Over the next few weeks, I’d like to highlight the articles from our new special issue, “Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine,” beginning with this beautiful Introduction from our Guest Editors. Download the open access article from our website: www.apswjournal.com

Reminder to join the @swactivists.bsky.social next week for "An Evening of Solidarity and Support." These meetings are always such a generative space to be together with like-minded people, feel supported, and learn about opportunities to engage where you're able and interested. I hope you can join!

The Kids are OK… “As thousands took to the streets to protest ICE in the offline world — Roblox players protested within the game, battling cops, breaking down barricades, waving Mexican flags, and facing off across a line of players dressed in police SWAT gear” www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-a...

The profession of social work is in a sad and complicit state, but these articles are reminders that there are always individuals who are willing to take a stand even in the midst of institutional repression. All of these articles are open access and available now at our website: www.apswjournal.com

APSW Special Issue called “Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine” is now available! Our journal is always open access and available to all. I’m so grateful to be able to be co-editor of this journal, and that we can publish important work like this. Silence is complicity.

NEW FROM ABOLITIONIST PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK! SPECIAL ISSUE: Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine All articles are open access and available to download now: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/index

"Decades before the pandemic made isolation and alienation a mainstream concern, it was already central to how my family and countless other families had experienced the family policing system,” writes Courtnie McMillan.

This is going to be an amazing session exploring the various ways we can study money and power from an abolitionist lens. Plus, if you're interested in publishing on this topic, join the session to learn about an upcoming opportunity. REGISTER HERE: apps.ssw.umich.edu/rsvp-request...

"No pasarán!" Check out this collection of resources from @interruptcrim.bsky.social on keeping ICE out of schools. 🚌🍎📚 buff.ly/C36wrwb

Join an incredible group of scholars on Friday, October 3rd at 1:00 pm EST for a virtual conversation about money and power in social work and social sciences research. More details and RSVP here: apps.ssw.umich.edu/rsvp-request...

A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms. “It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...

Join us to regroup and recharge! REGISTER: bit.ly/SWACSept25

ICYMI: Social Work for Palestine is seeking your input to increase our capacity to reach and mobilize social workers. Please help us by completing this anonymous survey: bit.ly/SW4PSURVEY

Social Work for Palestine is seeking your input to increase our capacity to reach and mobilize social workers. Please help us by completing this anonymous survey: bit.ly/SW4PSURVEY

"Conservative politicians lean on tropes about 'groomers' and 'pedophiles' that drum up support from a wide swath of Americans... And the laws are getting increasingly punitive.” #ReclaimingSafety @strawburriez.bsky.social buff.ly/esqjYKI

A tale of carceral medical neglect *and* rapacious capitalism from @nclc4consumers.bsky.social told in three posts. Read the whole story here: inquest.org/medical-... "In some jails and prisons, when someone experiences a serious medical issue . . . [1/3—cont. below]

I hope you'll join us this month at Toward Liberation as we read "Scrap Theory: Reproductive Injustice in the Black Feminist Imagination." Take a look at our site for more about this month's book and register to join our discussion on 9/30/25. Plus, sign up to stay connected with us (it's free)!

Join us on Wednesday to learn more about the Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions (BDS) Movement as well as how to get involved in an upcoming social work specific BDS Campaign. REGISTER: bit.ly/SWPHSEP25

“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates

“As it seems the world is being dismantled, this moment calls upon us to think more expansively, to think beyond laws and the justice it claims to administer.” Join us in September as we read “Scrap Theory.” Then join us on 9/30 for our discussion featuring author Mali D. Collins. Read more ⬇️

Join us to learn more about the Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions (BDS) Movement as well as how to get involved in an upcoming social work specific BDS Campaign. REGISTER: bit.ly/SWPHSEP25

Thank you to the Editorial Board of Affilia for this powerful piece condemning the genocide in Gaza, committing to continued engagement with Palestine as a critical issue in social work, and calling on others in the social work community to do so. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

TOMORROW!

"Child sexual abuse is a lot more common than many people realize. One landmark CDC study found that one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse before they turn 18,” reports @strawburriez.bsky.social #ReclaimingSafety buff.ly/esqjYKI

Host a screening of our new film #AVisionOfGrace in your community! Submit a request form to receive a free toolkit with - instagram templates - flyers - a discussion guide - the film and trailer upendmovement.org/grace/

People often ask how we will respond to children who are harmed if we abolish the child welfare system. This paper provides some answers from the voices of those who've experienced harm. I hope you'll take a look. upendmovement.org/2025/08/13/r...

