This event is hosted by Parents Supporting Parents NY.

This is the 3rd Annual Black August Block Party for families impacted by family policing and community members. Join us for food, games, and more.

When? August 9th / 1PM-8PM

Where? 163rd St between Amsterdam Ave and Edgecomb - New York City

Every First Wednesday, 10-11am outside Dept of Human Services (DHS)

1515 Arch St (corner of 16th and Arch)

Give Us Back Our Children/Philly, part of the Support Not Separation int'l network, is joining our sister groups in London and LA rallying outside family courts the first Wednesday of every month. Child welfare targets mothers & primary caregivers who are poor, Black/of color, disabled, DV survivors...

Money for caregiving would help families stay together.

More info: 215-848-1120 philly@allwomencount.net

This event is hosted by Rootz Durham, Operation Stop CPS, and Movement for Family Power.

Join us for a virtual watch party of “Art Unchained,” an exploration of movement, storytelling, & visual art in tribute to those impacted by family policing. This production is an offering of truth, resistance, and collective visioning for a future where all Black children, families, and kin are free. 

When? August 5 at 2PM ET

Where? Zoom

We’ll watch together and hear directly from the brilliant artists and creators behind the work in a live panel. This piece holds deep emotion, and if you need, there will be space to take a breath, rest your heart, and return when you're ready.

Want to gather with others? We encourage you to host a community watch party. Bring food, art supplies, and your people to tune in together and dream towards freedom with us.

This event series is hosted by Black Families Love & Unite.

We are excited to offer this Somatic Wellness Workshop to families that have been impacted by the child welfare system as a way for us to explore what it means to deeply care for our bodies.

Options throughout this practice will be offered for those standing, sitting, and lying down. Please center your care & access needs during this session - think of whatever you need to feel cozy!

If it is accessible to you, you might consider having a cup of tea, some incense, candles, or any little plant or flower nearby during the practice.

Cost: FREE

First Saturday of the month / All workshops will take place on Zoom.

This event is hosted by Healthy & Free Tennessee.

Join our campaign strategist, Niah, for a virtual teach - in about the Poverty is NOT Neglect law!

We'll be talking about our rights, the release of our new Know Your Rights guide, and how to stay in the fight for Tennessee families! We can't wait to see you there!

This event is hosted by Healthy & Free Tennessee.

What are “Child Abuse Pediatricians” and what ethical and legal questions do they raise in family policing cases? Join Healthy & Free TN Executive Director, Briana Perry in conversation with Miriam Mack, Movement for Family Power; Porsha Shaf’on Venable, Bronx Defenders; and Mary Anne Mendenhall, Partners for Justice & Office of the CA Public Defender.

Tune in on IG @healthyfreetn.

This group is hosted by Peer Support Space.

Join us every 2nd and 4th Thursday for a nonclinical, peer-led space facilitated by survivors of the family policing system for fellow survivors (18+). This is a confidential, affirming and peer led gathering for those who survived the family policing system as children (i.e. adoptees / survivors of adoption / survivors of child trafficking, foster kids / institutionalized, displaced kids / survivors of the foster or “foster” system, children in group homes / survivors of state-sanctioned captivity, survivors of indigenous boarding schools /cultural genocide /colonial indoctrination, survivors of ICE detention centers / detained youth / incarcerated minors / children of forced separation etc.) This is an abolitionist centered space. We exist to lower feelings of isolation and to build a support system with other survivors. We uplift that the family policing system is a violent, oppressive, racist, carceral system and this space is centered around those who have survived it. That being stated, we do not allow any current or striving to be police or family police into the space. Join us as we build community and support one another, and hold space for each other to talk about our experience in an affirming space. This resource is made possible by a partnership with Peer Support Space

This event is hosted by Positive Women’s Network.

Join PWN-USA for a policy advocacy training series launching this June! We will be hosting monthly trainings focused on policy advocacy skills-building. The trainings will range in topics from providing an overview on how government processes work to how you to organize effectively on your issue to key frameworks for advocacy.

