NEWS

We are thrilled to announce the winners of our Dream, Create, Liberate: A Future Without Family Policing call for submissions.

As part of the growing movement to end the separation of children from their families, we were disappointed to read the article “What Happens When Abusive Parents Keep their Children” in the opinion section of the New York Times.

While the family policing system also purports to prevent child abuse, abolition seeks to prevent harm before it occurs in the first place.

Child welfare policies reward those who uphold the American “family ideal” and police, punish, and profit from those who don’t meet it.

This decision will reduce California’s ability to forcibly separate families.

The deadline for art, poetry, and short fiction submissions has been extended to January 31, 2024.

There is a place for all of us to resist family policing and carcerality, through practice, policy, and language.

We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and the masses all over the world who are rising up, demanding freedom for Palestine and ultimately, for us all.

This report aims to highlight for the Human Rights Committee key areas in which the U.S. government has failed to uphold its human rights commitments under the ICCPR regarding its separation of children from their parents and families, and the resulting harms inflicted on them by the immigration and family policing systems.