Husband,father,grandpa, great-grandpa,family life advocate,former adoption professional, (LDA)informal adoptee.
New York/PA
Joined November 2008
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Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is… kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.
Civil Rights Panel Highlights Widespread Discrimination Against Black Families in New York’s Child Welfare System imprintnews.org/top-stories/…
Standing With Moms: The Mother Up Guaranteed Income Pilot youtu.be/HAvAr5ld9xE?si=g17g… via @YouTube
Child Welfare Officials Have Searched Her Home and Her Son Dozens of Times. She’s Suing Them to Stop. propublica.org/article/nyc-c…
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Corey Best describes what a listener is going to get out of Audio Nuggets, a member of
@safecampaudio bit.ly/45jya6K
In my Monday morning meetings:
A)I find myself grappling with my role in a system of family policing and B) maintenance of the status quo. C)How does my work support the oppression of impacted families. Are you?
‘Charging Poverty Stricken Parents for their Child's Stay in Foster Care w. Dr. Jill Berrick’ is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/HNBWt
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What does it tell you about our priorities when Congress passes a bigger military budget every year but lets the expanded Child Tax Credit expire after it lifted millions of children out of poverty?
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Remember how Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made up to $640 million on the side while working in the White House?
Why aren't more people talking about that? citizensforethics.org/report…
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On this day in 1907, white Methodist ministers in Michigan voted to exclude Black clergy from leadership positions, grounding this vote in white supremacist views and fears of Black advancement. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
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I don't know that I've seen the utter disdain for workers put quite so explicitly. Thank you for the absolute clarity on capitalism.
Gurner Group founder Tim Gurner tells the Financial Review Property Summit workers have become "arrogant" since COVID and "We've got to kill that attitude." afr.com/politics/federal/alb…
I just registered for #HowWeEndUP23 on October 17 with @upendmovement! Excited to learn more about how we can practice family policing abolition NOW in our communities. upendmovement.org/convening
