Pre-recorded Webinar: Building Parent Leadership and Power to Support Faster Reunification and Prevent System Involvement (American Bar Association)

Previously recorded webinar from RISE, and advocacy organization led by parents impacted by the family policing system. Presenters provide an overview of reunification programs—including approaches to building parent leadership and shifting power to impacted parents and communities. Strategies involve advocating for investment in families and communities and building peer support networks. Topics will include navigating the system to reunify more quickly, navigating the trauma and emotions of a family's case, strengthening self-advocacy skills, and building a support network and connections to resources so that once families are reconnected the do not re-enter the system. The webinar closes with with questions and answers.