Calendar
Spring 2025 Offerings
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Huddle Up
Virtual gatherings led by MFP’s Peer Support Specialists for parents navigating active family policing cases.
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Sowing Seeds
Capacity offerings to support movement leaders in building thriving organizations in defense of families.
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Soul Food
Holistic healing sessions led by MFP’s Healers in Residence to nourish the souls of Movement Warriors.
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Movement Syncs
Collaborative space for abolitionists to strategize and support our collective work toward freedom.
Community Event Calendar
A calendar of events hosted by Movement for Family Power, our movement partners, and aligned organizations. Use this form to suggest additions to our Community Event Calendar.
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Mandatory Reporters Against Mandated Reporting: Processing & Organizing 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.
Join us as we mobilize to protect free speech and defend against Islamaphobic, anti-Palestinian and other forms of racism in our field in light of recent detentions and deportations of foreign-born students on US campuses.
Collective Power for Reproductive Justice: Collective Power Conference
This event is hosted by Collective Power for Reproductive Justice.
The Collective Power Conference is an academic conference packed with inspirational speakers, networking, and movement building opportunities. Over the past three decades, the Collective Power Conference has grown steadily in numbers of participants, scope of issues covered, and geographic reach.
Each year, our conference bring together a diverse group of intergenerational, interracial, and inspirational speakers to push the reproductive justice movement forward. Workshop topics include body positivity, immigrant rights, prison abolition, environmental justice, gender justice, storytelling, reproductive futurisms. We’re always growing and expanding intersections of topics and work.
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Interrupting Criminalization: Virtual Teach-In to Interrupt Criminalization in Healthcare Settings
This event is being hosted by Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Interrupting Criminalization and Debt Collective.
As ICE raids tear families apart and we face an escalating, carceral state criminalizing the most marginalized people in our country, we must champion the abolitionist principles brought to the national stage by the Black Lives Matter movement and stand in solidarity with those at highest risk of being criminalized.
This is of particular importance in healthcare settings, where clinicians have taken an oath to do no harm to their patients, yet are forced to interface with police and increasingly ICE in their day-to-day work.
Join us on Wednesday, April 9th at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT for Care, not Criminalization, a joint teach-in with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Interrupting Criminalization and Debt Collective. We will hear from our very own Debt Collective organizer on the carceral system and carceral debt, a lawyer from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center on our legal rights and her work in Texas, an inpatient psychiatrist on her perspectives of the daily challenges in frontline clinical care, and an Interrupting Criminalization fellow on frameworks and resources available to support healthcare workers as they navigate this difficult terrain.
We hope this event can support both patients and clinicians in fighting for a world where providing and accessing healthcare is just that – the simple act of giving and receiving care, unencumbered by carceral, racist, and commercial forces.
Global Women’s Strike: Our Right to Care
Caregiving for family members and other loved ones including children, older, ill and disabled people, overwhelmingly done by women inside and outside the home, keeps economies and society going but impoverishes those who do it.
While caregivers, unwaged and waged, demand that their work be valued and justly rewarded, and those who need their help demand choices about the care they are entitled to, a low-wage, for-profit care industry is booming. This exploitative industry employs mainly women, often of color and/or immigrant, or replaces them with uncaring AI.
The Our Right to Care conference will bring together academics, researchers, advocates, community organizers, unpaid and paid caregivers and those who depend on care locally, nationally and internationally, to look at how caring relationships based on promoting choice, independent living and mutual respect can be financially supported rather than expanding a care industry based on profits, forced dependence, low standards, low pay and exploitation. The conference will establish the human and social right to care and to access the care we choose when we need it.
Keynote Speakers: Selma James, Founder of International Wages for Housework Campaign and Dorothy Roberts, Author of Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families.
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Mirror Memoirs: Reconnecting & Mapping Our Needs for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
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!
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Ancient Song: Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series
This webinar series is hosted by Ancient Song.
