With an introduction from Erica Meiners, facilitated by Shannon Perez-Darby and special guest Shira Hassan, this workshop will explore the way that mandatory reporting is used to criminalize families and communities. Together we will discuss why mandatory reporting is not neutral, how mandatory reporting and family policing connects to other forms of criminalization and how to resist calls to “comply in advance.”

This workshop is for educators, social workers, youth workers, those in the public health realms and all community members impacted by mandatory reporting and family policing. Come to learn about why these laws are harmful and how to resist!

📅 Wednesday December 3rd 6:30-8:00pm
📍 Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena, Chicago

Join BYP100, Mothering is Radical (MAMAS), and Pilsen Community Books in celebrating the publication of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action as we explore all the ways that family policing impacts our communities. From the policing of families, attacks on bodily autonomy, and undermining the self-determination of people experiencing violence and abuse, the family policing system is an often ignored tool used to criminalize our communities.

Contributors Charity Tolliver, Erica Meiners, jaboa shawntaé lake and Shannon Perez-Darby will join us to discuss how the family policing system impacts our lives and the ways that, together, we can build flourishing communities.

📅 Monday, December 1st from 7-8pm
📍Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, ILpil

New date!

We're excited to announce the new date for this event. Join us for a virtual book launch of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action, a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe.

📅 Monday, December 1st

🕐1-2:30pm PT/3-4:30pm CT/4-5:30 pm ET

If you already registered for the previous date, there is no need to re-register, you're good to go.

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Based on decades of experience, organizing, and research, How to End Family Policing argues that the child welfare system cannot build genuine safety. In fact, rather than the misleading language of "child welfare," many scholars and activists describe these institutions as "family policing." Drawing on abolitionist principals, this much-needed intervention shows that no kinship network benefits from investigation, surveillance, policing, or forced separation. Contributors include community organizers, parents, civil rights attorneys, scholars, social workers, and survivors of family policing.

Dorothy Roberts, Andrea Ritchie, and Erin Miles Cloud will discuss the historical context of the family policing system and, vitally, how organizers have strategized against it.

***Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the live-streamed video on the day of the event. This event will also be recorded and captioning will be provided.***

This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks