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- Title
Still, we rise: Lessons learned from lived experiences in the family policing system.
- Authors
Vega‐Brown, Jeanette; Stephens, Tricia N.
- Abstract
The voices of mothers affected by the child welfare system are forefronted in this article. A group of five women, all affiliated with the parent‐led, community‐based organization Rise Magazine, gathered to discuss their experiences, including any role they believed race, racism and other forms of bias played in their child welfare cases. Their powerful, first‐hand accounts illustrate the systemic injustices faced by child welfare affected families. This article also focuses on the development of Rise's organizational structure as a space where parents both lead and drive the organization's mission to empower and support system affected families. A postscript by Tricia Stephens, integrating how parents' experiences are reflected in existing research, is provided. It is the hope of the parents who currently work at and those who have passed through Rise, that sharing their personal stories inspires and helps to guide others across the country. Key points for the family court community: Racism within child welfare was the overarching theme of this special issue and was reflected throughout mothers' accounts of their experiences.However, mothers' nuanced insignts, included intersectional discussions on race, mental health, intimate partner violence, education and the child welfare system.The feeling of belongingness and community among mothers, like what they described at Rise, is a powerful reparative force in their lives, serving as a place of "family", as well as a training ground for parents to become child welfare change agents.
- Subjects
FAMILY policy; BIAS (Law); CHILD welfare; RACISM; JUVENILE courts
- Publication
Family Court Review, 2023, Vol 61, Issue 2, p304
- ISSN
1531-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fcre.12708