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Welcome to DCRally2008

November 5th, 2007

This blog is here for you to discuss the upcoming rally in DC on Aug. 15-17, 2008.

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1. admin | November 5th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

Now is the time for all people to come to the aid of our families.
2. Bobbie Jo | November 20th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

Please anyone that can help me with the system, please contact me at smplsxyp@yahoo.com

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
41 days
Current mood: sick
Category: Friends

Well, today is 41 days since I have seen my children or had any contact with them…..Talk about feeling like you are slowly dieing.. I feel like my kids are on dental floss and I can not reach out to save them.. It is amazing how certain people have the right to just destroy another person or families lives and then be able to sleep at night… For the past 10 years since the birth of my daughter and son I have been there fighting for that happy life every day. .I have tried to think Positive and to live each day 100%. I, myself as a parent is always pushing myself to strive to excellence and to give my children that life most people could only dream of..
Wednesday, March 7th I took my children tubing at Perfect North Slopes…Perfect night for everyone to get together and have a fun filled evening.. A time to relax and act like a kid again and to enjoy the most precious moments of your children s lives.. Their Childhood.. Well, let me tell you it was an awesome night!! My son is 100% boy and did he have several wipe outs.. Scared? Yes I was the first few times he came barreling down the hill and fell off his tube and then tumbled the rest of the way till he laid there not moving… Just as we would run to see if he was alive, he would jump up and give us the “thumbs up” and run back up the hill to just do the same again and again… You don’t really think about the acts that could cost you the rest of your lives together.. Now I am being charged with a class D Felony and still to this day do not have my kids back….
3. phylllis | December 24th, 2007 at 6:44 am

I dont understand…you child was at a water park, he got hurt, so child protective services took your 2 children?
Amazing..what state is this?
I’m in New Jersey

see my myspace page: myspace.com/rosiegroup
4. Reality Check | January 20th, 2008 at 7:31 am

This is terrible, happenning to black, white, rich, poor, all people sufferring. Now is the time to begin enlisting support. I am white male. I am old enough to remember the dogs attacking black marchers on TV, and I came to washington for civil rights marches to DEMAND it stop! Now I am sufferring the same civil rights torn my my children. I will be there and bring others, PLEASE only in huge numbers we can force change to happen. There is plenty of time. Come see the nations capitol and stand up for what is right.
5. Susan | February 17th, 2008 at 2:13 am

I was at the DC Rally 2007 & want to attend the 08 Rally. I hope this year it will be bigger and better than ever. Check out my myspace: social services suck.
6. Robert and Angela Pedersen | February 21st, 2008 at 1:30 pm

The entire Equal Parenting Bike Trek Crew is excited about the upcoming FPF in Washington, D.C. The Equal Parenting Bike Trek cyclists will depart from Lansing, MI on 08/07 at 12 Noon. The cyclists will pedal over 758 miles to reach Washington, D.C. early for the start of the 2nd Annual Family Preservation Festival.

http://www.cycling4children.com

2008 will be bigger and better!
7. Dmitri | April 11th, 2008 at 9:02 am

It’s amazing. I like it. Sounds good to me, even though I can’t agree with everything< that is written here
8. Rev.Sherry | May 4th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

I will be at The rally and I am willing to volunteer as speaker on the behalf of the American Families.

Things you can do>>>>>>>
I encourage others to be there with signs just say no C.P.S.
Just say no to separating a family society.
make sign with your childs photo on it stating you want your child back
You could also make a sign with a photo of the dollar bill saying you do not want your tax money going to these orginizations.
Tell your story on air as a guest speaker . Email me if you would like to tell your Story on Air!
9. Jean Abram | May 6th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

I was at the 2007 Rally. It was awesome.Hopefully more will attend this years Rally. I would suggest packing a lunch,as food at the Washington Monument is highly expensive.If you plan on eating at a concession stand,plan on at least 10.00 a person.See you in August………..
10. Susan | May 21st, 2008 at 2:29 pm

With this horrible mess in TX bringing CPS into the spotlight, will there be any of the FLDS victims at the rally? That would be great to get some of them to speak.
11. Audrey | May 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm

Hello! My name is Audrey and I am an aunt with 7 nieces and nephews in the system. After 2 years of fighting and not gettting anywhere, I have put together a new afffiliate of the ACFC in Wyoming. We are raising money to send as many members from our group as possible to attend the Rally. I just want to tell all of you that we can do this. We can win this. It won’t be easy and it’ll probably take awhile, but these children are so worth it! I will fight until I’m gone. This is a civil rights issue, we all just have to educate the general public. The reality is that you don’t know about this system until you’re in it and then it’s too late. If anyone went to DC last year, I am asking for any advice you may have. Hotels, etc. I look forward to meeting all of you there!
12. Dianne | May 29th, 2008 at 2:54 am

Another child died in May 2008 while in state custody–foster care in Indiana. There should be a public outcry of massive proportions–how can the public sit silent!

