An Open Letter from Concerned Child Welfare Scholars, Practitioners & Members of the Child Welfare Community

June 25, 2018

Dear Executive & Legislative Branch Officials,

As child welfare scholars, practitioners, and people who have had lived experiences with the child welfare system and the harmful experiences of separation from one’s family, we are alarmed by reports that more than 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents and detained by the Department of Homeland Security. More than thirty years of research tells us that separating children from their parents is detrimental to children’s short- and long-term physical and emotional health. Parent-child separation should only be used when children are at imminent risk of serious harm and used as a practice of last-resort. To date, the Department of Homeland Security has offered no evidence that detained children are at risk of such harm, thus these detrimental separations are unwarranted and should be stopped immediately.

Moreover, we are very concerned about the detention of migrant children, including children under the age of three, in warehouse-like facilities. The research on institutional care is clear – institutional care is antithetical to child well-being. Such facilities cannot provide the familial care children need to thrive, and they are discouraged in federal law (see the 2018 Family First Prevention Services Act). In addition, the existing child welfare system does not have the resources or the capacity to take more migrant children into foster care. Nearly a half-million children reside in foster care on any given day, and child welfare systems across the country face chronic foster care shortages. Child welfare systems should not take on the care of migrant children, when these children have safe and loving parents who are willing and able to provide the care they need.

On June 20, 2018, President Trump signed an executive order replacing the Administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents with family detention. While the specifics of this policy have not yet been articulated, on its face, the policy is neither sufficient nor humane. The 1997 Flores settlement effectively bars the detention of migrant children alongside their parents and for good reason – detention settings, on the whole, are not developmentally appropriate for children and therefore inappropriate for families.

As child welfare scholars, practitioners, and people who have lived experiences with the separation of children from families, we are deeply committed to the welfare of all children. We add our voice to the chorus of child welfare organizations and professional groups – including the Child Welfare League of America, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, and National Association of Social Workers – calling for an end to the Department of Homeland Security’s harmful and inhumane practice of separating migrant children from their parents and the detention of families as a whole.

Sincerely,

Concerned Child Welfare Scholars, Practitioners & Members of the Child Welfare Community*

* All signatures represent opinions of the individual, not necessarily their affiliated institution

Signatory List:

Gary Mallon, MSW, DSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Diane DePanfilis, MSW, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York

Colleen Henry, MSW, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York

Trudy Festinger, MSW, DSW, New York University

Joe Ryan, PhD, University of Michigan

Jill Duerr Berrick, MSW, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Vicki Lens, JD, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York

Mark Courtney, MSW, PhD, University of Chicago

David Brodzinsky, PhD, Rutgers University

Leah Bartley, MSW, PHD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Barbara Needell, PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Retired)

Geetha Gopalan, PhD, University of Maryland

Judy L Postmus, MSW, PhD, Rutgers University

Julie A. Cederbaum, PhD, MSW, MPH, University of Southern California

Cecile C. Guin, PhD, LCSW, Louisiana State University, Social Research and Evaluation Center

Angela Pharris, MSW, PhD, University of Oklahoma

Jeanne Howard, PhD, Illinois State University

Kelly Whitaker, MPA, PhD , University of Washington

Erika Weissinger, MPP, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Patricia Joyce, MSW, DSW, Adelphi University

Bryan Victor, MSW, PhD, University of Michigan

Anita Barbee, MSSW, PhD, University of Louisville

Krista Thomas, MSW, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Bryn King, MSW, PhD, University of Toronto

Ilze Earner, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Jennifer Lawson, MSSW, PhD, Texas State University

JaeRan Kim, MSW, PhD, University of Washington, Tacoma

Colleen Katz, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Wendy Lynn Wiegmann, MSW, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Adam Brown, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Melissa Van Wert, MSW, PhD, University of Toronto

Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, MSW, PhD, University of Vermont

Emily Bosk, MSW, PhD, Rutgers University

Amy D. Benton, PhD, LCSW, Texas State University

Sarah Taylor, MSW, PhD, California State University, East Bay

Curtis McMillen, MSW, PhD, University of Chicago

Diane Elze, PhD, University at Buffalo

Carol Wilson Spigner, DSW, University of Pennsylvania

Christine Lynn Norton, LCSW, PhD, Texas State University

Crystal Collins-Camargo, MSW, PhD, University of Louisville

Nathanael Okpych, PhD, University of Connecticut

Margaret Lloyd, PhD, University of Connecticut

Norma Harris, MSW, PhD, College of Social Work, University of Utah

Caitlin Elsaesser, PhD, University of Connecticut

Alexis Kuerbis, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, MSW, PhD, The Ohio State University, College of Social Work

Tamara Fuller, PhD, University of Illinois, Children and Family Research Center

Amy Conley Wright, MSW, PhD, University of Sydney

Karen Smith Rotabi, MSW, MPH, PhD, California State University, Monterey Bay

Holly Grant-Marsney, PhD, Bridgewater State University

Susan Branco, PhD, LPC, LCPC-S, NCC, ACS, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Elaine M. Maccio, PhD, LCSW, Louisiana State University

Jama Shelton, MSW, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York

Christina Studts, MSW, PhD, University of Kentucky

Amy Cirillo, PhD, Assumption College

Jennifer Elkins, MSSW, PhD, University of Georgia

Elizabeth j Greeno, PhD, University of Maryland

Kaela Byers, PhD, MSW, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Rosemary Bernstein, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

Marlene Matarese, PhD, University of Maryland

Catherine Corr, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tova Walsh, MSW, PhD, Rutgers University

Dorian Traube, PhD, LCSW, University of Southern California

Christina Risley-Curtiss, PHD, Arizona State University (Retired)

Anayeli Lopez, MSW, PhD Candidate, Boston College

Kathryn S. Collins, MSW, PhD, University of Maryland

Kerrie Ocasio, MSW, PhD, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Kristen Slack, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Becci Akin, MSW, PhD, University of Kansas

