The upEND Podcast

An Introduction to Family Policing Abolition (with Alan Dettlaff)

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So, what is family policing abolition?


Cohosts Josie Pickens and Jaison Oliver introduce The upEND Podcast and give an overview of what listeners can expect in the first season of the upEND podcast which will release monthly episodes starting in September 2023.   


Episode guest Alan Dettlaff is a professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, where he also served as Dean from 2015 to 2022. Alan began his career as a social worker in the family policing system, where he worked as an investigative caseworker and administrator. Today his work focuses on ending the harm that results from this system. In 2020, he helped to create and launch the upEND Movement, a collaborative effort dedicated to abolishing the family policing system and building alternatives that focus on healing and liberation.


Episode Notes: 

  • Preorder “Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System” by Alan Dettlaff: https://bit.ly/racistlegacy 
  • Alan Dettlaff mentions the book “Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773–1865” by Harriet C. Frazier. 
  • Episode Transcript: https://upendmovement.org/episode1-0/
  • Support the work of upEND: https://upendmovement.org/donate/
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