We know that our members are brilliant and have lived expertise that should guide our strategies - ensuring policies will have better outcomes for those most directly impacted. Let’s build power and skill-build together!

7/24/25: What the Hellscape? Understanding Federal Policy Advocacy in this Moment
8/21/25: Key Frameworks in Advocacy: Racial Justice & Black Liberation
8/28/25: Key Frameworks in Advocacy: Gender Justice & Trans Liberation
9/25/25: How to Organize Effectively
10/23/25: How to Research Targets and Move a Policy Priority
11/20/25: Getting Ready for Legislative Session: Understanding Calendars, Processes, and Timelines
01/22/26: Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV (MIPA) and Coalition 101
2/19/26: Conducting Effective Meetings with Decision Makers
3/19/26: Storytelling for Advocacy
4/16/26: Ending HIV Criminalization using Abolitionist Frameworks in Advocacy

This event is hosted by Injustice Reform Network.

Until They See Us Too is a community-driven event that centers the voices and experiences of women and girls impacted by incarceration. Through powerful storytelling, a keynote address, and open dialogue, this gathering invites us to listen, learn, and take action toward justice.

Join us for an afternoon of truth-telling, reflection, and connection. Whether you're directly impacted, an advocate, or simply ready to be part of the solution—this space is for you.

This event is hosted by Mirror Memoirs.

Every second Saturday, Mirror Memoirs will host our monthly Core Member meeting.

Our Co-Directors Amita and Jaden will lead a series of exercises and journal prompts reflecting on lessons learned from their own recent experiences navigating health and climate emergencies. Tangible safety and crisis planning tools will be included (e.g. how to create a power of attorney, a go bag, a care plan, and more).

Our monthly meetings are open to any BIPOC LGBTQI child sexual abuse survivors living on land claimed by the US.

To register, join our email list and we’ll send the link!

Join us for a virtual screening of A Vision of Grace, a collaboration with upEND Movement and Montrose Grace Place and produced by Rennob Productions.

This is a free, virtual event. Learn more about the project and upEND Movement's work to abolish the family policing system at www.upendmovement.org/grace

Where community becomes family, and art becomes a path to love and liberation.

A Vision of Grace is a powerful short documentary born from a collaboration between the upEND Movement and Montrose Grace Place. The film follows Youth Voices Empowered (YVE), a vibrant youth-led advocacy initiative amplifying the voices of young people experiencing housing insecurity in Houston.

Through an intimate lens, A Vision of Grace captures a series of art workshops led by conceptual artist Tay Butler in partnership with the upEND team. In these workshops, youth explore storytelling, memory, and identity while creating personal Zines to showcase and sell at Houston’s Zine Fest.

But this documentary is more than an art project—it's a deeply human portrait of resilience and radical care. Through candid interviews, the youth share their lived experiences with houselessness and family separation while celebrating the joy and healing they’ve found in community. Montrose Grace Place emerges as a central character in the film—a sanctuary offering safety, belonging, and the possibility of chosen family.

A Vision of Grace is a tribute to what it means to live abolition now. It highlights the urgent need to replace systems of punishment and separation with community-rooted care, showing what becomes possible when young people are seen, heard, and held in love.

This group is hosted by Peer Support Space.

Join us every 2nd and 4th Thursday for a nonclinical, peer-led space facilitated by survivors of the family policing system for fellow survivors (18+). This is a confidential, affirming and peer led gathering for those who survived the family policing system as children (i.e. adoptees / survivors of adoption / survivors of child trafficking, foster kids / institutionalized, displaced kids / survivors of the foster or “foster” system, children in group homes / survivors of state-sanctioned captivity, survivors of indigenous boarding schools /cultural genocide /colonial indoctrination, survivors of ICE detention centers / detained youth / incarcerated minors / children of forced separation etc.) This is an abolitionist centered space. We exist to lower feelings of isolation and to build a support system with other survivors. We uplift that the family policing system is a violent, oppressive, racist, carceral system and this space is centered around those who have survived it. That being stated, we do not allow any current or striving to be police or family police into the space. Join us as we build community and support one another, and hold space for each other to talk about our experience in an affirming space. This resource is made possible by a partnership with Peer Support Space

This event is hosted by Mandatory Reporters Against Mandatory Reporting.