Welcome to the Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series! Join us online for a series of informative sessions focused on promoting birth justice for all. Our webinars will cover a range of topics including maternal health, reproductive rights, and equitable access to healthcare. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from experts in the field and engage in meaningful discussions. Register now to secure your spot!
Join the Birth Justice Institute for a dynamic webinar series designed to empower and educate participants on critical aspects of birth justice and reproductive health. This series includes:
Info Session: An overview of birth justice principles and the pressing need for equity in maternal and reproductive care.
Workshop: Fundamentals of Birth Justice and Reproductive Rights Explore the foundational principles of birth justice and understand reproductive rights in today's landscape.
Training: Self-Advocacy and Informed Consent Learn practical tools for advocating for yourself and making informed decisions during pregnancy and labor.
Workshop: Postpartum Mental Health and Coping Strategies Gain insight into recognizing and managing postpartum mental health challenges and building resilience.
Training: Nutrition and Wellness Discover the essentials of prenatal and postpartum nutrition to support recovery and promote family wellness.
Workshop: Support Networks, Doulas, and Midwives Understand the vital role of supportive care systems in improving maternal outcomes.
This series is a unique opportunity to engage with experts, gain actionable knowledge, and build confidence in navigating the journey of pregnancy, birth, and beyond
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Baltimore Action Legal Team: Lawyer Up - The Family Policing System
This event is hosted by the Baltimore Action Legal Team, Civil Rights Corps, Child First, Fathers Fighting for Fathers, Maryland Families Together, and Harford Heights Elementary School.
Join Natasha Khalfani from Maryland's Office of the Public Defender and Baltimore Action Legal Team for a Know Your Rights training followed by breakout discussions with organizations working to build alternatives to the family policing system and an introduction to OPD's Better Together program.
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Mandatory Reporters Against Mandated Reporting: Processing & Organizing 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.
RadComms: Narrative Power Summit 2025
This event is hosted by RadComms and ReFrame.
The 2025 Narrative Power Summit will be held May 7-10, 2025. Location TBA.
NPS offers social justice communicators and movement workers an opportunity to connect and strengthen relationships, spark collaboration, generate new ideas, and engage in political and ideological learning. We look forward to welcoming a global community of narrative strategists, organizers, culture workers, and more to our hybrid summit in 2025.
Our deadline for applications is January 15, 2025 at 5 PM PT.
This space prioritizes voices, expertise, and experience of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI, transgender, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, intersex (TGNCIi), queer, disabled, immigrant, cash poor, and others excluded from traditional establishment nonprofit spaces. We are especially interested in welcoming communicators who serve grassroots organizations, coalitions, networks, and other formations.
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Mirror Memoirs: Reconnecting & Mapping Our Needs for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
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!
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Mandatory Reporters Against Mandated Reporting: Processing & Organizing 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.
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Mirror Memoirs: Reconnecting & Mapping Our Needs for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
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!
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Mandatory Reporters Against Mandated Reporting: Processing & Organizing 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.
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Mirror Memoirs: Reconnecting & Mapping Our Needs for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
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!
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Parents Supporting Parents NY: Women's History Month Parent Power Hour
This event is hosted by Parents Supporting Parents NY.
Join us for our Women’s History Month Power Hour with guest speaker Claudette Colvin.
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Healthy & Free TN: Day On The Hill 2025
This event is hosted by Healthy & Free Tennessee.
Now is the season for sowing seeds to be healthy and free with our annual Healthy & Free Tennessee’s Day on the Hill! At Healthy & Free Tennessee, we work to build strong relationships across movements, fostering collaboration across sectors to advance reproductive justice. Each year, we track relevant legislation through our Policy Watchlist, keeping our supporters informed and ensuring community voices are heard during our annual advocacy day with legislators. At this year’s Day on the Hill, we’ll connect with reproductive justice advocates, engage with legislators, and fight for policies that ensure all Tennesseans have access to the support they need while opposing laws that criminalize pregnancy, parenting, and poverty.
This is a two-day event dedicated to rooting ourselves in our mission to grow our families and plant the seeds of change for a better future.
