Today was Children's Advocacy Day at the state capitol.

Governor Andy Beshear and members of the Kentucky General Assembly joined students and advocates for a rally on behalf of children in the state.

They spoke about the importance of youth advocacy and what the legislature can do to improve the lives of Kentucky's children.

I believe it's our responsibility to make sure every child, especially the most marginalized, have an opportunity to realize their full potential.

And at a time when we're creating good jobs for everyone, we can get healthy enough, trained enough and educated enough to fill.

This is our chance to invest in our kids, to create better futures and intra generational change.

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of being 40th in anything.

It's time to be in the top ten and how we treat our kids and everything.

When I say can count it how good.

At the age of four.

I went into the foster system because of my parents drug issues and grew up in the system and surrounded by kids in the system.

I was blessed with good foster parents and an okay foster experience, but many others were not this fortunate.

I saw my brother get from home to home and so many other children go through similar struggles throughout this.

They have caseworkers and lawyers speaking for them, not being able to voice their struggles and concerns for themselves in seeing and hearing about this.

I came to the realization that this not only occurs in the foster system, but also in situations in schools, homes and so many other places.

I decided I want to be the change both in my family's vicious drug cycle and also to make myself available, to listen to others and help to be their voice and motivate them to use theirs.

What I need to tell you today is I've already done several media interviews and it would not surprise folks in the General Assembly or the governor that some of them begin by saying the way Frankfort is.

Can you get anything done?

And my answer is consistent, because I need to tell you that when it comes to kids, I find that Senator Givens, Senator Carroll, Senator Westerfield, other leaders in the Senate, folks in the House, in the Beshear administration on a consistent basis, find common ground with common sense for common good.

Today's program and rally also honored nine state lawmakers and juvenile justice champions for their work on behalf of children and Kentucky.