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DHS/DCFS Give us back our children

Self-help, multi-racial action and support groups of mothers, other family members, former social workers, foster parents & supporters in Los Angeles and Philadelphia working together against the unjust removal of children from their families by the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Children are often snatched,...
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Children are for loving, not for profit

Hear directly from mothers fighting to get their kids out of foster care, children, and from supporters including family members, community activists, former social workers and others.

For International Women’s Day, join women in 60 countries for the 10th Global Women’s Strike

In Philadelphia mothers and supporters protest at DHS:

Protest! Friday March 6...
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DCFS - give us back our children
SPARKLE Ballard had her baby home just a year when city social workers swooped i

See below for excellent Daily News articles published on the work of DHS Give Us Back Our Children (which Every Mother is a Working Mother Network coordinates and in which the Global Women's Strike is involved) and on the case of one of the mothers in the group! Please forward widely, and write letters to the Daily News thanking them for these breakthrough articles (write to...
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DHS: Give Us Back our Children

Philadelphia-based self-help multi-racial support and action group of mothers, other family members & supporters which grew out of a weekly picket started by a mother outside DHS. We fight individual cases, build public awareness, educate the media, work to change unjust policies and practices, and challenge sexism, racism and prejudices against mothers at every branch of the system....
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Families Demand their Children Back From LA County Control

Press Conference: DCFS-Give Us Back Our Children!

In an unprecedented and hopeful coming together, mothers, some fathers, other family members and supporters are launching a campaign entitled “DCFS-Give Us Back Our Children” to get back children unjustly and often illegally taken by the Department of Children and Family Services and to stop other abuse within the system....
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