This episode takes a deep dive into the inequalities and injustice in the child welfare system. Host Ali Lamb interviews Temple University Professor Sarah Katz, where they discuss Katz's experience and research in the child welfare system. Topics navigated include: should the child welfare system be called something else? Where are we seeing inequalities and injustice in the system? Can we better the system, or should we dismantle it entirely? Katz provides her expertise on the above subjects, and provides her insights and information about her project, the Stoneleigh Foundation.

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- “Achieving Racial Justice for Families through Legal Education and Advocacy.” Stoneleigh Foundation, 6 July 2023, stoneleighfoundation.org/project/achieving-racial-justice-for- families-through-legal-education-and-advocacy/.
- Dettlaff, Alan. Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition. 2023. Eisenstein, Nicole Regis. “Professor Sarah Katz Awarded Senior Stoneleigh Fellowship - Temple Law.” Temple University Beasley School of Law, 28 July 2023, law.temple.edu/news/professor-sarah-katz-awarded-senior-stoneleigh-fellowship/.
- Metro Philadelphia. “Philadelphia’s Child Welfare System Faces Age-Old Crisis of Staff Shortages.” Metro Philadelphia, 4 June 2023, metrophiladelphia.com/philadelphias-child- welfare-system-crisis-of-staff-shortages/.
- Professor Sarah Katz, Temple Law School. Temple University Beasley School of Law, 8 Sept. 2022, law.temple.edu/contact/sarah-katz/.
- Roberts, Dorothy E. Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Basic Books, 2023. “Sarah Katz, JD.” Stoneleigh Foundation, 6 July 2023, stoneleighfoundation.org/fellow/sarah- katz-jd/.
- Spinak, Jane M. The End of Family Court: How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families. New York University Press, 2023.

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