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Parents Are Suing New York City Over Coercive, Traumatizing Home Searches

2024-02-26T15:41:02-05:00February 21st, 2024|

Mother Jones

"Parents are left humiliated and “unable to protect their children in their own homes,” says David Shalleck-Klein, executive director of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort]...He noted that ACS should be able to search families’ homes—but only when they follow legal procedures."

NYC Child Welfare Investigators Coerce, Traumatize Families, Class-action Lawsuit Claims

2024-02-26T15:33:37-05:00February 21st, 2024|

Gothamist

“ACS leaves in their wake real fear, real trauma, and real consequences that need to be accounted for,” said David Shalleck-Klein, an attorney for the nine families bringing the suit and the founder and director of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort]."

NYC Parents Sue City’s Child Welfare Agency For Intrusive, Distressing And Degrading’ Search Practices

2024-02-26T15:38:06-05:00February 20th, 2024|

Courthouse News

"The plaintiffs are seeking damages on claims of Fourth Amendment unreasonable search violations. They’re being represented by David Shalleck-Klein of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort]."

NYC Child Protection Agency Uses ‘Coercive Tactics’ To Bully Parents Into Allowing Warrantless Searches

2024-02-26T15:31:15-05:00February 20th, 2024|

Reason

"According to the lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday [by the Family Justice Law Center, part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort), ACS employs a widespread policy of coercing families under investigation to allow case workers into their homes."

Child Abuse Investigators Traumatize Families, Lawsuit Charges

2024-02-21T10:11:04-05:00February 20th, 2024|

NY Times

"Ms. Gould, 35, and the other plaintiffs are represented by the Family Justice Law Center, an organization dedicated to preventing unnecessary family separation. Its executive director, David Shalleck-Klein, said that the suit was not meant to stop A.C.S. investigations altogether, but to focus on illegal searches."

She Kicked An Abusive Partner Out Only To Find Herself Under ACS Supervision

2023-12-11T11:56:39-05:00December 6th, 2023|

NY Daily News

David Shalleck-Klein, executive director of the Family Justice Law Center [part of UJC's Social Justice Accelerator] and one of her attorneys, said ACS supervision is a frequent requirement for survivors of domestic violence to maintain custody — but is often deeply misguided.

Report Calls for Backing Groups Serving South Asian Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

2023-10-16T15:05:00-04:00October 9th, 2023|

The American Bazaar

“These organizations [under-resourced community based orgs] are foundational to survivor safety, healing, and recovery, forming the bedrock of the South Asian anti-GBV movement, notes the report by South Asian SOAR a national collective of survivors, 35+ organizations.”

20 South Asian Gender-based Violence Groups Noted “Alarming” Rise in Helpline Requests At the Height of Pandemic

2023-10-11T13:05:46-04:00October 8th, 2023|

American Kahani

“In 2021, twenty South Asian gender-based (GBV) organizations received an alarming number of over 43,000 helpline requests, and overall client volume nearly doubled between 2020 and 2021, a new report by South Asian SOAR (SOAR) has revealed.”

A Chai-versation with Amrita Doshi, Co-Founder of SOAR

2023-10-02T14:13:18-04:00October 1st, 2023|

Chai Break

A conversational podcast in which Amrita Doshi, Co-Founder of South Asian SOAR, part of our UJC Social Justice Accelerator, discusses her own experiences of survivorship and her several years of work across public health, technology, and art.