We’ll engage with reproductive justice warriors, interact with legislators about proposed legislation, and ground ourselves in working to make sure all Tennesseans have access to the support systems needed to determine their reproductive futures, while also fighting against laws that criminalize pregnancy, parenting, and poverty.
March 25 : Online Lobbying 101 Training
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST on Zoom
March 26 : In-Person Day on the Hill
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM CST at Cordell Hull, 425 Rep. John Lewis Way N
Whether you're new to advocacy or a seasoned voice for change, this event is for YOU. Toolkits are provided, and you’re welcome to join as much or as little as you can. For questions, email Alayna at events@healthyandfreetn.org
Ancient Song: Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series
This webinar series is hosted by Ancient Song.
Welcome to the Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series! Join us online for a series of informative sessions focused on promoting birth justice for all. Our webinars will cover a range of topics including maternal health, reproductive rights, and equitable access to healthcare. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from experts in the field and engage in meaningful discussions. Register now to secure your spot!
Join the Birth Justice Institute for a dynamic webinar series designed to empower and educate participants on critical aspects of birth justice and reproductive health. This series includes:
Info Session: An overview of birth justice principles and the pressing need for equity in maternal and reproductive care.
Workshop: Fundamentals of Birth Justice and Reproductive Rights Explore the foundational principles of birth justice and understand reproductive rights in today's landscape.
Training: Self-Advocacy and Informed Consent Learn practical tools for advocating for yourself and making informed decisions during pregnancy and labor.
Workshop: Postpartum Mental Health and Coping Strategies Gain insight into recognizing and managing postpartum mental health challenges and building resilience.
Training: Nutrition and Wellness Discover the essentials of prenatal and postpartum nutrition to support recovery and promote family wellness.
Workshop: Support Networks, Doulas, and Midwives Understand the vital role of supportive care systems in improving maternal outcomes.
This series is a unique opportunity to engage with experts, gain actionable knowledge, and build confidence in navigating the journey of pregnancy, birth, and beyond
MJCF Coalition: Love Letter Writing Sessions
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
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women: Free Her! Saving Ourselves Photography Exhibit
This event is hosted by the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women.
Join us for an empowering series of photography, storytelling, and community as we work towards ending incarceration of women and girls! This will be a powerful evening showcasing an inspiring series highlighting the spirit of community, resilience, and the ongoing fight for liberation!
Explore a breathtaking photographic exhibit showcasing unforgettable moments from The National Council’s 10th Anniversary FreeHer March and Rally 2024 in Washington, D.C. Through the lens of renowned photographers @bydvnlln , @kishabari , @mrjohnnyperez , @leekstreetphotos , and more, witness the powerful stories of women and communities standing up for justice, freedom and ending incarceration of women and girls.
Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction: Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Harm Reduction Training
This event is hosted by The Great Start Collaborative (GSC), Community Recovery Alliance, and the Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction.
Join us for an in-person perinatal substance use disorder harm reduction training at Charlevoix Public Library.
We will present a two-part training:
Understanding the Evidence
What is Perinatal Harm Reduction
When? March 11, 2025 / 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Where? Charlevoix Public Library (220 Clinton Street, Charlevoix, MI 49720)
In coordination with this training, Joelle and the team at the Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction are working to create a Michigan-specific "Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolkit." This toolkit, developed with input from individuals with lived experience, will be available in the spring of 2025.
We are applying for the following CE credits: CNE, MiSW, CHW, MCBAP, CHES, IBCLC.
Please do not register for this training if you are not fully committed to attending, as space is limited and expenses are incurred upon registration. A virtual training option may be available at a later date.
Priority seating will go to those living and serving within Charlevoix, Emmet, and northern Antrim Counties.
Mirror Memoirs: Reconnecting & Mapping Our Needs for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
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!
Columbia Center for Justice: Beyond the Bars 2025
Please mark your calendars to join us for the 2025 Beyond the Bars Conference on March 6–9 in New York City!