Aislinn Conrad-Hiebner, PhD, University of Iowa

Leah P. Cheatham, MSW, JD, PhD, University of Alabama

Alice A. Lieberman, PhD, University of Kansas

Megan Feely, PhD, University of Connecticut

Andrew Zinn, PhD, University of Kansas

Byron J. Powell, PhD, LCSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Elizabeth D Hutchison, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University (Retired)

Leah Hill, Fordham University

Megan Finno-Velasquez, MSW, PhD, New Mexico State University

Tiffany Burkhardt, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Hans Grietens, PhD, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Anne F. Farrell, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Thomas M. Crea, PhD, MSW, Boston College

Megan Piel, MSW, PhD, Wayne State University

Kristina Lopez, PhD, Arizona State University

Jodi Berger Cardoso, MSSW, PhD, University of Houston

Barbara Pierce, MSS, PhD , Indiana University School of Social Work

Marinilda Rivera Diaz, MSW, PhD, University of Puerto Rico

Lisa E. McGuire, MSW, PhD, James Madison University

Laura Gibson, PhD, LCSW, Brescia University

Catherine Kuhns, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland

Maria Gurrola, MSW, PhD, New Mexico State University

Elizabeth Aparicio, MSW, PhD, University of Maryland

Kristen Seay, MSW, PhD, University of South Carolina

Danielle Parrish, PhD, University of Houston

Alice King Ingham, PhD, Radford University (Professor Emeritus)

Lisa Berlin, PhD, University of Maryland

Jeanette R. Davidson, PhD, ACSW, University of Oklahoma

Christina Danko, PhD, University of Maryland

Marjorie Sable, MSW, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia

Joan Heifetz Hollinger, JD, University of California Berkeley (Professor Emeritus)

Marilyn A. Biggerstaff, DSW, Virginia Commonwealth University

Michael LaSala, PhD, Rutgers University

Alan Dettlaff, MSSW, PhD, University of Houston

Tracy Schroepfer, MSW, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Debbie Gioia, MSSW, PhD, University of Maryland

Gail Folaron, PhD, Indiana University

Sacha Klein, MSW, PhD, Michigan State University

Julia Fleckman, PhD, Tulane University

Katherine Lisa Rosenblum, PhD, University of Michigan

Lisa Frey, PhD, University of Oklahoma

Jane Mauldon, PhD, University of California Berkeley

John M Herrick, PhD, Michigan State University (Professor Emeritus)

Melanie Sage, MSW, PhD, University at Buffalo SUNY

Melvin Delgado, PhD, Boston University

Rahbel Rahman, PhD, LMSW, Fordham University

Julia Hernandez, MSW, PHD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley

Bridget Cho, PhD Candidate, University of Kansas

Kenneth Feder, PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins University

Clinton Boyd, Jr., PhD Candidate, Georgia State University

Alex Busuito, PhD Candidate, The Penn State University

Ann Carrellas, MSW, PhD Candidate, Wayne State University

Claudette L. Grinnell-Davis, University of Oklahoma

Terri Coalter, LCSW, Hinds Community College

Dina Rosenfeld, New York University

Richard Altman, Hunter College, City University of New York

Deborah Reising, Duquesne University

Dr. Amanda L Badrn, Montclair State University

Peter Niedt, MSW, Lehman College, The City University of New York

Gary Bailey,DHL,MSW,ACSW, Simmons College

Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D, LCSW, LMFT, Harvard Medical School

Bill Bettencourt , The Center For The Study of Social Policy

Michael Arsham, MSW, Administration for Children's Services, NYC & Hunter College, CUNY

Harold D. Grotevant, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Meg Baier, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, New York University

Bonni Raab, Dominican College

Katherine Cohen-Filipic, MSW, Ph.D., Ithaca College

Maris H. Blechner, M Ed, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Alba Lopez, Rutgers University

Victor Groza, Case Western Reserve University

Claudia L. Moreno, Dominican College

Judith Morgan, Southern Connecticut State University

Miranda Lynch, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Lydia Sacavage, Deloitte

Alida Bouris, University of Chicago

Jamie Yoder, Colorado State University

Steve Nagler, MSW, Yale University Child Study Center

Lisa Albertson , University of California, Berkeley

Christina Feliciana, MSW, University of California, Berkeley

Eileen Treacy, Lehman College, The City University of New York

Peggy Morton, New York University

Kristen Weber, The Center for the Study of Social Policy

Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen, Stockton University, Child Welfare Education Institute

Priscilla D. Allen, Louisiana State University

Desarie Nicholas , Hunter College, City University of New York

Manfred van Dulmen, Kent State University

Sakari Lyons, California State University, East Bay

Laina Yoswein, Hunter College, City University of New York

Liat Shklarski, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Rebecca White, MSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Susan Notkin, Center for the Study of Social Policy

William Galic, ACSW, University of Alaska-Anchorage

Amy I. White, MSW, University of Oklahoma

Toni Naccarato , California State University, East Bay

Jamie Norris, University of Kansas

Arlene Lev, University at Albany

Jane Giesken, MSW, Virginia Commonwealth University

Jordan Hargrove, BSW, University of Missouri

Jackie Crow Shoe, University of Southern Maine

Hye Kyung Kang, Seattle University

Riva Zeff MSW, Seattle University

Alfred G. Pérez, Seattle University

Jill Porzucki, MSW , University of California, Berkeley

Megan Johnson, MSW, LCSW, Rutgers University

Regina Edmonds, Assumption College (Professor Emeritus)

Tricia Stephens, Hunter College, City University of New York

Cathryn C Potter, Rutgers University

Colleen Clark, University of California, Berkeley

Sheena Feingold , New York University

Jessica Rothschuh, Deloitte

Dr. Alma J Carten, New York University

Nicole Liner-Jigamian, MSW, University of California, Berkeley

Abigail M. Ross, PhD, MSW, MPH, Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Service

Alayna Schreier, Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine

Kate Stepleton, MSW, Rutgers University

Lisa Schelbe , Florida State University

Clare Huntington, JD, Fordham Law School

Cynthia Swenson, Medical University of South Carolina

Kathryn Maguire Jack, Ohio State University

William Schneider, Northwestern University

Betty J. Ruth, Boston University

Carly Bailey Dierkhising, California State University, Los Angeles

Julie Spielberger, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Sarah Prendergast, Colorado State University

