Posts By: Rise

Target Conditions, Not Families

April 28, 2021 by

Parents call on NYC’s next mayor and City Council to reverse our city’s over-investment in family policing and under-investment in communities

New York City’s next mayor and incoming City Council will inherit a vastly inequitable and harmful family policing system. State intervention in Black and brown families in NYC has grown under the De Blasio administration — as have calls for justice.Candidates are being called upon to share their plans to address policing, incarceration and racial … Read More

Rise’s Peer & Community Care Model Webinar

April 14, 2021 by

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Date and Time: Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 3:00 – 4:30 PM EDT

Register today for a webinar and panel discussion about strengthening support for families and communities!

In this webinar, Rise will present our vision for how a network of trained Peer and Community Supporters with lived experience can help to prevent involvement in the family regulation system (and other punitive systems), address barriers to resources and support identified by parents and contribute to safe, strong families … Read More

The Danger of a Misdiagnosis of Child Abuse

April 13, 2021 by

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In When the Misdiagnosis Is Child Abuse, published in The Atlantic and The Marshall Project, journalist Stephanie Clifford reported about child abuse pediatricians — doctors who are trained to determine whether kids’ injuries are accidental or inflicted. In most cases, these conclusions can’t be made with certainty — but the child welfare system often takes them as fact. As Clifford documented, this has resulted in the unnecessary separation of families, incarceration of parents who have not harmed their children and trauma for both children and parents.

Here, Clifford discusses her reporting process and what she learned from parents, as well as the role of power dynamics, racism and classism in these situations. She shares recommendations for change and for how parents can protect themselves from a false accusation.

Announcing Rise’s New Leadership: Co-Directors Jeanette Vega and Bianca Shaw

April 09, 2021 by

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Rise’s Advisory Board is thrilled to announce that it has selected Jeanette Vega and Bianca Shaw as the next leadership of Rise. Currently, Jeanette and Bianca are Rise’s assistant directors. We are excited for these two outstanding leaders to take over the helm and lead Rise into the next chapter of development in its mission to support parents’ leadership to dismantle the child welfare system and create communities that invest in families and offer collective healing and support.

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