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DESCRIPTION:Watch this program online from our sister store in New York City:\n\nNYC 
 Debut Event for her new book "TORN APART:How the Child Welfare System 
 Destroys Black Families-- and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World" 
 \n\nCo-Hosted by Revolution Books NYC and Rise\n\nReading and 
 Presentation by author & law scholar Dorothy Roberts\nPanel Discussion, 
 Audience Q&A\nCo-Hosted by Revolution Books and Rise\nRSVP today via 
 Eventbrite to attend virtually 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-debut-event-with-dorothy-roberts-her-new-book-torn-apart-tickets-297036152127?\n\nPanelists:\nHalimah 
 Washington, Rise Community Coordinator, and Imani Worthy, Rise Public 
 Speaking Coordinator, will share their thoughts as parents impacted by 
 family policing and as abolitionist organizers whose reflections are 
 included in the new book. Carl Dix, long-time revolutionary and follower of 
 Bob Avakian will bring a revolutionary perspective to this important 
 discussion.\n\nMany believe the child welfare system protects children from 
 abuse. But as legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals, this 
 system is designed to punish Black families. Child protection 
 investigations put Black families under intense state surveillance and 
 regulation. Black children are disproportionately torn from their families 
 and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and 
 imprisonment.\n\n"[Dorothy Roberts'] new book on America's punitive child 
 welfare system is a bold and critically important reimagining of how to 
 better protect children. Her thesis on how the legacy of slavery and 
 carceral systems have impacted Black families is rooted in decades of 
 rigorous examination, research, and reflection. This is a compelling, 
 thoughtful, and urgent work."―Bryan Stevenson, author of Just 
 Mercy\n\nDorothy Roberts is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law 
 and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of 
 four books, including the ground-breaking Killing the Black Body.\n\nOrder 
 Torn Apart here: https://www.revolutionbooks.org/book/9781541675445\n\nThis 
 event is co-sponsored by the Revolution Books Educational Fund (a 501(c)3 
 registered in the State of New York) and RISE (an advocacy organization 
 fighting for family justice and well being).\nEvent date: \nSaturday, April 
 16, 2022 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm\nEvent address: \n2444 Durant 
 Avenue\nBerkeley, CA 94704-1611\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/04/15/18849054.php
SUMMARY:Dorothy Roberts, author of TORN APART will read and discuss her new book with a panel
LOCATION:Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704 - this event is online
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/04/15/18849054.php
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