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Adopted, Fostered, Trafficked group that currently has no name. Sometimes people call it AFTA (Adopted Fostered Trafficked Abolitionists.) People here are doing many things: learning about abolition & child “welfare,” healing and holding each other, organizing things, and just vibing.¶
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- 1 Adopted, Fostered, Trafficked group that currently has no name. Sometimes people call it AFTA (Adopted Fostered Trafficked Abolitionists.) People here are doing many things: learning about abolition & child “welfare,” healing and holding each other, organizing things, and just vibing.
Welcome¶
This group was formed from an e-mail list of adopted, fostered and trafficked people that was created following the Dream Mapping Adoption and Foster Care Abolition presentation at the 2020 Allied Media Conference. Since then, beginning with our first hang-out in December 2020, adopted, fostered, and trafficked people have met to build relationships with one another while learning about abolition movements, and imagining what the abolition of systems of Family Regulation, Surveillance, Policing, and Separation would look like.
We want all who want to join in to be able to gather with us, however, there is no pressure or expectation to arrive or to be part of meetings or activate on any level!
Guidelines¶
Anyone within the group may facilitate a general session and/or create their own affinity or working group. Impromptu co-working groups, meditation groups, hang outs etc. are welcome and encouraged! Any member is welcome to invite others affected by systems of Family Regulation, Surveillance, Policing, and Separation at their discretion. While this space embraces abolition of the Family Regulation Systems, choosing to identify as “an abolitionist” is not required to participate.
Meeting Practices¶
- Forming a Facilitation Team
We’re so excited you’re going to facilitate! There’s been a lot of success in folks working in small teams to host and hold a meeting. Please reach out to the group for support with any part of the process: scheduling, outreach, planning an agenda, etc. Folks have been awesome at supporting each other, and growing our facilitation skills over time.
- Scheduling
Facilitators should feel empowered/authorized to schedule in a way that is easeful for the facilitator. A facilitator may choose to propose a meeting date that works for them, or poll the group to set a meeting time using a tool like When2Meet or Doodle. Please include an agenda to the group before the meeting in the body of the email and a link to the pad you’re working in (see links to ongoing note-pads below in descriptions of meeting spaces.) Folks appreciate receiving a reminder e-mail about all meetings
- Outreach
Upcoming meeting information lives on this Wiki! and is supported by e-mail outreach to our group. Some things to include in your outreach to announce an upcoming meeting:- Time/Day of Meeting + a timezone converter
- This timezone converter lets you select a specific day, time, and timeszones you want to represent:
- www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converte...
- Meeting link
- An agenda + any materials folks can read ahead of time
- Notes about accessibility measures / call for access needs
- Past meeting notes
- Time/Day of Meeting + a timezone converter
- Note Taking
There is no set format for note-taking, but generally we record who facilitated, who was present in the meeting, an agenda, resources, announcements, and comments from folks who gathered. We’ve been trying a practice of making comments anonymous as an expression of collective voice.
- Accessibility
- Closed Captioning
- Community Agreements
This set of agreements comes to us from the Poli Ed affinity group space, and is a living set of agreements:- Take care of yourself
- Take Space, Make Space
- Speak from your own experience/”I” statements
- Check your Assumptions
- Say it ugly
- Share lessons learned; Leave identities of others
- Stay curious
- Recognize intent; Address impact
- Express, don’t IMPRESS.
Affinity Groups / Meeting spaces:¶
General Meetings¶
Description:
This is our space to gather regularly! These meetings are a mix of updates, share-backs, discussion, and political education. Folks can reach out to facilitators to add things to the agenda, including sharing backs from affinity groups.
This space was started on December 12, 2020.
