This online training will cover how toxic stress impacts families and communities. We will discuss how stress can impact our bodies and brains and provide strategies for self-care and stress protection for you and your child. The training will also cover creating community care networks and advocating for strengthening communities to reduce family stress. Register... Read more
If you have or had a child welfare or preventive case in New York City, we welcome you to join Rise’s online weekly peer support circles. The support circle is a space to connect with other parents with similar experiences and share resources and information. Through restorative justice circles processes, we can discuss our experiences and... Read more
This training will focus on the period of time between the New York State Child Welfare Reform Act of 1979 and the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997. We will discuss the events of the 1980s and early 1990s that were the motivating force behind a seismic shift from “family preservation” to... Read more
Rise's parent-led community support circle is now open to parents impacted by family policing systems in any location across the country. Our peer support circle is a space to connect with other parents with similar experiences and share resources and information. Through restorative justice circles processes, we discuss our experiences and challenges as parents and... Read more
This training will provide information about changes to the New York Statewide Central Registry (SCR) that took effect in 2022 and about sealing and amending your SCR record. At the start of 2022, legislation went into effect that changes how NY State's SCR operates. This training will provide information about the legislation's four major changes... Read more
Rise’s parent-led community support circle is now open to parents impacted by family policing systems in any location across the country. Our peer support circle is a space to connect with other parents with similar experiences and share resources and information. Through restorative justice circles processes, we discuss our experiences and challenges as parents and... Read more
Rise’s parent-led community support circle is now open to parents impacted by family policing systems in any location across the country. Our peer support circle is a space to connect with other parents with similar experiences and share resources and information. Through restorative justice circles processes, we discuss our experiences and challenges as parents and... Read more
Rise’s parent-led community support circle is now open to parents impacted by family policing systems in any location across the country. Our peer support circle is a space to connect with other parents with similar experiences and share resources and information. Through restorative justice circles processes, we discuss our experiences and challenges as parents and... Read more
In the coming months, NYC foster agencies will hire 100-150 Parent Advocates to work in their agencies and support parents with ACS cases. While we work toward abolition, Rise recognizes that many parents experiencing the system right now value the support provided by Parent Advocates who have access to spaces within the system and can... Read more
A panel of parent advocates will share how the family policing system impacted them, their families and their journeys in advocacy. They will share their experiences as advocates and leaders in their communities, in addition to how they became a part of the parent advocacy movement. Advocates will reflect on concepts of surveillance, disproportionality, peer... Read more
Rise’s parent-led community support circle is now open to parents impacted by family policing systems in any location across the country. Our peer support circle is a space to connect with other parents with similar experiences and share resources and information. Through restorative justice circles processes, we discuss our experiences and challenges as parents and... Read more
Rise and the Revolution Books Educational Fund are co-hosting the NYC debut of Dorothy Roberts’ new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Join us by attending in person at Revolution Books in Harlem or by viewing the event online through Facebook Live. During the event, Dorothy Roberts... Read more