Yessica Alzati , Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Jeffrey Lacasse, Florida State University

Christina Padilla, Georgetown University

Alvonne Penola , University of North Dakota

Jenna Chapman, MA, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Rosalyn Deckerhoff, Florida State University

Rebecca Rebbe, MSW, University of Washington

Tracey Lockaby, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Jennifer M Haight, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Judith Scott, Boston University

Amber Joiner-Hill, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Elizabeth Miller, MS, Pennsylvania State University

Shamra Marie Boel-Studt, Florida State University

Ivan A. de la Rosa, New Mexico State University, School of Social Work

Lada Mo, MSW, Boston University

Dorothy Bergold , Boston university

Kristina Lovato, California State University, Long Beach

Kristina M. Whiton-O'Brien BSW, MSW, LICSW, Boston University

Randi Mandelbaum, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School

Victoria Christian MSW, University of St. Thomas SW Dept

Ellen R DeVoe, Boston University

Alysse Loomis, MSW, University of Connecticut

Natalia Orendain, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles

Colleen Schlecht, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Janice Furlong, MSW, LICSW, Boston University

Valerie Tobia, LICSW, MPH, Wheaton College

Laurie Ramirez, MSW, University of Kansas

Michelle Levy, AM, University of Kansas

Gloria Lopez, Hampshire College

Alyssa Nelson, MSW LGSW, University of Minnesota

Monica Montoya, New Mexico State University

Carly Burton, MSW, Simmons College

Barbra Jackson, MSW, Fielding Graduate University

Jessica Wilen, Washington University in St. Louis

Katie Rollins, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Melissa Radey, Florida State University

Cheyenne Lyn Syvertson-Hagestuen, MSW, LGSW, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Victoria Verano, Florida State University

Grace Hubel, College of Charleston

Laura Moulton Sutherland, University of Minnesota

Anne Caterino, MSW, MPH, Humanity

Stephen Cummings, MSW, University of Iowa

Lesley Oblea, University of Iowa

Yvonne Farley, MSW, University of Iowa

Anne McLaughlin-Smith, The University of Iowa

Dana Cheek, MSW, University of Iowa

Mackenzie Fields, University of Iowa

Heidi Presslein, MSW, LICSW, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Kristen Young, University of Iowa

Keri Neblett, MSW, University of Iowa

Jacquelynn Duron, Rutgers University

Kimber Patterson, University of Iowa

Amanda Stefanik, University of Iowa

Nanci Ginty Butler, MSW, LICSW, Boston University

Alex Cohn, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Eileen Swoboda, MSW, University of Iowa

Lauren Vanchina, University of Minnesota

Dennette Derezotes, St. Augustine College

Kimberly Coviello , University of Maryland

Hope Hugghins, University of Iowa

Alicia Martel, University of Iowa

Megan Gilster, University of Iowa

ChinaRose Vanity Wilson, University of Iowa

Tami Gorton, University of Iowa

Heather Hermanson, University of Iowa

Brittany VanWyk, University of Iowa

Dallas M. Feuerbach, The University of Iowa

Susan Livingston Smith, Professor Emerita, Illinois State University

Danna Crocker, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Liv Carrow, University of Iowa

Johanna l Grenko, University of Iowa

Melissa B Marquardt, University of Oregon

Cara Voll, Univerity of Iowa

Kallie Rademacher, University of Iowa

Michelle S. Strawman, University of Iowa

Jane Timmons-Mitchell, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Deborah Moon, University of Kansas

Jamie McClanahan, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Lee Ann Huang, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Patricia Hunter, California State University, Chico

Kathy Lituri, Boston University

Beth Angell, Rutgers

Brigitt Keller, Fordham University

Deirdre Spelman, ACSW, LSW, Marywood University

Victoria M. Rizzo, Binghamton University

Anne Kelly Treantafeles, Fordham University

Gianna Russo-Mitma, Portland State University

Priscilla Day, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Sandra Guerra, LMSW, MBA, Fordham University

Virginia Olivas, MSW, Azusa Pacific University

Michael Berghoef, MSW, ACSW, Ferris State University

Anna Nelson, LCSW, New Mexico State University

Chinyere Stevens, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Maya Uemoto, MPH, University of Hawaii

Margaret Valencia, San Francisco State

Katharine Cahn, Portland State University

Jennifer Alsman, Brescia University

Melissa Wilson, University of Kentucky

Sarah Heil-Brenny, MSW, LICSW, University of Saint Thomas

Paige Borders, University of Iowa

Laurel Brown, Whittier College

Conan Green, University of Maryland

Peggy Arevalo. LCSW, California State University, East Bay

Velinda Trujillo Pearson, LISW, LCSW, New Mexico Highlands University

Amy Messex, MSW LCSW, New Mexico Highlands University

Angela Callais, LGSW, University of Minnesota

Joanne Gottesman, Rutgers Law School

Patricia Howes, MSW, LMSW, Indiana University

Gwenelle S. O'Neal, West Chester University

Kathy Heltzer, MSW, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Samantha Schneider, MSW, Simmons College

Sara Lyn Boughton, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Amanda Marie Derewicz, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Nancy Keeton, Brescia University

Suzanne McDevitt, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Katherine Tushaus Steffe, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Rosemarie Carbino, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Charlene J. Kolupski, LSW, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Katie Hayden-Lewis, Ohio State University

Karli McClure, University of Iowa

Tatiana Lowell-Campbell, University of Iowa

Mary Sue Morsch, University of Chicago

Sandra Rago, MSW, LICSW, Simmons University

Maria Joy Ferrera, DePaul University

Monica Caprio, University of California, Davis

Mollie Janssen, Portland State University

Anna Davis, The Catholic University of America

Ashley A. Willis, LCSW-C, University of Maryland

Mason Stumberg, University of Iowa

Angela Belsole, Fordham University

Leah G. Goldenberg , Simmons College

Destenie Ray, Troy University-Phenix City

Maryann Othello, MS, Columbia University

Lauren Siegel, University of Maryland

Mohsina Mandil, University of Iowa

Deborah Milbauer, MPH, MSW, Northeastern University

Nancy Lee Mary, California State University East Bay

Nicole Lauzus, Portland State University

Katrin Križ , Emmanuel College

Stacey Shipe, Binghamton University

Diane Crowley , Boston University

Gina DeLeonardis, LCSW-C, University of Maryland

Nicole Fordey, MSW, Simmons College

Cheryl Hyde, Temple University

Pauline Jivanjee, Portland State University

Josephine Jarolmen, Kean University

Karen Hanson, LCSW, Yale University

Johanna Ploeger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Susan Herman, New York University

