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PENN’S SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY & PRACTICE (SP2) PRESENTS
DR. ALAN DETTLAFF FOR A DISCUSSION:

Until We Are Free: Racism, Child Welfare, and the Enduring Promise of Abolition
MONDAY, APRIL 24; 4:00 – 5:30PM
This lecture will present evidence of the harms that result from family separations
to make a case that the child welfare system is beyond reform. Rather, the only
solution to ending these harms is abolition of this system and a fundamental
reimagining of the way society cares for children, families, and communities.
REGISTER at link in bio

WELCOME/INTRO FROM SP2 DEAN SALLY BACHMAN

PENN HILLEL AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR
215 S 39th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Reception to follow

INTRODUCTION
DOROTHY ROBERTS, JD
George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond
Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights,
University of Pennsylvania

FEATURED SPEAKER
ALAN DETTLAFF, BSW, MSW, PhD
Professor of Social Work; Graduate College of Social Work,
University of Houston

PENN’S SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY & PRACTICE (SP2) PRESENTS
DR. ALAN DETTLAFF FOR A DISCUSSION:

Until We Are Free: Racism, Child Welfare, and the Enduring Promise of Abolition
MONDAY, APRIL 24; 4:00 – 5:30PM
This lecture will present evidence of the harms that result from family separations
to make a case that the child welfare system is beyond reform. Rather, the only
solution to ending these harms is abolition of this system and a fundamental
reimagining of the way society cares for children, families, and communities.
REGISTER at link in bio

WELCOME/INTRO FROM SP2 DEAN SALLY BACHMAN

PENN HILLEL AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR
215 S 39th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Reception to follow

INTRODUCTION
DOROTHY ROBERTS, JD
George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond
Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights,
University of Pennsylvania

FEATURED SPEAKER
ALAN DETTLAFF, BSW, MSW, PhD
Professor of Social Work; Graduate College of Social Work,
University of Houston ...

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Penn's School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) announced today that SP2 graduate Amber Hikes, MSW’08, (they/she), current Deputy Executive Director for Strategy & Culture for the ACLU, will deliver the School’s 2023 Commencement speech on May 13. Learn more from today's message from SP2 Dean Sara "Sally" S. Bachman, PhD. See link in bio.

Penn's School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) announced today that SP2 graduate Amber Hikes, MSW’08, (they/she), current Deputy Executive Director for Strategy & Culture for the ACLU, will deliver the School’s 2023 Commencement speech on May 13. Learn more from today's message from SP2 Dean Sara "Sally" S. Bachman, PhD. See link in bio. ...

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“Social innovation and social justice . . . should really involve the communities that social work impacts. And so, it shouldn’t be outsiders trying to decide what is best for a community. It should be people giving resources to a community so that they can decide what is best for them and implement that in the way that they see as most efficient and effective.” Watch to hear more from SP2 Social Justice Scholar Paloma Brand, a student in the Master of Social Work program at SP2. #PennSP2 #SocialWorkMonth ...