Read more and join the Global strike for Gaza. www.towardliberation.com/p/fight-the-...

New at TOWARD LIBERATION: www.towardliberation.com/p/fight-the-...

If you have even a shred of belief that the police tell the truth about anything, watch the Jussie documentary.

“We live in a time when our attention and blame are constantly misdirected. On the right, immigrants, refugees, and trans people are relentlessly cast as existential threats. On the left, the threat is Donald Trump and his supporters. Both narratives miss the larger truth.” (Link to full blog ⬇️)

In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II and told us to "fight the real enemy." She wasn’t wrong. The problem was never individuals, but the structures that enable them. Today, Empire is showing us who the real enemy is. But we have the power to name and dismantle it. (link⬇️)

Read the latest from me and Maya Pendleton at Inquest on how reforms to the child welfare system serve the state's goals of normalizing policing, surveillance, and terror. (link ⬇️)

There is still time to register to join us tonight! If you haven't read the book, you are still welcome! This is sure to be an incredible discussion. REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/TLAugust2025

Announcing a #BlackAugust screening of #AVisionOfGrace in Baltimore, Friday, August 22 @ 7pm. Hosted by @baltlegal.bsky.social. BALT envisions a Baltimore where Black people use their power to determine justice within their communities. RSVP 🔗 buff.ly/mz4ydx1

One of my favorite things about the recent special issue of Families in Society on the child welfare system was having the opportunity to write a rebuttal to the reformist position given by Dr. Jessica Pryce. The article is free to download now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Join us on August 20th as we celebrate Black August with special guest Orsanmi Burton. READ MORE & REGISTER: www.towardliberation.com/p/tl-commemo...

I’m realizing I haven’t been posting enough about Rootie Pootie so here is a Rootie Pootie appreciation post.

New from upEND Movement's Maya Pendleton - "DC’s Militarization Shows How Policing Targets Black Youth" upendmovement.org/2025/08/15/d...

"Right now, we must refuse the trap of moral panic,” writes Maya Pendleton. "We can choose to protect our neighbors, especially those most targeted. We can fight against policies and policing that harm our communities.” #DCPolice 🔗 buff.ly/wMM026e

New from @connease.bsky.social at Toward Liberation - "Fight the Powers that Be." Plus, join us on Wednesday August 20 at 6:00 PM ET for a discussion of Tip of the Spear with Orisanmi Burton. www.towardliberation.com/p/fight-the-...

When harm occurs, we should consider responses that - provide safety and support - honor family and community relationships with empathy and compassion - value healing, connection, accountability, and care #ReclaimingSafety Download the new essay by @strawburriez.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/esqjYKI

“The family policing system is not a benevolent helping system. Children who are subjected to placement in foster care are at risk for a host of adverse outcomes as adults, including . . . incarceration by the criminal punishment system.” —Maya Pendleton & @alandettlaff.com

The latest paper in our Reclaiming Safety Series by @strawburriez.bsky.social examines how we can respond to child sexual harm from the perspectives of survivors in ways that center accountability over punishment. Read the full article here: upendmovement.org/2025/08/13/r...

The latest paper in our Reclaiming Safety Series by @strawburriez.bsky.social examines how we can respond to child sexual harm from the perspectives of survivors in ways that center accountability over punishment. Read the full article here: upendmovement.org/2025/08/13/r...

"Reforms beg the family policing system to do the impossible: to perform family policing in ways that shrink the scale of family policing." @alandettlaff.com & Maya Pendleton of @upendmovement.org on abolishing the child welfare system. A collab with @nyupress.bsky.social

If you previously thought that starving babies would be something the social work profession cared about, it turns out you were wrong. We are now months into a forced famine and still not one social work school or professional organization has said anything.

OTD 11 years ago Mike Brown was shot 6 times by policeman Darren Wilson. The 18yo Black murder victim was then left laying in the street for 4 hours Sparking the Ferguson Uprising That shut down “multiple MALLS & big stores on BLACK FRIDAY impacting million$$$.” - OTG reporter Chuck Modiano

Racial Justice is a Journey (Racial Justice Principles) by the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work (before they unceremoniously, ashamedly demoted @alandettlaff.com) www.uh.edu/socialwork/a...

Last month, the International Federation of Social Workers released a "Statement of Solidarity" as part of it's latest attempt to show concern about a genocide while placing no blame on those responsible for the genocide. Now the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists has responded.

This article is now Open Access until January 2026! If you're interested in learning about the harms of mandatory reporting laws, why we need to end them, and what we can do instead, this is a good place to start. FREE DOWNLOAD: doi.org/10.1332/2049...