This is a monthly organizing and processing space for social workers, social service and mental health workers, and others seeking to dismantle mandated reporting and end family policing.

Every First Wednesday, 10-11am outside Dept of Human Services (DHS)

1515 Arch St (corner of 16th and Arch)

Give Us Back Our Children/Philly, part of the Support Not Separation int'l network, is joining our sister groups in London and LA rallying outside family courts the first Wednesday of every month. Child welfare targets mothers & primary caregivers who are poor, Black/of color, disabled, DV survivors...

Money for caregiving would help families stay together.

More info: 215-848-1120 philly@allwomencount.net

This event is hosted by Parents Supporting Parents NY in partnership with the Stolen Children’s Month Steering Committee.

Join Steering Committee Member Parents Supporting Parents NY for part two of a two-part Stolen Children’s Month webinar series on June 24th.

Hear directly from lived experts about the lasting trauma, grief, and mental health struggles inflicted on stolen children and their families.

This event is being hosted by Healthy & Free TN.

How do race, disability, gender, immigration status, and sexuality shape families’ experiences with the family policing system in Tennessee? Join Healthy and Free Tennessee alongside movement leaders for a powerful conversation to the intersections of family policing and systemic oppression – and how we organize toward abolition, healing, and family preservation.

This group is hosted by Peer Support Space.

Join us every 2nd and 4th Thursday for a nonclinical, peer-led space facilitated by survivors of the family policing system for fellow survivors (18+). This is a confidential, affirming and peer led gathering for those who survived the family policing system as children (i.e. adoptees / survivors of adoption / survivors of child trafficking, foster kids / institutionalized, displaced kids / survivors of the foster or “foster” system, children in group homes / survivors of state-sanctioned captivity, survivors of indigenous boarding schools /cultural genocide /colonial indoctrination, survivors of ICE detention centers / detained youth / incarcerated minors / children of forced separation etc.) This is an abolitionist centered space. We exist to lower feelings of isolation and to build a support system with other survivors. We uplift that the family policing system is a violent, oppressive, racist, carceral system and this space is centered around those who have survived it. That being stated, we do not allow any current or striving to be police or family police into the space. Join us as we build community and support one another, and hold space for each other to talk about our experience in an affirming space. This resource is made possible by a partnership with Peer Support Space

This training is brought to you by the Mandatory Reporting is Not Neutral Project and Accountable Communities Consortium.

Join us as we learn about the intersections of birthwork, mandatory reporting and family policing. This online training will discuss the history of mandatory reporting, harm reduction practices and strategies for supporting people experiencing violence and abuse.

While this training is suitable for birthworkers across the United States training content will include some Washington State specific information.

Thursday, June 26th 3-5pm PT/5-7pm CT/6-8pm

Registration is sliding scale to $25

This workshop will be presented in Zoom webinar format with opportunities for questions. We will be using zoom generated captions.

For questions please reach out to Shannon@accountablecommunities.com

This event is hosted by the comrades of the Stolen Children’s Month Steering Committee in Boston.

It’s time to end state kidnapping of children. Boston is joining 18 cities & counting to host a vigil that will honor & mourn children stolen by the family policing, adoption, incarceration, & immigration systems. This is an abolitionist space.

Boston vigil will take place on Sunday June 22nd in the afternoon/early evening. (Exact time and place will be released later).

This event is hosted by Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice at UCBerkeley, If/When/How, Movement for Family Power, and Elephant Circle. 

