Article - Liberate the Black Family from the Family Policing System: A Reparations Perspective on Ending Anti-Black Racism in “Child Welfare” by
Angela Olivia Burton @SankofaRose and Joyce McMillan @JMacForFamilies#howweendUP22 https://t.co/U4I3wi1QdD
@ljoywilliams CPS/child welfare, - the Family Police disrupts, destroys and traumatizes Black Families, generationally; 2 United Nations Committees, the NY & US Civil Rights Commn, and the NY and American Bar associations have recently called out. Let’s talk!
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Jey Rajaraman discusses collaborative advocacy and what to do when the timeline doesn't work, alongside Alexandra Travis and David Kelly #NACC2022 @LSNJ
Rounding out a wonderful @NACCchildlaw#NACC2022 conference focused on #family and #RacialJustice are our friends from #FIJW-talking about collaborative advocacy & professional interrupters. What’s your warrior name?
Family Despite Empire
February 17 @ 5pm EST
This is the first event of the @WeBeImagining Spring Series, tracing family regulation/separation/healing globally feat. @womenoftigray@LEBEAM@kass_bm and @UpFromTheCracks
RSVP at the link below!
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The murder of George Floyd ignited a public debate about systemic racism in law enforcement. Lesser known is the frank evaluation that is also taking place inside child welfare work in NJ and across the US.
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Black children represent 13% of the population under age 18 in New Jersey, but they are dramatically overrepresented in foster care, making up 42% of the children taken from their families. This is true in most other states as well.
Been a minute, I know, but I've got a new story up, check it out: Doctors Drug Test Black and Poor Families at Higher Rates, Risking Family Separation https://t.co/m0yfCcHL9f
In honor of #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth, let’s stop taking children from survivors of #DomesticViolence who are making impossible choices and calling them neglectful for “failing to protect” their kids. It’s traumatic for survivors and even more traumatic for their kids.