Module 5 - upEND Movement

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Module Five reviews the harms that result to Black children, families, and communities from forcible family separations and placement in foster care. As these resources demonstrate, these harms are vast and immense, significantly impacting children and families across generations. These well-documented outcomes provide evidence of the true intents of the family policing system – the subjugation of Black Americans and the maintenance of White supremacy.

Listen to the accompanying episode of The upEND Podcast

Intended Consequences

The Harm of Child Removal, Shanta Trivedi

Black Families Are Outraged About Family Separation in the U.S.: It’s Time to Listen to Them, Time Magazine

When the System Fails, Families May Pay the Ultimate Price, CBS News

Taken Into Foster Care, Through the Eyes of a Child, Kansas City Star

Operation Stop CPS with Amanda Wallace, Doin’ the Work Podcast

Harm of Removal Concept Map, Family and Youth Justice Programs

FOR FURTHER READING

Book cover of Torn Apart by Dorothy Roberts shows a black and white image of hands holding with a ripped paper effect down the center.

Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families – And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World, Dorothy Roberts

Investigating Families book cover by Kelley Fong shows the back view of an adult hugging a child.

Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services, Kelley Fong

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