Episode 66
Guest: Amanda Wallace, BSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW
Amanda Wallace, Founder and Executive Director of Operation Stop CPS, discusses the surveillance and regulation of families—particularly Black families—within the child protection system. Having worked in child protective services for a decade, Amanda realized the harm being inflicted on children and families, leading her to advocate for change and ultimately lose her job in retaliation. She discusses how Operation Stop CPS intervenes to assist families affected by the system, the connection between family policing and anti-Black racism, and the movement to end family policing through education, advocacy, and support.
In this episode:
- How the family policing system surveils and regulates families, especially Black families
- Amanda's decade in child protective services and why she left
- How Operation Stop CPS intervenes for families facing family separation
- The historical and present-day roots of anti-Black racism in the child protection system
- Building a movement to end family policing
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