Caitlin Clark, MSW, Simmons College

Brittany Paige Mihalec-Adkins, Purdue University

Lindsay Brainerd, MSW, Wheelock College

Timothy Schwaller, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Vincenza Corcoran, Fordham University

Katherine Walbam, Wheelock College

Kathryn Mertz, Adelphi University

Novilla Richards, Springfield School of Social Work

William Vanderwill, LMSW, ACSW, LMFT, BCD, University of Michigan

Catherine Croft, University of Iowa

Debra A Linsenmeyer, MSW, University of Maryland

Michelle Charron, California State University East Bay

Megan Smucker, LMSW, Hunter College, City University of New York

Susan Scher , Ramapo College of New Jersey

Noa Ashman, The George Washington University

Dale Maglalang, Boston College

Leah G. Goldenberg , Simmons College

Angela Lombardo, Boston College

Audrey Davis, University of St. Francis

Cecily Staples, University of Maryland

Margaret H Ricks, University of California, Boston College, University of Massachusetts (Retired)

Heather Nicole Hastings, University of Iowa

Yesenia Martinez, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

R. Anna Hayward, Stony Brook University

Margret Kate Powers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Lyndsey Clayton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Patricia Heard, Fordham University

Liro Negroni, Florida Guld Coast University

Sara Allium, Public schools

Sabrina W. Bristo , North Carolina Central University, Graduate Student

Daniel Bruder, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Judith Bram Murphy, New York University

Amy Strickler, LMSW, Rutgers University

Meryl Nadel, Iona College

Angiela Hoopes, Metropolitan State University

Cate DeCarlo Santiago, Loyola University Chicago

Kimberly Just, MSW, Dominican University

Allison Donahoe-Beggs, LCSW, San Diego State University

Andrea Daley, University of Iowa

Jacquelyn Hanson-Hietala, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Jennifer Clements, Shippensburg University

Elizabeth Pride, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Virginia T. Kaiser, Fordham University

Cassandra Simmel, Rutgers University

Sameena Azhar, Fordham University

Leah Reed, Boston University

Susan Schmidt, Luther College

Christina Bruce, Rutgers University

Taekyung Park, MSW, Indiana University School of Social Work

Heather Craig-Oldsen, MSW, Professor Emerita , Briar Cliff University

Susan E Bryant-Nelson, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Marva Furlongue-Laver, Walden University

Heather Richey, MA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chelsea McCollett, LMSW-cc, University of New England

Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, PhD Candidate, Brandeis University

Elizabeth Lowenhaupt, MD, Brown University

Irvin Rodriguez, University of Iowa

Cheryl Williams-Hecksel, LMSW, Michigan State University

Hermine Muskat, Boston University

Gabrielle Perruzzi, University of Iowa

Clare Dimond, University of Denver / Hope & Home

Shelby Helget, MSW, LGSW, University of Denver

Cynthia Valdivia, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Marrianne McMullen, University of Chicago, Chapin Hall

Sandra Bauer, MSW, PhD, Eastern University

Laura Sanders. LMSW, University of Michigan

Catherine Adler, Southern Oregon University

Gina Li, Boston University

Lauren Goodlove, University of Iowa

Dorlly Espinosa, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Kate Collins, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Jessica Coffey, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Melanie Sims, Simmons College

Latieca A Williams, Spring Arbor University

Jeremy Fulwiler, Wellness Beyond Words LLC

Alisha Bolin, Campbellsville University

Corrina M Holmes, Western Kentucky University

Kelsey Quigley, Pennsylvania State University

Marianna Isabelle Strasz, University of Louisville

Cate Solomon, Boston University

Helen Ni, Boston University

Mary L. Pulido, PhD, The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Mary Lou Edgar, MSS, LCSW, A Better Chance for Our Children

Charlotte Frilot MSW, LCSW, Louisiana State Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)

Nancy Sheehan Ng, Private Practice

Charles Caputo, Lifeline Center for Child Development

Robina Niaz, Turning Point for Women & Families

Darlene Allen , MS, Adoption Rhode Island

Kathryn McConnell, State of Lousiana, Department of Children & Family Services

Nancy Ramputi, LCSW, Retired

Marcia Daniel, Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana

Christina Romo, Adoptee and Child Welfare Professional

Lisa D. Maynard, SatiVirya, LLC, Therapist, Private Practice

Linda C. Brown, Child Welfare Administrator for New York State (Retired)

Brooke White, PhD, Private Practice, Specializing in Trauma Treatment

Bridgette Lery, PhD, San Francisco Human Services Agency

Laurel B. Freeman, MSW, LCSW, Freeman Mental Health & Consulting, LLC

Mitra Tummino, LICSW, The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health

Rachel Wilson, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital

Ron Stafford, Retired

Susan Bueche, MSW, LCSW, State of Lousiana, Department of Children & Family Services

Patricia Beresford, MSW, LMSW, Former Assistant Commissioner, NY State Office of Children and Families

Betsy Harris, Thompson Child Family Focus

Myrna McNitt, Lake Michigan College

Sandra Bernsbei, Private Practice

Shaun F. Donahue, State of Vermont

Ronni Rothstein, New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Deborah Borchers, M.D. , Crossroad Health Center, Cincinnati

Heide Gersh Rosner , Administration for Children’s Services

Kathleen Sullivan, Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services

Mary Jane Parker, Retired

Rick Barinbaum, The Center for Family Representation

Denise Rosario, Coalition for Hispanic Family Services

Cindy Phillips, Child Welfare Professional (Retired)

Susan Badeau, Trauma Expert, Author, Adoptive/Foster parent

Carol Biddle, National Center on Adoption and Permanency

Kim Stevens, North American Council on Adoptable Children

Sara Workman, New York City Administration for Children's Services

Liliana Hernandez, MSW, MPP, Virginia Family and Children’s Trust Fund

Tasnia Ahamed, LMSW, Turning Point for Women & Families

Lori Ross , FosterAdopt Connect

Mary Ellen Kondrat, MSW, PhD, Retired

Carmen Quinones, Good Shepherd Services

Margaret Burke, Retired

Jessica Girz, Growing Hope Through Love

Robin McHaelen, True Colors, Inc.