This year we are celebrating 15 YEARS of the Beyond the Bars Conference and will be looking back on all we have accomplished and built together leading up to the event.
More details and information to come. Registration will open late 2024/early 2025. Please check back later for more updates.
If/When/How: Advocating Against CPS Intervention Prior to Court Involvement
This event is hosted by If/When/How.
Join us on March 5 to bring together birthworkers, doulas, social workers, and lawyers to get training and share knowledge on supporting families in preventing family policing and mitigating harm.
Reproductive justice advocates must challenge family policing. Family policing subjects people to racist, classist surveillance through mandated reporting and coerced drug tests while separating and punishing families instead of providing resources.
We will focus on building skills so that everyone can advocate and support people who experience the threat of Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement, especially those people who anticipate having a positive drug test at birth.
If/When/How’s Helpline Counsel Noran Elzarka will guide a discussion with Ashley Albert, an activist and parent advocate directly impacted by family policing who works as a Peer Trainer & Support Specialist at Movement for Family Power, Legal Fellow at the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic Saskia Valencia, and Founder and Director of Project LETS Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu.
By the end of this training, you’ll connect with others in the If/When/How Network — birth workers, advocates, doulas, lawyers — and gain tangible ways you can show up and care for families before state and court interference without relying on CPS’ “recommendations,” and team up with doulas and birth workers in situations where a parent fears policing and punishment.
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Movement for Family Power: Family Policing: The Modern-Day Auction Block
This event is hosted by Movement for Family Power.
For centuries, the state has used family separation as a tool to control, punish, and commodify Black families—and this violence continues. The family policing system is the modern-day auction block, profiting off of the separation and destabilization of Black families.
This Black History Month, join us for a dialogue on family policing, its anti-Black roots, and the Black-led movement for abolition featuring:
Amanda Wallace, Executive Director of Operation Stop CPS
Erin Miles-Cloud, Senior Attorney of Civil Rights Corps & Co-Founder of MFP
Keshia Adeniyi-Dorsey, Founding Attorney of K.Adeniyi Law
Zaira Campos, Founder of Adoptees Crossing Lines
When? February 26 / 7-8:30PM ET
Where? On Zoom!
JMACforFamilies: Family Rights Event Series
This event is hosted by JMACforFamilies and Family Justice Law Center.
Every Monday in February, tune in to learn about the progress being made in the fight against family police through the lens of family law.
February 3rd: Challenging Indicated Cases
February 10th: Pregnant with a child currently in the system/Emergency Removals
February 17th: Home searches and Family Miranda Rights
February 24th: Non-Respondents Rights
Philly Voice: It's Our Time - How The Community Overcomes Systemic Injustices
This event is hosted by Philly Voice for Change.
Please join Philly Voice for a mini conference featuring a keynote address from the renowned Dorothy Roberts, CLE opportunities, an entertaining reception, and more. All proceeds will directly support Philly Voice’s Family-to-Family Mentorship Program and provide mutual aid to individuals and families in need.
Philly Voice, also known as Philly Voice For Change, is a new non-profit founded by system-impacted families in Philadelphia. Their mission is to prevent family separation and enhance stability for Philadelphians by building community-based coalitions, fostering self-sustaining programs, and delivering essential services to individuals and families in need.
Ancient Song: Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series
This webinar series is hosted by Ancient Song.
Welcome to the Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series! Join us online for a series of informative sessions focused on promoting birth justice for all. Our webinars will cover a range of topics including maternal health, reproductive rights, and equitable access to healthcare. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from experts in the field and engage in meaningful discussions. Register now to secure your spot!
Join the Birth Justice Institute for a dynamic webinar series designed to empower and educate participants on critical aspects of birth justice and reproductive health. This series includes:
Info Session: An overview of birth justice principles and the pressing need for equity in maternal and reproductive care.
Workshop: Fundamentals of Birth Justice and Reproductive Rights Explore the foundational principles of birth justice and understand reproductive rights in today's landscape.
