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

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 features Lisa Sangoi, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Movement for Family Power as the opening keynote speaker. The video also includes remarks from Alan Dettlaff, Dean of the GCSW as well as a lively panel discussion featuring Dr. Alan-Michael Graves, Director of National Programs, Good+Foundation; Tymber Hudson, Youth Organizer; and Joyce McMillan, Parent Advocate, and Founder, PLAN (Parent Legislative Action Network).

Watch the recording of Day Two of this event here.

Read the keynote address here and access the presentations here.