The Impact of Race on the Welfare of Children: A Town Hall Meeting

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Maryland CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), a private, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring all victims of child abuse and neglect their right to safe, permanent homes, is hosting a town hall meeting to explore racial disparities in the child welfare system. 

Every day in America, approximately 700 children are removed from their homes and placed in foster care as a result of abuse and neglect.  Nearly half of those children will be children of color.  Once they enter the foster care system, children of color are more likely than white children to drift from one foster home to another, end up in group care and have poor outcomes.  They are less likely to be reunited with their families or otherwise find permanent homes.  

Speaker: Oronde Miller, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Oronde Miller is a Senior Associate at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) in Washington, DC, where he advances CSSP’s work to achieve race equity in the nation’s child welfare system, within a broader portfolio of work to improve the well-being of all children and families in this country. Prior to joining CSSP, Oronde was the chief of staff at the Maryland Department of Human Resources. Miller’s professional experience includes direct service, program development and management, community engagement as well as child welfare and educational system reform efforts.  Before working in child welfare, Miller was involved in urban public school system reform efforts addressing race, cultural socialization, teacher training and institutional bureaucracy. He is the author of “Facing the Rising Sun: Perspectives on African American Family and Child Well-Being.” Miller earned his bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master of science in developmental psychology from Howard University.

Come to learn about what you can do to help address these disparities in the welfare of our children.  This event is free and open to the public but pre-registration is required.