Training: Self-Advocacy and Informed Consent Learn practical tools for advocating for yourself and making informed decisions during pregnancy and labor.
Workshop: Postpartum Mental Health and Coping Strategies Gain insight into recognizing and managing postpartum mental health challenges and building resilience.
Training: Nutrition and Wellness Discover the essentials of prenatal and postpartum nutrition to support recovery and promote family wellness.
Workshop: Support Networks, Doulas, and Midwives Understand the vital role of supportive care systems in improving maternal outcomes.
This series is a unique opportunity to engage with experts, gain actionable knowledge, and build confidence in navigating the journey of pregnancy, birth, and beyond
JMACforFamilies: Family Rights Event Series
This event is hosted by JMACforFamilies and Family Justice Law Center.
Every Monday in February, tune in to learn about the progress being made in the fight against family police through the lens of family law.
February 3rd: Challenging Indicated Cases
February 10th: Pregnant with a child currently in the system/Emergency Removals
February 17th: Home searches and Family Miranda Rights
February 24th: Non-Respondents Rights
Parents Supporting Parents NY: How Mental Health Issues Manifest in Children Impacted by the Child Welfare System
This event is hosted by Parents Supporting Parents NY.
Parents Supporting Parents New York (PSP-NY) will host our first panel at the 2025 New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Asian and Hispanic Caucus Legislative Conference. We will advocate for the Preserving Family Bonds Act, which would give children the opportunity to see their parents after the termination of parental rights when this is in the child's best interests. This legislation has been passed by both state houses for several years—but has been subsequently voted by the Governor.
Peer Support Space: Peer-Led Space for Adult Survivors of the Family Policing System
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
Ancient Song: Self-Advocacy and Informed Consent during Pregnancy Training
This event is hosted by Ancient Song.
Step into your power with a transformative training designed to help birthing individuals navigate their pregnancy and labor journeys with confidence and clarity. This session equips participants with the tools to advocate for themselves, understand their rights, and make informed decisions about their care.
Learn practical strategies to communicate effectively with healthcare providers, ensure your voice is heard, and create a birthing experience that honors your needs and values. Whether you're expecting or supporting someone on this journey, this training is a vital step toward empowering safer, more respectful care.
JMACforFamilies: Family Rights Event Series
This event is hosted by JMACforFamilies and Family Justice Law Center.
Every Monday in February, tune in to learn about the progress being made in the fight against family police through the lens of family law.
February 3rd: Challenging Indicated Cases
February 10th: Pregnant with a child currently in the system/Emergency Removals
February 17th: Home searches and Family Miranda Rights
February 24th: Non-Respondents Rights
Healthy & Free TN: Poverty is Not Neglect Teach-In
This event is hosted by Healthy & Free Tennessee.
Healthy & Free Tennessee is launching the Poverty is NOT Neglect campaign to pass a bill that ensures poverty alone is not considered child neglect in Tennessee.
Join us for a virtual teach-in on February 10th. This session will break down our proposed bill to redefine child neglect to exclude poverty, explain why it’s crucial, and equip you with the tools to advocate for change. Together, we can ensure No Family is Torn Apart Due to Poverty.
Mirror Memoirs: Reconnecting & Mapping Our Needs for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
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!
Ancient Song: Self-Advocacy and Informed Consent during Pregnancy Training
This event is hosted by Ancient Song.
Step into your power with a transformative training designed to help birthing individuals navigate their pregnancy and labor journeys with confidence and clarity. This session equips participants with the tools to advocate for themselves, understand their rights, and make informed decisions about their care.
Learn practical strategies to communicate effectively with healthcare providers, ensure your voice is heard, and create a birthing experience that honors your needs and values. Whether you're expecting or supporting someone on this journey, this training is a vital step toward empowering safer, more respectful care.
Ancient Song: Self-Advocacy and Informed Consent during Pregnancy Training
This event is hosted by Ancient Song.
Step into your power with a transformative training designed to help birthing individuals navigate their pregnancy and labor journeys with confidence and clarity. This session equips participants with the tools to advocate for themselves, understand their rights, and make informed decisions about their care.
