Families Resist/ Stop CPS Corruption Rally at the California State Capitol

Описание: The family policing system in the United States, aka Child Protective Services or CPS, has waged war on the American family. Black, Indigenous, and Poor families are especially vulnerable and as such are overrepresented in the system. Nationwide, black children account for only 14% of the population but represent nearly 25% of all CPS cases. Meanwhile, about half of all indigenous children will experience a child welfare investigation before they turn 18. And finally, since poverty is conflated with neglect and parental unfitness by the “child protection” system, poverty is the single most important predictor of placement in foster care and the amount of time spent there.

Moreover, the system lacks accountability, transparency, and oversight. Families are all too often unnecessarily destroyed and children are frequently placed in foster and group homes where conditions are worse than in the homes they were removed from. It is incredibly traumatizing to remove a child from everything they have ever known or loved. There is no reason why a family should be destroyed. Children should be protected and supported by the government by providing services to keep families together instead of assuming parents inability to care.

This must end. The time is now to come together and RESIST together, and to demand real and lasting change. Children deserve better and families belong together.

Assembly Member Isaac Bryan will be one of the speakers at the Rally!!!!

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As of October 1, 2021, there are 58,072 children in California who have an open child welfare or probation supervised placement within the so-called child welfare system. The child welfare system, or more accurately, the family regulation system, breaks apart families, and punishes marginalized people. The system is rooted in a history of state sanctioned racial violence.

Specifically, the racist family regulation system disproportionally targets Black families endangering the well-being and safety of Black children for generations to come. In practice, the family regulation system shatters the lives of both children and adults by exposing families to long lasting generational trauma, negatively impacting both the physical and mental health of all involved.

Through a collective power we strive to urge California legislatures to take action to protect families from the oppressive practices of the family regulation system. We believe in empowering families across California, and that is why we are introducing a family bill of rights, to protect our children and their futures.

https://familiesresist.com/families-r...

Capitol West Steps
Sacramento, CA
May 11, 2022