Alan Dettlaff
@alandettlaff.com
Co-founder of the upEND movement to abolish the family policing system | Writer and co-facilitator at Toward Liberation, an abolitionist learning group | www.alandettlaff.com | www.towardliberation.com
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Alan Dettlaff
@alandettlaff.com
· Sep 15
NEW FROM ABOLITIONIST PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK!
SPECIAL ISSUE: Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine
All articles are open access and available to download now: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/index
SPECIAL ISSUE: Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine
All articles are open access and available to download now: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/index
This is an excellent video essay from @skipintroyt.bsky.social on how copaganda operates in the Family Policing System. Featuring comments from upEND Movement's Communications Director, Sydnie Mares.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjys...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjys...
How SVU hides its worst Copaganda
YouTube video by Skip Intro
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December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is an excellent video essay from @skipintroyt.bsky.social on how copaganda operates in the Family Policing System. Featuring comments from upEND Movement's Communications Director, Sydnie Mares.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjys...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjys...
Reposted by Alan Dettlaff
upEND Movement, MJCF Coalition, and Mothers Outreach Network signed onto an amicus brief to appeal the decisions in the State v. Nieves and State v. Cifelli, and the appeal was upheld by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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buff.ly/TXzEyne
Amicus Brief Successful in New Jersey Supreme Court - upEND Movement
These cases highlight the intersections of family policing, the criminal legal system, and the inherent violence of mandated reporting.
upendmovement.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
upEND Movement, MJCF Coalition, and Mothers Outreach Network signed onto an amicus brief to appeal the decisions in the State v. Nieves and State v. Cifelli, and the appeal was upheld by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
buff.ly/TXzEyne
buff.ly/TXzEyne
The solution to a lack of safe housing is actually quite simple. Just imagine if we took the funds we currently use to pay foster parents, and instead used it to provide housing for families who need it. It can really be that simple.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”
All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The solution to a lack of safe housing is actually quite simple. Just imagine if we took the funds we currently use to pay foster parents, and instead used it to provide housing for families who need it. It can really be that simple.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Movement journalism isn't just a nice thing to have: It's essential to expose injustice, uplift movements, and share visions for our collective futures.
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment?
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Movement journalism isn't just a nice thing to have: It's essential to expose injustice, uplift movements, and share visions for our collective futures.
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
Last night, we had such a beautiful meeting of Toward Liberation where we met with author Mali D. Collins to discuss her book, Scrap Theory: Reproductive Injustice in the Black Feminist Imagination. Everyone was engaged and people were really moved by both the book and the discussion.
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Last night, we had such a beautiful meeting of Toward Liberation where we met with author Mali D. Collins to discuss her book, Scrap Theory: Reproductive Injustice in the Black Feminist Imagination. Everyone was engaged and people were really moved by both the book and the discussion.
Join us on Monday, November 17 for our final Toward Liberation meeting of the year featuring Mali D. Collins, author of Scrap Theory. As always, if you weren't able to read along with us this month, you're still very welcome to join.
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/TLNovember2025
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/TLNovember2025
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us on Monday, November 17 for our final Toward Liberation meeting of the year featuring Mali D. Collins, author of Scrap Theory. As always, if you weren't able to read along with us this month, you're still very welcome to join.
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/TLNovember2025
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/TLNovember2025
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Despite the struggles the community faces at Montrose Grace Place, it’s a JOYFUL place. ❤️ Love is contagious there.
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Despite the struggles the community faces at Montrose Grace Place, it’s a JOYFUL place. ❤️ Love is contagious there.
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
It is a mistake to think democrats caved. It is a mistake to think democrats are cowards. The quiet truth is that democrats want the same thing republicans want. There are not two parties. There is one empire. The sooner we understand this, the sooner we will move toward liberation.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It is a mistake to think democrats caved. It is a mistake to think democrats are cowards. The quiet truth is that democrats want the same thing republicans want. There are not two parties. There is one empire. The sooner we understand this, the sooner we will move toward liberation.
Two new articles are out in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work this week. The abstracts are below and the full articles are available for free, open-access download at the journal's website: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/issue/v...
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Two new articles are out in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work this week. The abstracts are below and the full articles are available for free, open-access download at the journal's website: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/issue/v...
Join the Social Work Activist Collective on November 20 for a conversation on overcoming hopelessness and fear. For our last meeting of the year we wanted to create a space to share stories of resilience and ideas for where we can find collective strength. Join us!
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACNov20th
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACNov20th
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join the Social Work Activist Collective on November 20 for a conversation on overcoming hopelessness and fear. For our last meeting of the year we wanted to create a space to share stories of resilience and ideas for where we can find collective strength. Join us!
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACNov20th
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACNov20th
I have very little faith that electoral politics is the way to bring about real change, but i hope this sends a message that pandering to the right, throwing trans people under the bus, and supporting a genocide are not winning strategies.
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I have very little faith that electoral politics is the way to bring about real change, but i hope this sends a message that pandering to the right, throwing trans people under the bus, and supporting a genocide are not winning strategies.
New in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work. Always open access. Read and download here: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/article...
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
New in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work. Always open access. Read and download here: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/article...
This is a devastating story of a grandmother who did everything possible to care for her grandchildren and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services who put up roadblock after roadblock and ultimately took her grandchildren away from her.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Nana kept her grandkids out of foster care. Then the foreclosure notice arrived.