Learn practical strategies to communicate effectively with healthcare providers, ensure your voice is heard, and create a birthing experience that honors your needs and values. Whether you're expecting or supporting someone on this journey, this training is a vital step toward empowering safer, more respectful care.
Black Families Love & Unite: Somatic Wellness Workshop
This event is hosted by Black Families Love & Unite (BLU).
Looking for a restorative space to rest and reconnect with your bodies? Join BLU (Black Families Love & Unite) for a somatic wellness workshop that centers the importance of curiosity and consistency in caring for ourselves and those around us!
BLU is 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.
ALL workshops will take place on the FIRST Saturday of every month, starting December 2024, from 1:30 - 2:30 PM EST! **All workshops will take place on Zoom. Once you register, we will send you the Zoom link.**
We honor your responses to this questionnaire and affirm that your responses will not be shared. While we do our best to offer stipends for impacted community members that attend our events, unfortunately, this event does not include stipends for attendees.
Parents Supporting Parents NY: Justice for Robert Brooks
This event is hosted by Parents Supporting Parents NY and the Unified Black Caucus.
It's been almost two months since Mr Robert Brooks was beat to death at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York. On February 1st at 1PM, the Unified Black Caucus and partners will hold a rally for Robert Brooks at the Harlem State Office Building (125th St / 7th Ave). Incarcerated people are routinely abused and killed this way. We must continue to say their names and demand accountability from those in power.
Ancient Song: Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series
This webinar series is hosted by Ancient Song.
Welcome to the Birth Justice Institute Webinar Series! Join us online for a series of informative sessions focused on promoting birth justice for all. Our webinars will cover a range of topics including maternal health, reproductive rights, and equitable access to healthcare. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from experts in the field and engage in meaningful discussions. Register now to secure your spot!
Join the Birth Justice Institute for a dynamic webinar series designed to empower and educate participants on critical aspects of birth justice and reproductive health. This series includes:
Info Session: An overview of birth justice principles and the pressing need for equity in maternal and reproductive care.
Workshop: Fundamentals of Birth Justice and Reproductive Rights Explore the foundational principles of birth justice and understand reproductive rights in today's landscape.
Training: Self-Advocacy and Informed Consent Learn practical tools for advocating for yourself and making informed decisions during pregnancy and labor.
Workshop: Postpartum Mental Health and Coping Strategies Gain insight into recognizing and managing postpartum mental health challenges and building resilience.
Training: Nutrition and Wellness Discover the essentials of prenatal and postpartum nutrition to support recovery and promote family wellness.
Workshop: Support Networks, Doulas, and Midwives Understand the vital role of supportive care systems in improving maternal outcomes.
This series is a unique opportunity to engage with experts, gain actionable knowledge, and build confidence in navigating the journey of pregnancy, birth, and beyond
Black Alliance for Just Immigration: Protecting Reproductive Rights in Black Communities
This event is hosted by Black Alliance for Just Immigration.
Two years after SCOTUS overturned the constitutional right to abortion, we stand on the horizon of a presidential administration that is hellbent on criminalizing Black folks, immigrant communities, and birthing people.
At this critical moment in our fight for reproductive justice, please join Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Movement for Family Power, UndocuBlack Network, and Physicians for Reproductive Health for “Protecting Reproductive Rights in Black Communities” this Wednesday, January 15th at 6:30PM EST.
Together, we will review the outcomes of the 2024 ballot measures on abortion and discuss how community organizers, healthcare professionals, and policy advocates can collaborate to support the reproductive rights of Black and Black immigrant communities.
JMACforFamilies: Family Protection Town Hall
This event is hosted by JMACforFamilies and New York Senator Jabari Brisport.
ACS has caused serious harm, especially to Black and Brown families. Join us on January 9th at 6:30 to collectively discuss how we can protect our families and make permanent change.
Location TBD (we'll send all registrants the location via email once it is set.)