Lee Lounsbury, Retired

May Catterton, State of Maryland, Child Welfare Caseworker

Sheela A Bowler, Administration for Children's Services

Sheela A Bowler, Administration for Children's Services

Laryssa Kaechele, Foster/Adoptive Mom

Jennifer Oliva, Admininstration for Children's Services

Amy Wolf, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)

Holly Yep, Alameda County Social Services

Wanda Washington, Child Welfare Supervisor , Department of Children and Family Services

Ali Caliendo, Foster Kinship

Richard Heyl de Ortiz, Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York

Suzan Kotch, Alameda County, Department of Children and Family Services

Nancy D. Magnall, Respite Options of North Eastern Iowa and Allison Area Foster Parent Group

Leah Dods, Foster Kinship

Berenice Blas, Foster Kinship

Adele Gray, Sierra Forever Families

Melody Roe, The Adoption Exchange

Tracy Serdjenian, The Adoption Exchange

Program Director, National Adoption Center

Courtney Malecki, Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

Judy Cockerton, Treehouse Foundation

Lauren Higbee, State Agency

Michelle Hallinan, Stanford Children’s Health

Rebecca Ricardo, C2Adopt

Oriana Carey, Coalition for Children, Youth & Families

Jennifer Czaplewski, Coalition for Children, Youth & Families

Miriam Schachter, Esq., Family Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders

Jany Champagne, Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Susan Kanak, Retired

Linda Darter, CSF CEO (Retired)

Brittany Stewart, Families First of Florida

Howard Davidson, Founding Director, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law (Retired)

Sarah Berns, Adoptive/Foster Parent

Linda Cahill, MD, Butler Center for Children and Families, Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Maria Hylton, Adoptions Together

Elle de la Cruz, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital

Raelene Freitag, National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Kristine A. Welch, New York Foundling

Kerry Moles , Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New York City

Rose Messina, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital

Emma Vatsaas, The Adoption Exchange

Jessica Hartwig , The Adoption Exchange

Lindsay Kaeding, The Adoption Exchange

Jacqueline Bartko, The Adoption Exchange

Tara Barrett, The Adoption Exchange

Sandie Anderson, The Adoption Exchange

Kate Billman, The Adoption Exchange

Rachel S Tibbetts, The Adoption Exchange

E.A. Jurenovich, MS, LCPAA, LPC, LMFT, Abrazo Adoption Associates

Elizabeth Styron-Fuller, Louisiana State Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)

Courtney Lake, The Adoption Exchange

REBEKAH RAY, The Adoption Exchange

Kathy Searle, The Adoption Exchange

Jill Crewes, The Adoption Exchange

Yubisan Ventura, The Adoption Exchange

Cherie Langlinais , VPSB

Katrina George, The Adoption Exchange

Michele Fried, Adoption STAR, Inc.

Danielle Weisberg, LCSW, Westchester Institute for Human Development

Lauren Kapuranis, The Adoption Exchange

Roberto Macias Sanchez, Bennioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Shelly Linenberger , The Adoption Exchange

Leslie Pate Mackinnon, LCSW, Private Practitioner, Over Four Decades Working w/ Youth

Chrissey Buckley, The Adoption Exchange

Susan Siegeltuch, lcsw, acp, Children and Family Services

Debra Thornton, MSW, Los Angeles, Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)

Chris D. Butler, Iberville Parish Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)

Nanette Garrett , Foster Kinship

James B Deshotels, Jr, Foster Care Supervisor (Retired)

Kristin fasy, The Adoption Exchange

Danielle Ivanovich, The Adoption Exchange

Tristanne Walliser, LMSW, Little Flower Children and Family Services

Michelle Rolfsmeyer, Fostering Change for Children

Mollie Warren , Denver Department of Human Services

Sabrina Marie Petrie, Former Foster Youth

Barbara Dobbyn, MSW, Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families, (Retired)

Joanna Leff, Good Shepherd Services

Chelsea Taylor, The Adoption Exchange

Toni Cardenas, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Child Advocacy Center

Martha W. Hulbert, M.A., , President & Founder, Truth In Adoption Maine Org.

Brittany Fielding, The Adoption Exchange

Sara Bennett, The Adoption Exchange

Samuel Rubenzahl, Rubenzahl, Knudsen & Associates Psychological Services

Renee Jonason, The Adoption Exchange

Ilena Robbins, LMSW , Lawyers for Children

Brooks Kaskela, The Adoption Exchange

Therese Roe Lund, MSSW, Action for Child Protection

Maya Brodziak, Lawyers for Children

Catherine Macaluso, Graham Windham

Anne Wills, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (Retired)

Dixie van de Flier Davis, Ed.D., The Adoption Exchange

Sandra R. Davis, North American Council on Adoptable Children

Christine Lawton, Child Protective Services

Jessica Roe, The Adoption Exchange

Mary McFadden, New York City Department of Education

Lyndsey Womack, The Adoption Exchange

Jennifer Miller, ChildFocus

Marian Davidson-Amodeo, Director, Child Development Center, JBFCS (Retired)

