On October 22, 2021, Rise attended the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families—along with other parents, advocates and organizations—to speak about the harms of the family policing system and the need to target conditions, not families.

>> Read testimony presented by Rise Community Coordinator, Halimah Washington.

>> Read testimony presented by Rise Parent Organizer, Naashia B.

>> View the recording of the Public Hearing on Family Involvement in the Child Welfare System.