[PDF] Families Apart eBook

Author : Dorothy Roberts
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1541675452

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An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a “family policing system” that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation. Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment. The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, Torn Apart argues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities.

Author : Joan Lowery Nixon
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0307827550

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FOR LOVERS OF HISTORICAL ADVENTURE, A FAMILY APART IS THE MIDDLE-GRADE ANSWER TO CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE'S NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ORPHAN TRAIN. Imagine being taken from your home. Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen. This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children. It’s 1856, and their widowed mother has sent them west from New York City because she’s convinced that she can’t give them the life they deserve. The Kellys board an “orphan train” and are taken to St. Joseph, Missouri, where their problems only grow worse. It was bad enough that they had to say goodbye to their mother, but now they’re forced to part ways with their fellow siblings as well. Thirteen-year-old Frances won’t stand for it. She’s going to protect her brothers and sisters, even if it means dressing up like a boy and putting herself in danger. Will Frances be able to save her siblings? And what about her mom—was splitting up their family really her greatest act of love? Ride the rails with Frances and her siblings to find out! “This is as close to a perfect book as you’ll buy this year.” –VOYA

Author : Geraldine Pratt
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 37,79 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0816669988

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How temporary migration programs haunt the lives of families long after they have reunited

Author : Christina McGhee
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1446458806

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When a marriage ends, the most important thing divorcing parents can do is to help their children through this difficult transition and remain united as parents even if they are no longer united as a couple. In Parenting Apart divorce coach Christina McGhee offers practical advice on how to help children adjust and thrive during and after separation and divorce. She looks at all the different issues parents may face with their children of different ages, offering immediate solutions to the most critical parenting problems divorce brings, including: ·When to tell your children about the divorce and what to say ·How to create a loving, secure home if your child doesn't live with you full time ·What to do if your child is angry or sad ·How to manage the legal system, including information on family law and issues of custody ·How to deal with a difficult ex This is an invaluable resource that offers parents quick access to the information you most need at a time when you need it most.

Author : Judy Rickard
Publisher : Findhorn Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,42 MB
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1844093824

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The horrors that thousands of lesbian and gay couples face are detailed in this moving political and personal story of immigration and love. As Judy and Karin’s legal battles reveal, when only one half of a gay couple is an American citizen, immigration struggles are confounded by the fact that the partners cannot legally marry in most parts of the United States. With resources that outline which organizations can help and what the challenges and the realities of this situation are, this reference reaches out to couples, their friends and family, and anyone interested in assisting by offering advice and camaraderie on this subset of the gay marriage issue. Royalties from the book, which is published in association with Immigration Equality and Out4Immigration, go to groups working to overcome immigration denial for gay couples.

Author : Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Deportation
ISBN :

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Recommendations -- Deportation law based on criminal convictions before 1996 -- Deportation law based on criminal convictions after 1996 -- National statistics on deportation for crimes -- US deportation policy violates human rights -- Conclusion : the need for a legislative solution.

Author : Justina Neufeld
Publisher : Kitchener, Ont. : Pandora Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 36,97 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Dolynivka (Art︠s︡yzʹkyĭ raĭon, Ukraine)
ISBN : 9781894710404

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Justina D. Neufeld tells the story of one family's flight from Soviet Ukraine in the early years of the Second World War. Beginning her narrative in her youth, Neufeld recreates the peace and security of growing up in a Mennonite community in Ukraine. With the out-break of the war comes an irrevocable rupture, and Justina is forced to flee the Soviet and German armies along with her family and community.