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Rise is hiring a Community Organizing Director to mobilize NYC parents impacted by the child welfare system and lead our Parents’ Platform for community investment and community-based approaches to preventing and reducing systemic harm.

The ideal candidate is a parent who has been personally impacted by the child welfare system or related system who has worked as a community organizer, is experienced in leading teams and facilitation and/or has been involved in advocacy in other community … Read More

The introduction to our series on the intersection of family policing and domestic and intimate partner violence links to all of the sources of information listed below. It also links to additional resources and information that may be of interest, including our glossary of terms. 

Barron, J. The Stigma Attached to Housing Vouchers. (Updated 2022, May 27). The New York Times. Retrieved from:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/nyregion/the-stigma-attached-to-housing-vouchers.html

Bertram, W. and Sawyer, W. Prisons and jails will separate millions of mothers from … Read More

Shakira graduated from the Rise & Shine Parent Leadership Program and became a Rise Contributor in 2019.

She became part of Rise’s Peer Vision Team in 2020, working to develop a report and model for peer and community care to support safe, thriving families and prevent involvement with the family policing system. Shakira became a Peer Trainer in 2021, and is now part of the parent-led team that is working to develop and implement the … Read More

Naashia graduated from the Rise & Shine Parent Leadership Program in 2020. She then became a Rise contributor and began working on Rise’s participatory action research project. In 2021, she became a Parent Organizer at Rise, and is now working to develop a Parents’ Platform to amplify the experiences of families targeted, surveilled and separated by ACS and to advocate for real community-based support.

Naashia stated, “My work at Rise has brought many forms of awareness … Read More