Darla L Henry , Darla L Henry Associates Inc/ 3-5-7 Model

Kecia Sakazaki, Aging Up

Lisa Berndt, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital

Christie Appelhanz, Children’s Alliance of Kansas

Hope James, Samaritas

Madison Sandoval-Lunn , Youth Team Network

anne harvey , Boston, Court Appointed Special Advocate

Julie Minor MSW, LCSW, La Rabida Children's Hospital

Amanda Peters, Saint Francis Community Services

Donna Smith, Foster Care Advocate

Mitzi Monson, Ember Hope Trainer and Foster Parent

Katie Benn, Kids Care Club

Jessica Holzwart MSW, Colorado Department of Human Services

Tammy Sandoval, Alaska Child Welfare Academy

Jennifer Arculeo, SCO Family of Services

Amanda Peterman, LCMFT, Private Practice

Naoma McCosley, Adoptive Parent of 11 Children Through DSS

Janice Goldwater, Adoptions Together/FamilyWorks Together

Kate Oliver, A Healing Place

Kaitlin Tufts, HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services

Jill Wynn, New York Department of Education

Monya J Ward, Department of Children & Families

Karen Willhite LISW-S, Franklin County Children Services

Anna Breen, Department of Children & Families, Foster Parent

Christine, Prince Geoge Count Department of Social Services (Retired)

Carolyn E Pooler, Adopted Person

Connie L Gray, Foster Care Alumni of America, Texas Chapter

Alice Burba, Child Welfare Training Consultant

Kevin A. Campbell, Center on Family Finding and Youth Connectedness

Lori J Higginbotham, LCSWC-C, Baltimore City, Department of Social Services

Roque Gerald Psy.D., Child Welfare Professional (Retired)

Jan McCarthy, Retired

Susan M. Berkowitz LCSW-C, Transformations Psychotherapy Services, LLC

Adam Pertman, National Center on Adoption and Permanency

Jessica Levy, LMSW, SCO Family of Services

Lizette Ubides, Responsive Recovery, LLC

Valerie Oren-Stewart, Washington Adoption Reunion Movement

Jeanette Maines, Franklin County Children Services

Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT, Experience Courage Therapy

Hope freed, Private Practice

Jacqueline T, LCSW, New York City, Foster Care Prevention

Wanda Frankel, JBFCS

Fabienne Parker, Kansas Foster and Adoptive Parent Association

Ellen Deal, AM, LSWAIC, MHP, Institute for Family Developers

April A. Lilly, LCSW, Child Welfare Practitioner

Madeline Taylor, MSW , Yolo Health and Human Services Agency

Sue Cherney, Retired

Jennifer scheib, Native American Youth and Family Center

Allison Berwald, New York City LGBTQ Youth Agency

Jordan Fox-Kemper, LICSW, Resilient Sisterhood Project

Acey A Mercer, Choices Counseling & Consulting

Dorothy (Dede) Hill, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy

Karen Stormann, Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services

Nikki Potter, MSW, International Adoption Agency

Colleen Steppa, MSW, LGSW, Family Social Worker

Sheila Collins, Humanity

Gabrielle Dean, Right Turn

Timothy Crumley, LMHC, Psychotherapist

Julia Decanio , Acadia

Rhonda Bills, Department of Health and Human Resources

Nicole Schroeder, Good Samaritan

Lorelei Schaffhausen LCSW, Retired

Kaley Berlin, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital

Wanda Brewer , Walden

Stephanie Pargas, UHS

Ellen Kaye Trahan, LCSW, Retired

Virginia Vitzthum, Youth Communication

Laura Tice, Choices Counseling & Consulting

Stacy Marchessault Burnett, The Adams Center

Jacquelyn Hutton, Child Protection Worker

Christine Linn, Youth Services

Barbara Poncelet , The RedCo Group

Patricia Noon, Choices Counseling & Consulting

Tracy Defina, Eastern University

Raquel Chandler, Social Worker for Social Services Children and Family Services (Retired)

Limaya Atembina, Westat

Erin Pixley Thurston, LCSW, Rochester Regional Health/Healthy Moms

Lauren Lipps, MSW, Social Worker

Elizabeth Condrey, LMSW, Choices Counseling

Patricia K. Cronin, LCSW-C, The Family Tree

Claudia Johnson, MA, Princeton Seminary and Oregon Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Programs

Deborah Weisinger, PsyD, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

Don Phelps MSW, PhD, LCSW, Social Worker, Naperville, Il

B. Sue Epstein, Psychologist/Psychoanalyst

Debra Abrams, LSW, MIP

Amber Brookman , FamilyWise Services

Donovan Fones, School Based Mental Health Program

Alyse Scanlon, LCSW

Rebecca Bilodeau, MSW Student, Boston University

Heather Mills, Choices Counseling and Consulting

Kathy MacDonald, LICSW,

Michelle Helmer, Ramsey County Child Protection

Kristianna Fontes Callahan, MSW, LICSW, School Social Worker; Former Child Protection Worker

Nancy Caro Hollander, PhD, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

Rachel Fell, LMSW

Sarah Lusardi, MSW

Shelley Tinney, Florida Department of Children and Families

Juliana Scherer , Silver Lining Mentoring

Amy L Brodsky , Cleveland Clinic

Athena Marsden , Former Foster Child/State of Washington, DCYF, Social Worker

Jennifer Carson , Voices for Children Montgomery

Francha T. Davis, Voices for Children Montgomery

Lyn Ariyakulkan, MSW, Independent Consulting

Francha Davis

Elizabeth Haas, LICSW, Private Practitiioner

Laurel M. Silber, Psy.D., Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia

DAVE Stewsrt, Departmetn of Social Services, Prince Georges County (Retired)

Becky Reichel, MSW, LISW, KIPP Minnesota

Sherri Michel-Singer, Child Welfare Worker (Retired)

Barbara Putyra, Childrens Bureau

Peyton Kinnaird MA, LPCS, SEP, Private Practice

Alexandra Rosenberg, LCSW, Gosnold Inc.