In November 2024, Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice at UCBerkeley, If/When/How, and Movement for Family Power convened the Breaking Silos in Reproductive Justice: Building Solidarity to End Family Policing symposium to interrogate the family policing system as a reproductive injustice. Now, we are continuing the work with a 5-part virtual teach-in series in collaboration with our movement partner, Elephant Circle. 

Join our second virtual teach-in on June 17th: Breaking Binaries: Queer Abolitionist Dreamscapes of Bodily Autonomy.

An intergenerational worldbuilding session centering the wisdom of queer, trans, young people & parents. In this conversation, we will connect with community experts who are disrupting family policing, building roadmaps to bodily autonomy and joyfully dreaming a world where we are all free.

Spanish language interpretation will be provided for this event series. 

SAVE THE DATES!

June 17 

July 15 

Aug 12

Teach-ins will be held at 12:30-2:00PM PT / 3:30-5:00PM ET on Zoom. 

This event is hosted by Mirror Memoirs.

Every second Saturday, Mirror Memoirs will host our monthly Core Member meeting.

Our Co-Directors Amita and Jaden will lead a series of exercises and journal prompts reflecting on lessons learned from their own recent experiences navigating health and climate emergencies. Tangible safety and crisis planning tools will be included (e.g. how to create a power of attorney, a go bag, a care plan, and more).

Our monthly meetings are open to any BIPOC LGBTQI child sexual abuse survivors living on land claimed by the US.

To register, join our email list and we’ll send the link!

This group is hosted by Peer Support Space.

Join us every 2nd and 4th Thursday for a nonclinical, peer-led space facilitated by survivors of the family policing system for fellow survivors (18+). This is a confidential, affirming and peer led gathering for those who survived the family policing system as children (i.e. adoptees / survivors of adoption / survivors of child trafficking, foster kids / institutionalized, displaced kids / survivors of the foster or “foster” system, children in group homes / survivors of state-sanctioned captivity, survivors of indigenous boarding schools /cultural genocide /colonial indoctrination, survivors of ICE detention centers / detained youth / incarcerated minors / children of forced separation etc.) This is an abolitionist centered space. We exist to lower feelings of isolation and to build a support system with other survivors. We uplift that the family policing system is a violent, oppressive, racist, carceral system and this space is centered around those who have survived it. That being stated, we do not allow any current or striving to be police or family police into the space. Join us as we build community and support one another, and hold space for each other to talk about our experience in an affirming space. This resource is made possible by a partnership with Peer Support Space

This event is hosted by The MJCF: Coalition.

The MJCF: Coalition will host its Fifth and Final Protest in Denver, Colorado. This year’s protest centers around our powerful Letters to Stolen Loved Ones project and is guided by the theme: “Truth and Healing Through Narration.”

Saturday, June 7, 2025
10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
West Capitol Steps | 520 W Colfax Ave | Denver, Colorado

This will not be a street march. Instead, it will be a demonstration grounded in gratitude, reflection, and resistance. Together, we will uplift the voices of families and communities who continue to survive and resist state violence. This is a family-friendly event, and we encourage you to bring your loved ones, children, and friends as a visible show of solidarity and support.

This event is hosted by Mandatory Reporters Against Mandatory Reporting.

This is a monthly organizing and processing space for social workers, social service and mental health workers, and others seeking to dismantle mandated reporting and end family policing.

This event is hosted by Parents Supporting Parents NY in partnership with the Stolen Children’s Month Steering Committee.

Join Steering Committee Member Parents Supporting Parents NY for a two-part Stolen Children’s Month webinar series starting June 3rd!

Hear directly from lived experts about the lasting trauma, grief, and mental health struggles inflicted on stolen children and their families.

This event is being hosted by the Stolen Children’s Month Steering Committee.

Join us next Monday, June 2nd at 2PM ET to kickoff Stolen Children’s Month 2025! Our Steering Committee will host a virtual rally & vigil to honor children stolen by family policing, adoption, youth incarceration, and immigration systems.

