2021 National Parent Representation Conference
Video recordings of the conference plenaries and workshops
Jessica Bryar Memorial Plenary Address
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 1 - 2:30 pm. Associate Commissioner Aysha Schomburg, Children’s Bureau, shares the Biden Administration's priorities, and Professor Martin Guggenheim, New York University School of Law, kicks off the sixth national parent representation conference.
Watch the - opening plenary
A Conversation with Professor Dorothy Roberts: Demystifying Abolition
Friday, May 21, 2021, 1-2 pm ET. In this plenary, Kathleen Creamer, JD, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia leads a conversation with Professor Dorothy Roberts, JD, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Roberts shares her thoughts on abolition as the way forward to reforming a damaged, racist child welfare system. She suggests replacing the child welfare system with a new system that supports and keeps Black families together.
Watch the - plenary
Imagining a Society with an Appetite for Justice and Dignity
Friday, May 21, 2021, 3:45-5 pm ET. In this closing plenary, Justice Montoya-Lewis, JD, Washington Supreme Court, and Dr. Tricia Stephens, PhD, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College share thoughts for parent advocates on combining their voices and reenergizing and embracing a different fight for dignity and humanity within families.
Watch the - closing plenary