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Ending the foster care system is a process.
Ending foster care means not just the closing of foster homes but prioritizing the building of critical systems of support for families and communities.
The Power of Co-Opting: Language Is Changing, But Will It Change the Status Quo?
Language is powerful. The words we use signal how we make sense of the world – and people – around us. When…
Reproductive Justice Demands the End of Family Policing
In Killing the Black Body, Dorothy Roberts traces how the maintenance of slavery necessitated the domination and control of Black…
The Carceral Logic of the Family Policing System
“The way that requirements are heaped onto parents is consistent with the current punitive model for social services, in which…
Finding Space to Imagine: How White Supremacy Culture Stifles Creativity
Launched just over a year ago, the upEND Movement seeks to end the child welfare system, which we call the…
New upEND Publication Calls for Fundamental Transformation of Family Policing
Last fall, I wrote about upEND, a new project focused on addressing structural inequities in the country’s child welfare…
Making Possible the Impossible: A Black Feminist Perspective on Child Welfare Abolition
In 1863, Harriet Tubman and eight of her trusted scouts orchestrated the Combahee River uprising in South Carolina. The uprising…
Keynote Address: upENDing the Child Welfare System: The Road to Abolition
The following is the keynote address given by Lisa Sangoi, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Movement for Family Power…
What Does it Mean to Abolish the Child Welfare System as We Know It?
Families who enter the child welfare system are often facing hardships caused by a myriad of social and economic factors—many created and promoted through systemic racism—that complicate and challenge parents’ ability to care for their children.
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