by operations | May 25, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
When Mrs. Priscilla Smith shared the story of how the Durham Department of Social Services (DSS) mistreated her family, it inspired several others to come forward. Three additional individuals have offered their own painfully similar accounts of how Durham DSS and the...
by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Image credit: WRAL News The harm inflicted on Priscilla Smith’s family by the Durham Department of Social Services was so excruciating that she hopes no other family ever has to endure the same pain. Smith, who now lives in Ohio, joined Emancipate NC at a press...
by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Struggling with Child Protective Services (CPS)? You’re not alone. Looking for support carrying the burden of parenthood? You’re not alone. On Saturday, May 27, 2 – 5pm, Team Emancipate’s Toia Potts will be hosting the first Healthy Healing Parent Support Group...
by operations | Mar 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Image: DSS Board Chair and Durham County Commissioner Wendy Jacobs during Monday’s commission meeting At the Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting this past Monday, DSS Assistant Director of Child & Family Services Jovetta Whitfield presented a...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Even in a system that has already done so much harm to Toia Potts’ family, DSS illegally directing the clerk of court not to file adoption petitions on behalf of her children’s biological kin still seemed almost unbelievable. And yet these actions were exactly what...
by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
For Team Emancipate, the work to transform “child welfare” is personal. It is shaped by the experiences of Toia Potts, a grieving mother and Emancipate’s newest organizer. Durham’s family policing system terminated her parental rights for two boys after she spent...