Deborah Wenzel, Educator-MCPS

Nicole Elliot , Veteran Health

Carmen E Spooner, Social Worker

Yolanda Dixon, Compass Clinical

Judy Hu, Judy Hu Counseling

Loretta McNeil, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families

Gretchen Kishbaugh, Ph.D., Private Practice

N Rose Gaston, MSW, Hennepin Healthcare

Colleen M. Locke, Retired Social Worker

Francesca Longo, SRCD

Brittany Almaraz, MD, Crossroad Health Center

James Haskins, LICSW, Baystate

Clay Jones, M.Ed., IMH-E(III), The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health

Katharine Hill, St. Catherine University- University of St. Thomas

Colleen Shannon, MSW, LICSW, The Children’s Room, Center for Grieving Children and Teens

Jessica Holt-Woehl , LSW

Melena Anderson, MSW, LSW, State of New Jersey, Division of Child Protection and Permanency

Lauren Nicole Clookie, WIN Family Services

Pamela L. Smelser, LCSW-C , Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency

Kate Henneberry, LCSW, HopeWell, Inc.

Sophie Hansen, Boston Children’s Hospital

Joanne Featherston, MSW, LICSW, Spectrum Health Systems

Ann E. Haman, M.A., M.S.W., LCSW-C, Mental Health/Private Practice

Sylvia Romero, MSW, PhD, C-SSWS, Retired

Tracey Drummond , WIN Family Health

Lara Quiles, Department of Children & Families

Jean Davis, Solo Practitioner, Child Welfare

Ashley Huie, Nsuh

Trinidad de jesus Arguello, Mental Health Clinical Social Worker

Betsy Abrams , Deptartment of Human Services, Cambridge, MA

Valerie Laabs-Siemon, Wisconsin Psychoanlytic Society

Lara Bruce, Butler Institute for Families

Sara McKlugell, JD, MSW, Minnesota Judicial Branch

Allison White, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network

Ellen B Luborsky, Ph.D., Independent Private Practice

Allison Litzenberg, Social Worker

Melissa Román , Child Welfare

Katie Facchinello , Colorado Department of Human Services

Kara Swedlow , Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

Dr. Shreeve PsyD, MA, MACP, LMHC, LPC, Northwest Psychological Associates PLLC

Veronica Santos , Department of Children and Family Services

Maria Mendoza, Department of Children and Family Services

Deborah Weatherston, Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health

Jessica R. Kendall, ICF

Sheila Fitzgerald, Department of Children and Families

Christelle Thaw-Bolton, MEd, YWCA

Chelsea Galioto , The Kennedy Center

Cary Cain, MPH, RN, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston

Elizabeth Bernstein, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis

Sarah Wilson , Clinica Family Health

Kaitlyn Basile, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Katherine Stephanadis, LMSW, QSSW, KIPP New Orleans Schools, Clinical Social Worker

Wanda Classen, MSW, LCSW,

Elizabeth Kuzyk, Department of Children and Families

Kathryn Tsagronis , Boston University

Sharon Brown, RN, MSN, APRN, PC Associates, Reno, Nevada

Cristina Costa, LICSW, Private Practice Therapist

Elisa Kawam, NASW-NM

Susan Grundberg, MSW, MPA, Independent Child Welfare Consultant

Ruth Lijtmaer, PhD, CPPNJ

Kelly Emmett, Department of Children and Families

Yesenia Arellano, Department of Children and Families

Kathleen Shine-O’Brien. LMHC, Private Psychotherapy Practice

Jessica Kuilan, Magna's Haven, Inc.

Chelsea Welch, Simmons College

Skyler Cruz, Social Worker

Cassandra Edwards, Retreat Healthcare

Ellen mcCurkey, Boston University MSW ‘05, MPH ‘06

Jacqueline Coplin , Maryland Dept of Human Resources (Retired)

Lela Zaphiropoulos, Women's Therapy Centre Institute

Thomas W. Murphy, LCSW, Institute of Professional Practice Inc.

Sherry M. Sukol, Ph.D., Private Practice

Audey Lee, Children First, Inc.

Angela Tucker, The Adopted Life

Bill Gettman, Northern Rivers Family of Services

Bridget Hughes, Hetrick-Martin Institute

Susan Kautz, Bellefaire

Melodie Peet, Institute of Professional Practice

Erin Peterson, Boston Medical Center

Maria L. Quintanilla, MSW, LCSW, Latino Family Institute

Payel Mukherjee, SOS Children's Village India

Fatima Mirza, PhD, MSW, Center for Pastoral Counseling of Virginia

Elijah Nella, LMFT, Choices Consulting and Counseling

Cyndy Fontaine, State Child Welfare Rhode Ilsand (Retired)

Erin Teeter, Wichita Children's Home

Maggie Grace Keil, NASW-NM

Suzanne Kearney, LCSW,

Sebastian Christopher Lyons, MSW, Washington State Children’s Administration

Christina Smith, Department of Children Youth and Families

Peggy Aguilar, Lawyers for Children

Anna Lindberg Cedar, MPA, LCSW, Licensed Psychotherapist

Kim C Eithun, Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System

Leslie Griffith, MIAIMH Member

Laura Taylor, Madison Adoption Associates

Zack Fried, Adoption STAR

Julie Frick, LMSW, Trauma Specialist

Kathleen Herrick, LMSW, Retired - Eaton Regional Education Services Agency

Lindsey Philpot, CDSS

Margo Siegel,LMSW, PLLC, 0

Lisa Robinson, LLMSW, Clinical Therapist

Melanie Martin, LMSW, CCS, Detroit

Susan Stackpoole, LCSW, BCD, Summit Psychological

Phyllis Charles, Georgia Avenue Family Support Collaborative

Susan Stackpoole,LCSW, BCD, Summit Psychological

R Garcia, SMMC

Sarah Whitledge , Private Practice Mental Health Therapy

Benjamin Scott, KYUMH

Deborah Peyton Taylor, MSN, RN, Pediatric and Adult Pallative/Hospice Care

Philip Gilyanna,

Amy Fairchild, LCSW, Tangipahoa Parish School System

Moses Farrow ,

April Dinwoodie , June in April LLC

Ellen Kshn, Human Rights Campaign

Susan Kautz, Bellefaire

Alexis Koch, Lexi Koch Life Coach

Anna Stone, Social Worker and Administrator (Retired)

Kevin Donohue, Mental Health Association of Rockland County, NY

Donna Hornsby, Social Work Solutions

Angela Braxton, Family Consultant , Authenticus LLC

Sophia Pazos, LCSW,

Cortney Bolt, National Association of Social Workers

Joy S Rosenthal, Esq, Rosenthal Law & Mediation

Penelope L. Maza, PhD, Independent Consultant

Lamont Carver, Special Education Teacher

Gaye Gibson, RN, MS, PsyD, Here & Tao Hypnotherapy

Lisa Catalfamo , South Glens Falls CSD and Upstate New York Migrant Advocacy Network

kathleen crotty, Teacher-New York State (Retired)

Sandy Varndell , OutSupport, Inc

Elizabeth J Hatcj, Nurse

Pat Griesi, PS/MS 46

Margery , Lally

James Gardner sr, In This Policy

Louisa Footman, SEED School of Maryland

Michele Stans,

Sara Campbell , Milfrod Counseling Inc.

