Miss Manhattan 2026 Ashley Staggers | Human Rights Advocate | WarCry Podcast

🔥 WarCry For Our Children presents a bold, heartfelt conversation with Ashley Staggers — Director of the Fostering Youth Success Alliance at Children’s Aid, advocate, researcher, and the reigning Miss Manhattan 2026 in the Miss America Organization.

A survivor of child sexual abuse, Ashley’s mission is powerful: to challenge the normalization of sexual violence, empower foster youth, and reform systems that too often silence survivors.

In this episode, Elder M and Ashley discuss:

💔 The realities of foster care and gender-based violence

📚 Her groundbreaking research with UMKC on sexual violence illiteracy

⚖️ The policy fight to protect children and survivors

👑 How her platform as Miss Manhattan amplifies advocacy through grace, grit, and faith

Ashley also serves on the World Without Exploitation Youth Coalition and co-leads the Youth Advisory Council at Culture Reframed, using her story to create space for healing, justice, and hope.

🎙️ This is not just conversation — it’s intercession.

📢 Join the movement to protect, empower, and educate.

Presented by: WarCry For Our Children

🌐 podcast.warcryforourchildren.com

📧 warcry.children@gmail.com

🎧 Urban Intervention. Divine Mission.

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