The upEND Movement is very proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming Black Mothers’ March on the White House. Learn more and take a look at all the amazing events happening that weekend (May 10-12).

blackmothersmarch.com

Another Black child was kidnapped today. 1/10 Black children in the US will experience family separation. This is not an accident. It is BY DESIGN.
At the 2024 Black Mothers March, we are demanding an end to the state’s kidnapping of our children. BlackMothersMarch.com

So how do we go about abolishing the family policing system? ⁠
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'How We endUP' dives into seven ways we can end the harm of family policing and shift power to families and communities. ⁠
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upendmovement.org/how-we-end-up/

WEDNESDAY MAY 1st!

Our Power + Praxis Hours are back! Join us for a discussion on the incredible student-led advocacy happening across the country featuring some amazing student leaders. With Network to Advance Abolitionist Social Work upEND Movement & USAPalMHN.

REGISTER: bit.ly/49Nr2S3

'Maybe the types of reforms we are willing to support are at best understood as casualty management.' Dylan Rodríguez
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Full episode: upendmovement.org/episode1-6/

'Reforms really kill our political imagination.' Maya Pendleton
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Listen to 'Reforms Don't Work' on The upEND Podcast with Dylan Rodríguez and Maya Pendleton. upendmovement.org/episode1-6/

New blog post from Maya Pendleton and Alan Dettlaff for #ChildAbusePreventionMonth ✍️

Abolitionist alternatives to family policing address the root causes of harm and move towards strategies that ACTUALLY prevent child abuse.

upendmovement.org/2024/04/18/fam…

Can you imagine? A young mother witnesses a murder and she's put through this?

This is the carceral system's form of safety.

This part.
#AbolishCPS #RepealASFA #RepealCAPTA #WeLoveDorothyRoberts #PassTheAACWAct #HandsOffOurBlkBabiesCPS #NoMoreCPS #EndCPS #AbolishFamilyPolicing

The family policing system to prison pipeline is real. 90% of children w/ 5+ foster care placements will be ensnared by the criminal legal system.

Different system, same tactics used since slavery: family separation, trauma, brutality, surveillance, punishment. The list goes on

NEW Blog Post by Katie Gibson argues that one of the most heavily regulated economic institutions in contemporary America.

She writes, 'By questioning the family ideal...we might organize life and love differently.'
upendmovement.org/2024/04/11/upe…

Really excited to be joining the panel following this film with THEE Dorothy Roberts. I’ll be talking about my work with Abolitionist Law Center, upEND Movement, and family experiences that inform my unwavering commitment to abolition. Philly come through!

'community is the most effective form of rebellion.'⁠
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art by maese.art.by.eileen.jimenez⁠ on Instagram

Another tragic case of a mother who seeks help for interpersonal violence, only to be punished by the family police and threatened with permanent separation from her children. This case is receiving necessary attention, but it is by no means isolated.
npr.org/2024/04/05/124…

Mississippi is attempting to separate a mother from her three kids after a police officer shot her 11-year-old son in the chest at the family’s home in May 2023.

This is the weaponization of policing + family policing against Black families. ⚠️
mississippifreepress.org/41067/mother-c…

Join on May 12th to expose the colonial family policing system. blackmothersmarch.com

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'Over half of youth in #fostercare will have contact with the juvenile legal system.' Read from NPQ's IsaiahThompson: bit.ly/4aktz7f Alan Dettlaff Prison Policy Init. #AbolishChildWelfare #BIPOC

🚨 New Episode 🚨

This week on rePROs Fight Back I had the honor of talking to two just utterly outstanding guests: the one and only Dorothy Roberts & Lourdes Rivera at Pregnancy Justice | @pregnancyjust.bsky.social. This is an absolutely must listen episode #podcast reprosfightback.com/episodes-blog/…

I'm really excited to be a part of this panel! Thank you to the amazing students at University of Michigan School of Social Work for organizing this and inviting me!

“People do not see the children being ripped from their parents in court”