CPS seems beyond the law and they will not give up their power easily! No one over sees their activites nor is anyone in authority willing to go up against them. This has to stop—where is the freedom where are the rights?

I will be there if at all possible!
13. Cindy | May 30th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

Is there an itinerary for the 2008 FPF?
Thinking of attending and would like more info.
14. Lynn Smith | June 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 pm

As a single parent of three who wanted nothing more than to preserve my family I can certainly commiserate with all here. The thing I find frightening is that I am aware of an individual that does not have custody of his/her children due to severe mental illness and instability. This individual has taken this very valid cause and turned it into a personal calling. Anyone can say they are anything on the internet, what’s important to remember is that in the majority of cases a parent is denied parenting time for very valid reasons. Judges look very closely at what is best for the children…they typically are not out to “get” a parent, but to offer the children the most stable, supportive environment. There are indeed three sides to every story, and perception in each case can vary greatly. Be cautious of taking sides, you never know if what your siding with is the most accurate version of the truth.
15. Nancy Hey | June 19th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

Editorial: Baby snatching by Arlington County

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http://www.examiner.com/a-1347693~Baby_snatching_by_Arlington_County.html

Editorial
Baby snatching by Arlington County
The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper
2008-04-18 07:00:00.0
Current rank: # 3,162 of 8,738

WASHINGTON -
There’s an empty highchair sitting in the kitchen of the Arlington home of Nancy Hey and Christopher Slitor. It’s their daughter Sabrina’s highchair. But it’s been empty for two years because thieves disguised as Arlington County social workers and judges took her from her parents. She was stolen with no public scrutiny or accountability. Arlington County social workers used unproven allegations of neglect in April 2005 to justify removing then-3-week-old Sabrina from her parent’s home. Her parents were accused - anonymously - of starving Sabrina. And they were deemed unable to care properly for their daughter, even with the frequent help of Nancy Hey’s mother and a full-time nanny. After more than two years of legal wrangling with the county’s Child Protective Services (CPS), Arlington Circuit Court Judge James Almand terminated the couple’s parental rights in June 2007.

But nine months earlier, Sabrina’s parents were completely exonerated by Virginia CPS hearing officer George Walton, who noted in his official report that, despite the baby’s worrisome 10-ounce weight loss soon after her birth by Caesarian section, nothing in the her medical record indicated she had ever been in danger. There was also no evidence, Walton added, that Sabrina’s “failure to thrive” resulted from parental neglect.

In fact, the record showed the opposite: Nancy Hey – who suffers from a developmental disorder that makes it difficult for her to recognize non-verbal signals from others – and her husband fully cooperated with medical professionals and CPS workers throughout their ordeal. In any case, Sabrina was at her proper weight when she was taken away by county officials, two days after her parents told social worker Dana Zemke that they were retaining a lawyer. Arlington Judge Esther Wiggins Lyles signed the removal order with neither Hey nor Slitor even aware of the proceedings, much less being present to contest the decision. Sabrina went to a politically influential local professional couple with no training as foster parents, despite CPS requirements that foster couples be trained before being entrusted with children.

Judge Almand later used the baby’s inappropriate removal to justify making the separation permanent, saying it would be too “traumatic” to return Sabrina to her natural parents. So, when Sabrina turned 3 April 3rd, she didn’t blow out her birthday candles in the kitchen where her heart-broken parents still keep her empty highchair. Even after spending $350,000 in legal fees, they have not given up hope. They’ve asked the Virginia Court of Appeals to return their child. Meanwhile, every Arlington County employee involved should be put under oath and questioned in public about their role in this outrage.

Examiner
16. Nancy Hey | June 19th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Is it child protection or legal kidnapping?

The URL for this article is:
http://www.examiner.com/a-1413848~Is_it_child_protection_or_legal_kidnapping_.html

Special Reports
Is it child protection or legal kidnapping?
Barbara F. Hollingsworth, The Examiner
2008-05-29 13:04:58.0
Current rank: # 892 of 8,738

Children being taken from their homes, based on tips from anonymous telephone callers alleging abuse or neglect, has been cast in a harsh spotlight in the Texas polygamy case, and there’s growing evidence that more than a few of the 510,000 children placed in foster care annually don’t belong there.

In February, Georgia state Sen. Nancy Schaefer released a blistering assessment of the bureaucrats entrusted to protect children there: “I believe Child Protective Services (CPS) nationwide has become corrupt and that the entire system is broken almost beyond repair. I am convinced parents and families should be warned of the dangers.”