Next Meeting:
- TBD
Past Meetings:
- Tuesday, August 12th, 2022, 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST
- Sunday April 10, 2022, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Sunday, March 6, 2022, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Sunday, January 16, 2022, 11:30 AM PST / 2:30 PM EST
- Sunday, December 19, 2021, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Saturday November 13th, 12 PM PST / 3 PM EST
- Saturday, September 25, 2021, 11 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST
- Sunday, September 5, 2021, 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST
- Friday, July 16, 2021, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Sunday, May 23rd, 2021, 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST
- Sunday, April 25, 2021, 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST
- Sunday, March 7, 2021, 11:30 AM PST / 2:30 PM EST
- Sunday, January 24, 2021, 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 PM EST
- Saturday, December 12, 2020, 3:30 PM PST / 6:30 PM EST
Creative Practice¶
Description: This is a space to express creatively together, share our processes and practices, propose short-term collaborations, and more. This is not a professionalized art space. All are welcome!
This space was started on February 21, 2021.
Next Meeting:
- TBD
Past Meetings:
- POTLUCK! Monday, December 26, 2022, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Sunday December 4, 2022, 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST
- Thursday, October 20, 2022, 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST
- Thursday, July 28, 2022, 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST
- Saturday, March 19, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST
- Wednesday, February 16, 3:30 PM PST / 6:30 PM EST
- Thursday, December 30th, 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST
- Sunday, November 28th, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Sunday, November 7th, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Saturday, May 15, 2021, 11:30 AM PST / 2:30 PM EST
- Impromptu open space: Sunday, May 9, 2021, 9 AM – 3 PM EST / 12 PM – 6 PM EST
- Sunday, March 21, 2021, 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 PM EST
- Sunday, February 21, 2021, 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 PM EST
Sober & Sober Curious Space¶
Description: An affinity group to gather around sobriety/recovery/harm reduction.
“First and foremost, one does not need to be sober, in recovery, or have any knowledge of what harm reduction is to join the zoom. If you’re curious about any or all of this, please feel free to reach out”
This space was started on October 3, 2021
Next Meeting:
- TBD
Past Meetings:
- Sunday, October 3, 2021, 12:15 PM PST / 3:15 PM EST
Healing Space¶
Description:
This space was started January 31, 2021
Next Meeting:
- TBD
Past Meetings:
- Sunday, May 2, 2021, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Saturday, March 20, 2021, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST
- Sunday, January 31, 2021, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST
Political Education¶
Description:
We are hoping to create a collective learning space. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions, access support or needs, or general feedback. Please know that you are welcome to join this space and discussion with or without having finished readings. Your lived experiences and insights are important and valid contributions to what we are working to build, so we want to emphasize that this affinity group should not be viewed as a stressor.
There have also been some “pop-up” Poli Ed spaces. See below!
This space was started December 12, 2021
Phase 2:
Focus: Proposing and Developing “Points of Unity”
We will continue to use the PoliEd space as a reading and discussion series, examining ways other groups, past and present, have expressed something akin to “Points of Unity,” beginning with Sins Invalid’s 10 Points of Disability Justice. We are going to meet bi-weekly and alternate between two times to hopefully be more accessible to folks living in Asia and Europe.
Parallel to this, we imagine creating a small working group that writes a “points of unity” document, and shares it out to the larger group as a proposal, and using PoliEd as a space for building interest and momentum towards this project.
As a reminder, if folks are excited about different PoliEd offerings, please know that is also welcome. This is an autonomous learning space and folks should feel empowered to convene additional spaces you want to hold within the group. Our group is what we collectively make of it.
Upcoming dates, times, readings
*4/2, Sunday, 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST / 8 AM+ PHST / 9AM+ KT
- The Black Panther Party’s 10 Point Program: www.blackpast.org/african-american-hist...
- Charter of the Fundamental Demands of Iran’s Independent Trade Unions and Civic Organizations: cfppi.org/2023/02/16/charter-of-the-min...
Past meetings:
- 3/19, Saturday, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 7 PM Central European Time
- The Combahee River Collective Statement: www.blackpast.org/african-american-hist...
- 2/18, Saturday, 4 PM PST/ 7 PM EST / 9 AM+ (Korean Time)
- 10 Principles of Disability Justice: www.sinsinvalid.org/blog/10-principles-...
