TIME & LOCATION
Sep 26, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Baltimore, 1401 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA (12th floor)
ABOUT THE EVENT
Tuesday, September 26 - Pre-Symposium Book Talk with Panelists
On the evening before The Harm of Removal Symposium, three of our symposium panelists will discuss critical issues and perspectives informing this year’s symposium through the lens of their books: Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition (Oxford University Press 2023) by Alan J. Dettlaff, professor and former dean of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work; The End of Family Court: How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families (NYU Press 2023) by Jane Spinak, the Edward Ross Aranow Clinical Professor of Law Emerita at Columbia Law School; and A Child of the Indian Race: A Story of Return (Minnesota Historical Society Press 2022) by Sandy White Hawk, director of healing programs at the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.