Armed with court orders and protected by confidentiality statutes that function as bureaucratic shield laws, CPS workers need just one anonymous phone call to a hotline to swoop in and remove children, regardless of the facts.

Such calls can be legitimate, coming from a legally mandated reporter such as a doctor or teacher. But it could also be a fabrication from a vindictive ex-spouse, a nosy neighbor, or a disgruntled relative.

Since no laws clearly define child abuse and neglect, parents have been accused of these serious crimes when what they actually did was yell, withhold TV privileges, or “repressing” their children by supervising them too much.

Dr. Steven Krason, professor of political science and legal studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville, is writing a book on CPS wrongdoing based on two decades of research.

Krason says CPS itself now poses “a grave threat” because “it is almost impossible to fully insulate one’s family from…a system that on very little pretense can simply reach into the home and take away one’s offspring.”

He’s convinced the number of real child abuse cases has remained fairly steady over the last three decades; what has been growing is an unprecedented government assault on innocent parents.

And if it doesn’t take much to have your children placed in foster care, getting them back can be another story. An anonymous call about a 10-ounce weight loss by their then 3-week-old daughter triggered a legal avalanche that buried Arlington residents Nancy Hey and Christopher Slitor.

Their parental rights were terminated last year by Arlington Judge James Almand even though Hey and Slitor had been exonerated by of all neglect charges nine months earlier.

In another local case, Georgetown residents Greg and Juliana Caplan had to spend $75,000 on lawyers and wait two weeks before their children were returned, even after five doctors confirmed that an injury sustained by one of their twin daughters was not caused by abuse.

The Caplans are still listed as possible child abusers in D.C., however, because they refused to submit to psychological counseling. Despite the stigma, that might have been a wise decision.

The psychological evaluation trap is one of the least expected obstacles facing parents snared unfairly in the CPS system. Most panicked parents promise to do anything to get their children back, often agreeing to a battery of psychological tests they naively believe will prove their parental competence and end the nightmare. But it doesn’t always work out that way.

Arlington social workers told Hey that she had to undergo psychological testing before she could get her baby back, so the longtime Federal Communications Commission employee readily agreed.

She was diagnosed with two clinical disorders by Dr. Giselle Hass at the Multicultural Clinical Center in Springfield. This psychological evaluation was cited in the court ruling terminating Hey’s parental rights.

But an independent, expert analysis of the report obtained by The Examiner included scathing critique of the methodology used to evaluate Hey, saying it “…reads more like advocacy than a professional psychological assessment… clear and frequent evidence of error… Any graduate student who turned in as poorly scored and interpreted a test as did this evaluator would probably have failed the first semester.”

Besides violations of standard practice and professional rules of ethics, the analysis noted numerous illustrations of bias in the psychological profile and “a consistent failure to include data that would be favorable to Mrs. Hey,”including 17 computer-generated scores on the Parental Stress Index that were all in the normal range.

This was a significant omission, given that Judge Almand cited Hey’s tendency of “freezing…in times of stress” as one of the main reasons she could not be trusted to raise her own child.

Hey – who has never been convicted of either abuse or neglect – has had no contact with three-year-old Sabrina since Judge Almand allowed her to be adopted by the same foster family Arlington CPS workers originally selected to care for her baby.

Barbara F. Hollingsworth is The Examiner’s local opinion editor.

Examiner
17. Mom | July 13th, 2008 at 9:17 am

CPS is the most entity on the face of this planet. Absolute power, zero accountability. Crimes against children, families, and humanity. We must get angry and act! Spread the word, let all parents know that they are only an anonymous phone call away from having their child kidnapped by the state.
18. Abigail Storm-Eggink | August 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

I am a mother who had her children taken 4 times in different states. The last was New York City. We always got them back because the Lord was with us. However, what became apparent was the maliciousness of CPS in New York City. An anonymous phone call from someone led to the removal of our six children from our apartment. My husband and myself had done civil cases before and had understanding about how to file cases. We filed in the federal court on the premise of violations of constitutional rights to freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and won our children back. We also filed against the family court to get our children back because they didn’t have their case together. What we found was that two of our children were put up for adoption in New Jersey and told they would never see us again. Our six year old son said they didn’t know his parents and that they would find him and his brother and get them back. He was right, thank the Lord for that. Many are not so fortunate. CPS violated Social Service Law which required forms to be sent back and forth before children could be taken out of the state. The punishment was that anyone violating this law could lose their foster care license. We never followed through with our case because we had to file again and we had left New York as soon as we got our children back. We will be attending the event today.
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