- 3/5, Sunday, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 7 PM (Central European Time)
- 3/18, Saturday, 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST / 9 AM+ (Korean Time)
- 3/26, Sunday, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 7 PM (Central European Time)
- Saturday, January 28, 2022, 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST (Facilitated by Shannon, Ben, and Liz)
- Highlights: Beginning of year check ins; Discussing the creation of “Points of Unity” and how structure can aid our relationships and work together
- Highlights: Beginning of year check ins; Discussing the creation of “Points of Unity” and how structure can aid our relationships and work together
Phase 1:
Focus: Reading “Shattered Bonds: the color of child welfare,” continuing to develop ways of being and shared language, some experimentation with Critical Resistance’s “Concentric Circles” activity
Past Meetings:
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST
- Highlights: Continuing to explore Critical Resistance’s “Concentric Circles” tool, watching an episode of “Friends” relating to adoption/foster care
- Sunday, July 12, 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST
- Sunday, April 24, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Sunday, March 13, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- Sunday, January 30, 11:30 AM PST / 2:30 PM EST
- At our last meeting, we filled out the google form in an attempt to gauge how to best move through large chunks of readings. Unfortunately there was an exact tie on how to break it up, so, in an effort to keep the meetings consistent we have decided to finish up Part 1 of the book. We will set aside time within the meeting to chat more about how to move through and chunk up assigned readings. Also, if you are the person who replied being interested in facilitating the next meeting, can you please direct reply back to me individually to chat more? I made the form without having the option to see emails for the folks who filled out the form. Whoops!
- Sunday December 12th, 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST
- The first reading we are starting off with is “Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare” by Dorothy Roberts. We will begin with the Introduction and Part 1, Section 1: The Color of America’s Child Welfare System. We’ll start off with a few discussion questions and points of reflection. It would also be great for folks to come with their own discussion question as well. We are hoping to create a collective learning space, and would like to hear what spoke to you from the reading. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions, access support or needs, or general feedback.
- The first reading we are starting off with is “Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare” by Dorothy Roberts. We will begin with the Introduction and Part 1, Section 1: The Color of America’s Child Welfare System. We’ll start off with a few discussion questions and points of reflection. It would also be great for folks to come with their own discussion question as well. We are hoping to create a collective learning space, and would like to hear what spoke to you from the reading. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions, access support or needs, or general feedback.
Pop-up Poli Ed Spaces:
ACTIVE
None at the moment
PAST
Healing and Wellness in Schools
A continuation of 8/16 General Meeting conversation
“We would love to participate in a follow-up conversation about education and schools with you all! The agenda would consist of two things:
Collectively analyze the set of interests, forces, and tools of the Education Industrial Complex
Imagine an education system designed to support healing and wellness.”
CPS Teach-In
- August 17, 2022, 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST
- Jul 17, 2022, 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST
Thinking about (Uyghur) Genocide-denialism’s Relationship to Our Work
- June 3, 2022, 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST
- May 13, 2022, 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST
- April 22, 2022, 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST
- April 8, 2022, 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST
Working/Project Groups:¶
Flash Collectives¶
- Adoption is Trauma, AND ____ : Flash Collective (Facilitated by Ben, Liz, and Shannon)
- Met weekly in November 2022 to create the social media campaign, “Adoption is Trauma, AND”
- Met weekly in November 2022 to create the social media campaign, “Adoption is Trauma, AND”
Local/Regional Hangs¶
Meet-ups to Play Games in the Park (NYC)
Description: Previous meet-ups have been about playing games, getting to know each other, catching up, and generally being in community.
- Past Meet-ups
- Saturday, 10/8/202
- Saturday, 7/23/2022
Hospitality¶
Description: Recent projects:
- Updating the Wiki
- Adding group practices and ways of being to the Wiki
- Working on transferring our list-serv to Rise Up + designing/staffing a more secure process for adding folks to the group
- Designing and facilitating the next round of 1-to-1 outreach to the group e-mail list
Nourishment¶
Readings¶
Recipes¶
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