Upcoming Events
How to End Family Policing Seattle Book Launch
Join us to celebrate the publication of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action (Haymarket) as we explore all the ways that family policing impacts our communities. From anti-abortion legislation, the policing of families, bans on gender-affirming care and undermining the self-determination of people experiencing violence and abuse, the family policing systems is an often ignored tool used to criminalize our communities.
Authors Shannon Perez-Darby and Shawn Koyano are joined by community organizers Såhi Velasco and Sully Sullivan for an evening of reading and conversation. Together we'll discuss how the family policing systems impacts our lives and the ways that together we can build flourishing communities.
Location:
We will be in the beautiful Seattle Public Library Central Branch Auditorium (Level 1).
Note-The library closes at 6:00 p.m. It will reopen at 6:15 pm for the event. Seating is first come, first served for registered participants. All Library programs are free and open to the public.
Access:
The library can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at library events. Please contact LEAP at least seven days before the event to request accommodations.
For questions about the book contact Shannon@accountablecommunities.com
For questions about the venue contact the library or call 206-386-4636.
Co-sponsors:
Thank you so much to the many community organizations co-sponsoring this event:
Accountable Communities Consortium, Alphabet Alliance of Color, API Chaya, Look2Justice, the Mandatory Reporting is Not Neutral Project, Seattle LGBTQ Center, Seattle Public Library, Survivors for Justice Reform- Washington Chapter, The Coalition Ending Gender-based Violence and Third Place Books
Mandatory Reporting Harm Reduction for Birthworkers
Join us as we learn about the intersections of birthwork, mandatory reporting and family policing. This online training will discuss the history of mandatory reporting, harm reduction practices and strategies for supporting people experiencing violence and abuse.
While this training is suitable for birthworkers across the United States training content will include some Washington State specific information.
Thursday, June 26th 3-5pm PT/5-7pm CT/6-8pm
Registration is sliding scale to $25
This workshop will be presented in Zoom webinar format with opportunities for questions. We will be using zoom generated captions.
For questions please reach out to Shannon@accountablecommunities.com
This training is brought to you by the Mandatory Reporting is Not Neutral Project and Accountable Communities Consortium.
Back to School Safely: Educators & the work to end mandatory reporting
Join collaborators Erin Miles Cloud, Charity Tolliver, Shawn Koyano, Erica Meiners, Jasmine Wali and Shannon Perez-Darby as we explore the intersections between mandatory reporting, anti-blackness and education.
Building Your Abolitionist Toolbox: Young People and Mandated Reporting Thurs September 28th
You Matter is a zine developed to support young people, especially those under the age of 18, to answer the question, “when something hard happens who can I reach out to for help?”
Abolish Mandatory Reporting and Family Policing
Abolish Mandatory Reporting and Family Policing
How do movements for abolition of mandatory reporting and family policing intersect with larger movements for abolition of the criminal legal system?
In this conversation, Erin Miles Cloud (Movement for Family Power), Jasmine Wali (JMac for Families) and Shannon Perez-Darby (Mandatory Reporting is Not Neutral Project) will discuss the history of and harms associated with mandatory reporting; its role in policing Black, brown, and indigenous families; and how together we can abolish mandatory reporting while building strong, safe, and connected communities.
Mandatory Reporting, Abolition, and Trans and Disability Justice
Mandatory Reporting, Abolition, and Trans and Disability Justice
A Conversation with Ericka Ayodele Dixon, Victoria Copeland, and Shannon Perez-Darby, facilitated by Paris Chapman
People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Mandatory Reporting Listening Session
Join us to learn about the Mandatory Reporting is Not Neutral Campaign. In this meeting, you can share your experience with mandatory reporting laws and Adult Protective Services and ask us questions. You can also learn more about mandatory reporting laws and how they can affect you.
Sexual Violence Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adapting in an Ever-Changing Landscape
Sexual Violence Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adapting in an Ever-Changing Landscape
Join PreventConnect and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, Shannon Perez-Darby and Emily Austin for a conversation about mandatory reporting and handing disclosures in a trauma-informed way that replicates the least harm possible.
Sexual violence preventionists often face participants and youth disclosing their own experiences with violence in prevention spaces. Responding in a trauma-informed way is essential, and doing so in online and remote environments can pose additional challenges. It’s also critical for preventionists to understand both their roles as mandated reporters of youth violence and/or responsible employees of college and university students, and how these laws and policies have a disproportionate harmful impact on marginalized communities.
This web conference is part of a series with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Prevent Connect “Sexual Violence Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adapting in an Ever-Changing Landscape.”
Registration is currently full but you can sign up for the waitlist below and the session will be posted on YouTube after it’s done.
Not Neutral: The Impact of Mandatory Reporting on Domestic Violence Survivors
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET/ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT/ 12:00 pm - 2:00pm PT
Featuring Dr. Carrie Lippy & Shannon Perez-Darby
As increasing light is shed on the limitations of criminal legal responses to domestic violence, calls for community-based solutions that do not involve the criminal legal system are growing louder. Mandatory reporting laws pose a significant challenge in making this shift, however, by connecting many informal and formal domestic violence supports to criminal and legal institutions. In this Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month webinar, we will explore the impact of mandatory reporting on domestic violence survivors, highlighting unique impacts for LGBTQ young people. We will present findings from a 2016 survey that examined how mandatory reporting affects the help-seeking of domestic violence survivors. We will also identify practical strategies advocates can use to decrease negative consequences of reporting and increase survivor safety and self-determination.
Sponsored by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence