upEnding the Child Welfare System: The Road to Abolition - Day Two

University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work and the Center for the Study of Social Policy

On 20-21 October 2020, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) and the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work (GCSW) held two-day virtual conversations with organizers, activists, scholars, and community leaders to strategize innovative ways to create a society in which the forcible separation of children from their families is no longer an acceptable solution for families in need.

This video includes two panel discussions (followed by audience Q & A) featuring: Hon. William A. Thorne, Former Tribal and State Court Judge (Trial and Appellate), Facilitator; Abby Abinanti, Yurok Chief Judge; Cheryl Fairbanks; Priscilla Day; Kimm Campbell, Assistant County Administrator, Broward County; and Ned Breslin, Chief Executive Officer, Tennyson Center. 

Watch the recording of Day One of this event here.