{"id":203,"date":"2024-03-13T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/?page_id=203"},"modified":"2025-04-09T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:24:00","slug":"temple-womens-conference-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/temple-womens-conference-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Women&#8217;s Conference 2024: Reimagining Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-6bbdc3b90bdc971ffcacb9a6a339abc6\"><strong>April 5th, 2024 from 9:30am-3:30pm | <a href=\"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/events\/directions-and-parking\/\">Shusterman Hall<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Temple University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f8ed520b08cf07e891adfa631d0b361c\">Conference Recordings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Morning panel:&nbsp;Imagining a Safer World: Scholar and Activist Perspectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/932969708?h=82b151017a&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Keynote speaker Dr. Dorothy Roberts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/932970399?h=f828c7adf8&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Afternoon panel: Centering Black Parent Activists in Dismantling Family Policing and closing remarks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/932971068?h=89b9ece70b&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Temple Women\u2019s Conference takes inspiration from the work of our keynote speaker&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Dorothy Roberts<\/strong>&nbsp;and her book&nbsp;<em>Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families\u2014And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World&nbsp;<\/em>(<strong>Keynote address: 11:45am-12:45pm<\/strong>).&nbsp; Do institutions that claim to be working in the interests of \u201csafety\u201d really achieve those&nbsp;ends?&nbsp; How can a safer world be reimagined?&nbsp; Please join us for a&nbsp;<strong>gender inclusive&nbsp;conference and open discussion<\/strong>&nbsp;about such questions,&nbsp;with a focus on reforming the family policing system and other criminal justice institutions.&nbsp; The hybrid conference (in-person or online) includes a&nbsp;<strong>morning panel<\/strong>&nbsp;of scholars and activists addressing the theme of imagining a safer world across criminal justice institutions, and an&nbsp;<strong>afternoon panel<\/strong>&nbsp;that centers Black parent activists in dismantling the family policing system.&nbsp; Breakfast and lunch will be provided for all in-person attendees, and there will be a book signing following Dr. Roberts\u2019 talk. We will be&nbsp;<strong>giving&nbsp;out copies of Dr. Roberts\u2019&nbsp;book<\/strong>&nbsp;to the first 50 undergraduate students who attend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-765ea6a08309d862152b966bbb128e87\">Registration:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">This is a hybrid conference with in-person and virtual attendance available. Please register accordingly here: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/5z5scndX5MmwpKNL6\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/5z5scndX5MmwpKNL6\">Link to register for in-person attendance<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/temple.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_DqftxFk6TSmCPaw_YDGEDg\">Link to register for virtual attendance<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c271026ae1d11f3ed6a8ad30398b5e48\">Schedule:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/schedule.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" style=\"width:645px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/schedule.png 911w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/schedule-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/schedule-768x272.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d28fe50ea3b4f83cacad7c4e02eced5\">Keynote speaker Dr. Dorothy Roberts:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Dorothy Roberts is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights at the University of Pennsylvania, where she has a joint appointment in the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology and the Law School. She is also the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society. In addition to her most recent book <em>Torn Apart<\/em> (2022), her other major works include <em>Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century<\/em>&nbsp;(2011);&nbsp;<em>Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare<\/em>&nbsp;(2002), and&nbsp;<em>Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty<\/em>&nbsp;(1997). She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">About <em>Torn Apart: <\/em><br>Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as&nbsp;<em>Torn Apart&nbsp;<\/em>uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a \u201cfamily policing system\u201d that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare&nbsp;a majority of&nbsp;Black children,&nbsp;putting&nbsp;their families under intense state surveillance and regulation.   Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and&nbsp;placed&nbsp;in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/dorothy-roberts-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/dorothy-roberts-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/dorothy-roberts-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/dorothy-roberts-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/dorothy-roberts-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/dorothy-roberts-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/dorothy-roberts-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/torn-apart-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/torn-apart-2.jpg 323w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/torn-apart-2-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing,&nbsp;<em>Torn Apart&nbsp;<\/em>argues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2c888042a9e47b249c4f7c29430b90e1\">&#8220;We must stop clinging to a system that is propelling Black children to disaster out of a fear of taking a fundamentally different path that would actually keep them safer. Instead, we can envision and build a world where tearing families apart to meet children&#8217;s needs would be unimaginable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite><em>Torn Apart<\/em>, pg 303<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\"><strong>Buy <em>Torn Apart<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/dorothy-roberts\/torn-apart\/9781541675445\/?lens=basic-books\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/dorothy-roberts\/torn-apart\/9781541675445\/?lens=basic-books\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62c73959326ccbbb6a03ca5e30d39ed8\">Panelists:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morning panel:&nbsp;Imagining a Safer World: Scholar and Activist Perspectives<\/strong><br>10:00-11:30am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.temple.edu\/about\/faculty-staff\/melissa-e-noel\">Melissa Noel<\/a>, Temple Department of Criminal Justice&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.temple.edu\/academics\/faculty\/pompa-lori\">Lori Pompa,<\/a> Temple Department of Criminal Justice, Executive Director of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.temple.edu\/content\/michelle-taylor\">Michelle Taylor<\/a>, Temple Department of Africology and African-American Studies&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.temple.edu\/academics\/faculty\/winston-celeste\">Celeste Winston<\/a>, Temple Department of Geography and Urban Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.temple.edu\/about\/faculty-staff\/jennifer-pollitt\">Jennifer Pollitt<\/a>, Temple University Gender, Sexuality and Women&#8217;s Studies Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Afternoon panel: Centering Black Parent Activists in Dismantling Family Policing&nbsp;<\/strong><br>1:30-3:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jmacforfamilies.org\/who-we-are\">Joyce McMillan<\/a>, Executive Director, JMACforFamilies&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clsphila.org\/cls-staff\/april-lee\/\">April Lee<\/a>, Co-Founder and Director of Programs, The Philly Voice&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/miningforgoldcommunity.com\/corey-best-mining-for-gold\/\">Corey Best<\/a>, Founder, Community Curator, Mining for Gold&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/contact\/sarah-katz\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/contact\/sarah-katz\/\">Sarah Katz<\/a>, Temple University Beasley School of Law&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b224b34ca4d72578127fe6a6fa81b3b\">Our sponsors:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Inaugural Temple Women&#8217;s Conference<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<strong>co-produced&nbsp;<\/strong>by:<br>Temple Global Women&#8217;s Dialogue<br>Temple Gender, Sexuality and Women&#8217;s Studies Program<br>Temple University Beasley School of Law<br>Temple Department of Sociology<br>Temple IDEAL\/Anti-Racism Center<br>Temple College of Education and Human Development<br>Temple College of Liberal Arts<br>Temple Center for Humanities at Temple&nbsp;<br>Temple Libraries\/Charles Blockson Collection<br>Stoneleigh Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Temple co-sponsors:<\/strong><br>Department of Criminal Justice<br>Department of Anthropology<br>Department of Psychology and Neuroscience<br>Intellectual Heritage Program<br>Department of Political Science<br>Center for Urban Bioethics<br>Department of Geography\/Urban Studies<br>Public Policy Lab<br>Center for Sustainable Communities<br>Science, Technology, and Society Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a741d8659c7526d509a7c2df9b7b0085\">Dedication:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This conference is dedicated <br>to the memory of<br><a href=\"https:\/\/president.temple.edu\/university-leadership\/past-presidents\/president-joanne-epps\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/president.temple.edu\/university-leadership\/past-presidents\/president-joanne-epps\">President JoAnne A. Epps<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-A-Epps-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-A-Epps-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-A-Epps-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-A-Epps-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-A-Epps-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-A-Epps-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.temple.edu\/academics\/faculty\/waidzunas-tom#:~:text=tom.waidzunas%40temple.edu\">tom.waidzunas@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/owl-banner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/owl-banner.png 997w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/owl-banner-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/files\/2024\/03\/owl-banner-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 5th, 2024 from 9:30am-3:30pm | Shusterman HallTemple University Conference Recordings Morning panel:&nbsp;Imagining a Safer World: Scholar and Activist Perspectives: Keynote speaker Dr. Dorothy Roberts:&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/temple-womens-conference-2024\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Temple Women&#8217;s Conference 2024: Reimagining Safety<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":36242,"featured_media":259,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-203","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/gsws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}