This event will feature storytelling, calls to action, healing rituals, and a live vigil to name and uplift those impacted. Together, we will remember, resist, and reimagine. 🔥

➡️ RSVP: bit.ly/SCM-Kickoff 

➡️ Learn more about Stolen Children’s Month: stolenchildrensmonth.com

This group is hosted by Peer Support Space.

Join us every 2nd and 4th Thursday for a nonclinical, peer-led space facilitated by survivors of the family policing system for fellow survivors (18+). This is a confidential, affirming and peer led gathering for those who survived the family policing system as children (i.e. adoptees / survivors of adoption / survivors of child trafficking, foster kids / institutionalized, displaced kids / survivors of the foster or “foster” system, children in group homes / survivors of state-sanctioned captivity, survivors of indigenous boarding schools /cultural genocide /colonial indoctrination, survivors of ICE detention centers / detained youth / incarcerated minors / children of forced separation etc.) This is an abolitionist centered space. We exist to lower feelings of isolation and to build a support system with other survivors. We uplift that the family policing system is a violent, oppressive, racist, carceral system and this space is centered around those who have survived it. That being stated, we do not allow any current or striving to be police or family police into the space. Join us as we build community and support one another, and hold space for each other to talk about our experience in an affirming space. This resource is made possible by a partnership with Peer Support Space

This event is hosted by the Justice Beyond Punishment Collaborative (JBPC).

The Power of Words: Building Toward Non-Carceral Safety, Healing, and Justice is an interactive workshop launching and integrating our series of messaging tools! Over the past four years, JBPC has put together a messaging guide, zine, interview-based theater production, and now a podcast. Workshop participants will meet in small and large groups to discuss how punishment paradigms impact their organizing and activism, and to ideate and put into practice ways that JBPC messaging tools can make their work easier and more effective. We'll specifically have a section focused on reproductive justice and family policing that we think would be of interest to you all!

May 21, 2025 | 1:00-4:30pm

The People's Forum, 320 W 37th St, Manhattan

Lunch included!

This event is hosted by Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice at UCBerkeley, If/When/How, Movement for Family Power, and Elephant Circle. 

In November 2024, Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice at UCBerkeley, If/When/How, and Movement for Family Power convened the Breaking Silos in Reproductive Justice: Building Solidarity to End Family Policing symposium to interrogate the family policing system as a reproductive injustice. Now, we are continuing the work with a 5-part virtual teach-in series in collaboration with our movement partner, Elephant Circle. 

Join our second virtual teach-in on May 20th: Hands Off Mamas: Disrupting the Criminalization of Birthing People Who Use Drugs.

This teach-in will explore the demonization, criminalization, and separation of birthing people and their babies as a core feature of the Drug War–which employed our healthcare system as a key tool of surveillance and punishment, especially for Black mamas. Join us to discuss family policing as a maternal health crisis and how you can help end the criminalization of mamas who use drugs with our panelists:  

* Chanel Porchia-Albert, Ancient Song
* Dinah Ortiz, National Survivors Union
* Karen Thompson, Pregnancy Justice
* Kimá Joy Taylor, Doing Right by Birth
* Miriam Mack, Movement for Family Power

Spanish language interpretation will be provided for this event series. 

SAVE THE DATES!

June 17 

July 15 

Aug 12

Teach-ins will be held at 12:30-2:00PM PT / 3:30-5:00PM ET on Zoom. 

This event series is hosted by the MJCF Coalition.

These guided writing sessions are designed to provide emotional support, encouragement, and healing space for parents whose children were adopted through the child welfare system or by children disconnected from their families by the government. Writing can be a deeply emotional process, and these sessions help individuals process their trauma as they navigate the journey of storytelling and reconnection.

Join us as we reclaim narratives, honor family connections, and challenge the systems that have caused these separations.

Sessions held 2–3 times per month on Wednesdays, 4:00–5:00 PM (Mountain Standard Time)

Want to Submit a Letter? Or interested in scheduling a guided writing session?

Email MJ at: MJ@mjcfcoalition.com
Subject Line: Love Letter