Peter Digre, MSW, MPA, DMn., Consultant

Barbara Barriere, Mother and Grandmother

Rosmary Pezzuto, Camp Fire Patuxent Area

Debbie Oliva ,

Bethany Daly Miller, LCSW-C,

Amanda Johnson, American Citizen

Mary Gayle Adams , NACAC

Geraldine M Henry, Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother

Amy Klatzkin, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist

Matthew Goldman, Swarthmore College, Alumnus

Jacqueline Smollar, Independent Consultant

Pamela Schachter, MS Ed., Consultant in Special Education

Elizabeth S Cole, Elizabeth S Cole Associates

Melanie Sarah Francis, LCSW,

Giancarlo Pia, LMSW, National Heritage Academies

Mary S Harvey,

Susan Murray,

Leah W. Jennings, Parent of Five

Caitlin Sellers, CDS Therapy

Jeannie DiBenedetto, Academy of Mount St. Ursula

Sister Lynn Caton, CSJ, Sister of Saint Joseph, Brentwood

Vickie Hainbach, School District of Lancaster

Peter R Correia III, FCC Consulting

Margaret Molitor, Social Worker

Susan Magazine, Consultant

Tammy Davis Follins, Christus St. Patrick Hospital

Jennifer Schierlman , KS

Michelle Clawson, LCSW, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Sarah Coats, Social Worker

Pamela Robbins, KFAPA

Mallorie Hurlbert ,

Rev. Richard A Shockey, Church of the Nazarene

Ilene Minor,

Greta Averbach, LCSW, MA, Southern Maine Center for Autism

Jo Ellen Layne, Social Worker/Educator/Therapist (Retired)

Mary Elizabeth Rider, MSW, Rider Consulting

Amy Hecht, PhD, Hecht Ribas Group

Alanna Navitski, Catskill Wheelhouse School

Kellie Henderson,

Jennifer Stokes, Dayton, OH

Patricia L Misher LCSW,

Amy Otey, SFCS

Lila Redmount, LCSW, Independent Practitioner

Rachel Stompoly, LBSW, KVC Behavioral Healthcare

Etta Lappen Davis, Etsky Consulting, Bolton MA

Danielle Lerro, CIS 303

Claudia shanley, Smith College, School of Social Work Alumni

Morgan Skye Pisco, CIS 303

Aubrey Devore, MA, LPC, NCC, CPT, Keyhole Counseling & Wellness

Molly Tierney ,

Daniel Busso, Ed.D, Frame Works Institute

Diane Koehler, Social Worker (Retired)

Nicole Williams, LMSW, KP

Anika Schenck-Fontaine, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories

Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, National Crittenton

Francesca Longo, SRCD

Deacon Leonel Briseno, Diocese of Las Cruces

Ann Robertson, Robertson Immigration Law Firm

Vanessa Schneider, MUSC

David Eugene Piccus, Piccus 4 Color, Inc. - Color Training

Christie Byrd, Community Mental Health Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Sarah Koenen, University of Iowa (Student)

Mallorie Hardesty,

Alejandra Alvarado, Mosaic Family Counseling Center Inc.

Elizabeth Rose-Marini, University of California, LA, Medical Center, Psychiatric Inpatient Social Worker

Sara Lien

Judith Rosenblatt, LCSW, Lincoln

Ari E. Fox, LCSW-R, Cope With School NYC

Justine Woolner Wise, Gender Wellness Center

Lisa Goldblatt grace, LICSW, MPH, My Life My Choice

Ann Kutzler, Benedictive Health Center

Amy McDannald

Antonia Bercovici, PhD

Cara Worden, Ann Arbor Public Schools

Karri Biehle, Coach

Rolando J Fuentes MSW

Stacy Sterling, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Division of Research

Allan Adler

Margaret Swanson, MSW

Tyesha Kincade, BPHC

Russell Holstein, Psychology Private Practice

Sara Noone , Nativity Preparatory School (Boston)

Theresa J. Elders, LCSW, Formerly with US Peace Corps

Emily Hutchinson, MSSW, Retired

Barbara Eisold, Cardozo

Abby LeClair, LICSW, NASW

Kelly Ranasinghe, Henderson and Ranasinghe LLP

Erica Nichole Vasquez

Laura Brandt, MSW

Cassandra George

Tami Gouveia, Committee to Elect Tami Gouveia

Miriam Braude

Angela Le Beau

Sonia Velazquez

Amanda Moon, MSW, LCSW, TC Harris School

Julie Reinhart, Bend Lapine Schools

Joan Frank

Tamra Hopkins, High Desert Montessori

Valerie O’Brien , UCD

Susan O’Connor, Author, National Speaker

Bowles , Kristin Bowles and Associates

Kenia Leon, LCADC, LMFT, Nevada Department of Corrections

Tonia Burk

Andrea Black, ULM

Hongkham Sornsena, UWM

Elizabeth Baez, Apollo Theatet Foundation/Academy

Maria Ramirez Leyva

Rolando Cantú, Voto Latino at The American University

Ilene Beninson, Mindful Living

Margaret Hendrickson

Mary Schmitt, Retired

Susan David, Summit Academy North Elementary School

Linda Caurdy-Bess, Beaumont Hospital

Elizabeth Radenbaugh

Christine Zimmerman, NASW Member

Kristine Buffington