Thursz Social Justice Lecture: Pariahs to Partners
How Parents & Their Allies Changed NYCs Child Welfare System
Location
Off Campus
Date & Time
November 18, 2015, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Description
Featured speaker, Dr. David Tobis, will discuss the events captured in his new book From Pariahs to Partners: How Parents and Their Allies Changed New York City’s Child Welfare System. In his book, Dr. Tobis describes how the number of children in foster care decreased from almost 50,000 in 1992 to 11,000 today. He describes how such dramatic change was driven by a movement of mothers whose children had been placed into foster care, who fought to become advocates and stakeholders in a system that had previously viewed them as pariahs. They formed alliances with government and agency social workers and administrators, lawyers, foundation officers, and other advocates. His work serves as an example of how advocates and their allies can change a system and make it more socially just.
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