welfare system allows both professionals and lay persons to captivate scenarios of which causes “systems” to inadvertently discriminate against people and disrupt the growth process while at the same time promoting the need of acceptance, fairness and second chances. Pure hypocrisy to say the least! Explosive dialogue fueled by captive anger of how ‘systems’ are destroying our future generation of a less talked about nation creates the birth of And Still, “They Wait” and commands resolutions for a failing society once destined for greatness! And Still, “They Wait” re-establishes the phrase “Enough is Enough” and openly commands the process “Never Again”!

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