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Abolitionist movement hub and incubator, cultivating community power to end family policing and build a world where all families can thrive. movementforfamilypower.org

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Nov 22

We are Movement for Family Power, an abolitionist movement hub and incubator, cultivating community power to end family policing and build a world where all families can thrive.

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Movement for Family Power

An abolitionist movement hub and incubator, cultivating and harnessing community power to end family policing and build a world where all families can thrive.

Movementforfamilypower.org

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 1d

NO STOLEN CHILDREN ON STOLEN LAND.

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day and beyond, we resist state kidnapping of children as a tool of genocide against Indigenous communities– from Turtle Island to Palestine and across the globe.

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Civil Rights Corps @civrightscorps.bsky.social · 6d

In Maryland, a law that was meant to keep birthing people and newborns safe has now been used to create the ultimate parent trap.

The Safe Haven Law promised protection – but Baltimore’s family police punished a mama anyway. 🧵

MARYLAND’S PARENT TRAP:

Maryland’s Safe Haven Law promised protection. Baltimore’s family police punished a mama anyway.

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 18d

Rest in power, Assata Shakur. 1947 - 2025. 🖤

We will carry forward her vision, her fight, and her legacy—because, as she reminded us, we have nothing to lose but our chains.

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 20d

It takes a village to raise a child, NOT a system.

September is “Kinship Care Month,” when the family policing system claims to celebrate kinship & present itself as prioritizing family unity. But let’s be clear: kinship belongs to families, not the state.

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 20d

The family policing system doesn't define kinship. We do.

✔️ Kinship is… resourcing families to show up for each other on our own terms.

❌ Kinship is NOT… forced family separation through coercive “kinship” arrangements.

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 20d

Want to build towards a world where families have the autonomy & resources to be safe & free from the grasp of the family policing system?

Join MFP at our monthly
Movement Syncs: bit.ly/movement-syncs

All family policing abolitionists are welcome!

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Movement Syncs: Deepening Our Work to End Family Policing

Are you or your organization fighting for families and want to sync up with our larger movement ecosystem? Join us for a collaborative space for family policing abolitionists to strategize and suppo...

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 20d

✔️ Kinship is…upholding family integrity and honoring family bonds.

❌ Kinship is NOT…blocking kids from their loved ones because of criminalization and prior system interference.

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 20d

✔️ Kinship is…providing the time, space, and tools to nourish relationships.

❌ Kinship is NOT…sowing conflict by demanding family members surveil each other.

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Give money to Black people. That is the solution. That is the charge," said Khiara M. Bridges at our 5th & final Breaking Silos in Reproductive Justice teach-in.

Full recording here! linktr.ee/BreakingSilos

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Sep 5

Pre-Order 'How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action' from @haymarketbooks.org NOW! bit.ly/endfamilypolicing 💫

Edited by MFP Co-Founder Erin Miles-Cloud, Advisory Board Member Charity Tolliver, Erica R. Meiners, & Shannon Perez-Darby, this book is a call to build flourishing communities.

How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action

From Outrage to Action

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · Aug 13

NEW EPISODE!
Ep 135: Family Policing
We’re joined in conversation today with Erin Miles Cloud, the mother of two, a civil rights attorney, and co-editor of a new book from @haymarketbooks.org called "How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action."

bit.ly/4mfOuyv
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Center on Reproductive Rights & Justice @crrjberkeley.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tune into Part 5 of the Breaking Silos in RJ Teach-In series. Follow along the 🧵 for more! #BreakingSilosRJ @movfamilypower.bsky.social @ifwhenhow.bsky.social

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Aug 13

Your donations make this work possible.

We asked folks what was made possible because of the support they received through the Fund. Swipe to read what they shared! (2/2)

Donate today to help us sustain the THRIVE Fund: bit.ly/MFP-THRIVE

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Aug 13

The THRIVE Fund has distributed $70K to systems-impacted families & organizers in 5 months. ❤️‍🔥

We asked folks what was made possible because of the support they received through the Fund. Swipe to read what they shared! (1/2)

Donate today to help us sustain the THRIVE Fund: bit.ly/MFP-THRIVE

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Aug 5

In its first 5 months, MFP’s THRIVE FUND moved nearly $70,000 to systems-impacted families and grassroots organizers.

We’ve been working hard to meet the moment, but we’ve received over $475K in requests.

💫 Please help us sustain & replenish the THRIVE Fund. Donate today: bit.ly/MFP-THRIVE 💫

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Aug 1

Want to put $$$ directly into the hands of systems-impacted families & organizers?

MFP's THRIVE Fund has moved $70K in mutual aid in just 5 months. Now, we need your support to raise $15K or more in 30 days to replenish the Fund.

Give today! bit.ly/MFP-THRIVE

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jul 29

RSVP NOW for the LAST of our 5-part teach-in series, “We Got Us: Community Care Models to Disrupt Poverty Criminalization & Family Separation” on 8/12: linktr.ee/BreakingSilos

Join us to hear from abolition dreamers who are building models of community care and demanding reparations 🦋

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jul 24

We invite you to make an ancestral altar, guided by an excerpt from Soul Food: Self-Care Toolkit for Movement Warriors. An ancestral altar is a space to honor those who came before you—blood ancestors, spiritual ancestors, chosen ancestors, & guides.

Explore the toolkit: bit.ly/Soul-Food-Toolkit

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jul 22

Join us on August 5 at 2PM ET for a virtual watch party of “Art Unchained,” an exploration of movement, storytelling, & visual art in tribute to those impacted by family policing.

RSVP here: bit.ly/art-unchained ❤️‍🔥

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jul 18

Is your organization, coalition, or collective fighting to end family policing? Add your info to the Movement Map!

💫 The Movement Map is under ACTIVE construction! Submit your info as soon as possible to be part of our initial launch: movementforfamilypower.org/map-form 💫

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congress passed the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” that viciously attacks our communities & guts the resources necessary to keep families together.

This only makes it clearer: we’re the ones who keep each other alive.

Join our Movement Syncs to strategize together: bit.ly/movement-syncs-MFP

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jul 2

RSVP NOW for part 4 of our 5-part Breaking Silos in Reproductive Justice Teach-In Series on July 15 “Breaking Borders: Interconnections between Immigrant Justice, Family Policing Abolition, & Reproductive Justice.”

linktr.ee/BreakingSilos ✨

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jun 19

In our ongoing struggle against racial capitalism and white supremacy, rest is a radical act of resistance for Black and Brown people.

This Juneteenth, MFP is launching Soul Food: Self-Care Toolkit for Movement Warriors in partnership with For Mamas, By Mamas.

✨ bit.ly/Soul-Food-Toolkit ✨

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jun 17

54 yrs ago, Nixon declared the so-called War on Drugs under the guise of public safety.

We've long known that it has got nothing to do w/ safety, "it has got to do w/ destroying communities & destroying families." - Karen Thompson, @pregnancyjust.bsky.social

Watch: bit.ly/HandsOffMamas-Watch

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jun 15

The family policing system often operates in two violent extremes against fathers: it either casts fathers as absent and disposable or sees fathers as a threat and incapable of providing care.

This is not an accident. It is intentional. And it is racialized.

Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · Jun 15

To all the fathers missing their babies: we see you. We mourn with you. We fight alongside you. 💙

This Father’s Day, we honor the love, resistance, and power of fathers—especially Black, Indigenous, and Latine fathers—who have long been criminalized and erased by the family policing system.

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