As family defenders, we are often looking for solutions outside of the courtroom to keep families intact. How do we change the narrative that mothers involved in this system are neglectful or unable to parent their children safely? The Mother Up Pilot takes on both these questions by creating a solution directly for mothers involved in the child welfare system.

Hear from Melody Webb, Executive Director and Founder of Mother’s Outreach Network (MON), a movement lawyering and advocacy organization that promotes the inclusion and empowerment of Black mothers in the struggle for family preservation by transforming government income and child welfare laws, policies and practices from punitive to uplifting.  She and other parents from her program will present on how guaranteed income, direct and concrete payments, directly support families and takes on the false narrative or belief that parents surveilled by the system are dangerous to their children.