Millions are caring for kin to keep them from foster care. Rochelle gave USA TODAY an inside look at the difficulties many of them experience.
www.usatoday.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is a devastating story of a grandmother who did everything possible to care for her grandchildren and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services who put up roadblock after roadblock and ultimately took her grandchildren away from her.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Reposted by Alan Dettlaff
"Abolitionist work and abolitionist practice is a valid form of academic inquiry that not just schools of social work but all educational institutions should be studying"
- Alan Dettlaff
@alandettlaff.com
- Alan Dettlaff
@alandettlaff.com
AWKWORD INTERVIEWS: Alan Dettlaff, Co-Founder, upEND Movement
YouTube video by AWKWORD
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October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Abolitionist work and abolitionist practice is a valid form of academic inquiry that not just schools of social work but all educational institutions should be studying"
- Alan Dettlaff
@alandettlaff.com
- Alan Dettlaff
@alandettlaff.com
Join the Social Work Activist Collective (@swactivists.bsky.social) on Thursday, October 30, to learn about the Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions (BDS) movement and how you can get involved! REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACOct30th
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Join the Social Work Activist Collective (@swactivists.bsky.social) on Thursday, October 30, to learn about the Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions (BDS) movement and how you can get involved! REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACOct30th
Join us at Toward Liberation on November 17th for a virtual discussion of "Scrap Theory: Reproductive Injustice in the Black Feminist Imagination" featuring author Mali D. Collins. As always, all are welcome (even if you haven't been reading with us this month). REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/TLNovember2025
October 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Join us at Toward Liberation on November 17th for a virtual discussion of "Scrap Theory: Reproductive Injustice in the Black Feminist Imagination" featuring author Mali D. Collins. As always, all are welcome (even if you haven't been reading with us this month). REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/TLNovember2025
Reposted by Alan Dettlaff
Yes, it took some time, but we promised Google couldn’t hold us back…
TEN DEMANDS finally has a home, again — for #TenForJustice (the demands) and all our easy calls to action!
Check it out: thisisawkword.com/ten-demands
TEN DEMANDS finally has a home, again — for #TenForJustice (the demands) and all our easy calls to action!
Check it out: thisisawkword.com/ten-demands
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Yes, it took some time, but we promised Google couldn’t hold us back…
TEN DEMANDS finally has a home, again — for #TenForJustice (the demands) and all our easy calls to action!
Check it out: thisisawkword.com/ten-demands
TEN DEMANDS finally has a home, again — for #TenForJustice (the demands) and all our easy calls to action!
Check it out: thisisawkword.com/ten-demands
Join the Social Work Activist Collective on Thursday, October 30th at 7:00 PM ET for a discussion on the Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions movement and why every social worker should be engaged in this.
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACOct30th
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACOct30th
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Join the Social Work Activist Collective on Thursday, October 30th at 7:00 PM ET for a discussion on the Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions movement and why every social worker should be engaged in this.
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACOct30th
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACOct30th
In this article from our special issue, "Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine," the authors use an abolitionist lens to explore how the idea of "non-violence" has been weaponized to delegitimize resistance against oppression. Available open access at our website: www.APSWJournal.com.
October 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In this article from our special issue, "Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine," the authors use an abolitionist lens to explore how the idea of "non-violence" has been weaponized to delegitimize resistance against oppression. Available open access at our website: www.APSWJournal.com.
Resharing my thoughts on No Kings from earlier this year: www.towardliberation.com/p/on-violenc...
On Violence, Nonviolence, & "No Kings"
“Into this atmosphere of totalizing violence, they introduced a counter-violence that communicated their willingness to universalize the disposability of life, if no other options were available.” - T...
www.towardliberation.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Resharing my thoughts on No Kings from earlier this year: www.towardliberation.com/p/on-violenc...
Reposted by Alan Dettlaff
It was a fantastic event.
I'm reminded of the "love your neighbor" portion of our code of ethics that we often fail to embody globally - "Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity."
I'm reminded of the "love your neighbor" portion of our code of ethics that we often fail to embody globally - "Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity."
JOIN US this Thursday, October 16th at 6:00 PM Eastern for a special roundtable with the authors of the recently published papers in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work on "Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine."
REGISTER HERE: www.bit.ly/APSWRoundtable
REGISTER HERE: www.bit.ly/APSWRoundtable
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It was a fantastic event.
I'm reminded of the "love your neighbor" portion of our code of ethics that we often fail to embody globally - "Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity."
I'm reminded of the "love your neighbor" portion of our code of ethics that we often fail to embody globally - "Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity."
Reposted by Alan Dettlaff
Join us today! ASL provided
JOIN US this Thursday, October 16th at 6:00 PM Eastern for a special roundtable with the authors of the recently published papers in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work on "Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine."
REGISTER HERE: www.bit.ly/APSWRoundtable
REGISTER HERE: www.bit.ly/APSWRoundtable
October 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join us today! ASL provided
Reposted by Alan Dettlaff
upEND’s Josie Pickens writes for @newsoneofficial.bsky.social about a Michigan mother charged with “food stamp fraud.” When a mom trying to feed her kids gets criminalized, that’s not justice. That’s surveillance, control, and punishment wrapped in the language of “help.” newsone.com/6490272/mich...
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
upEND’s Josie Pickens writes for @newsoneofficial.bsky.social about a Michigan mother charged with “food stamp fraud.” When a mom trying to feed her kids gets criminalized, that’s not justice. That’s surveillance, control, and punishment wrapped in the language of “help.” newsone.com/6490272/mich...
Reposted by Alan Dettlaff
TOMORROW - 9AM AEDT............. see you there!
JOIN US this Thursday, October 16th at 6:00 PM Eastern for a special roundtable with the authors of the recently published papers in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work on "Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine."
REGISTER HERE: www.bit.ly/APSWRoundtable
REGISTER HERE: www.bit.ly/APSWRoundtable
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
TOMORROW - 9AM AEDT............. see you there!
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Ten Books to Get To Know Me (upEND edition) 📚
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ten Books to Get To Know Me (upEND edition) 📚
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/