
To Protect,
Preserve, and Strenghten the Family, the Cell of Human
Society. To make of every member of the Family, a Leader, an
active agent of social improvement, ready to Defend the
Human Rights of not only his Family, but of All members of
Society.
"Without struggle, there is no progress"
Frederick Douglass
"Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever
has".
Margaret Mead
"Action
is the highest form of Spirituality"Sai Baba
"The Birth of every Child reminds us that God has not
lost hope in man... yet"
Rabindranath Tagore
Mission
Statement:
To Protect,
Preserve, and Strengthen Families.
We aim to
Protect Families from abusive government intervention and
from social forces that promote Family disintegration.
We aim to
promote Education and Human Values conductive to Preserve
and Strengthen Families, and bring harmony among its
members.
We aim to help
Families dealing with internal conflicts such as: Domestic
Violence, Teen-age rebellion, substance abuse, emotional
crisis, separation, Divorce, etc. to deal with them in a
constructive, conflict-resolution oriented form, away from
punitive measures that further damage the Family. Our aim
being to Heal not to dissolve the Family.
We consider
that contradictions inside the Family, relations between
husband and wife, Children and Parents are only exacerbated
by government intervention.
We consider
Parents to be the Natural Protectors of their Children and
as such to have a God-given right to raise them without
government intervention. As such we aim to promote a
Restoration of Parental Rights Act.
We consider
Fathers as equal partners and very important for the healthy
development of their Children, and as such we encourage
their full participation in the lives of them, not only as
protectors and providers, but also by providing emotional
nourishment. Fathers, having the duty of being role models
for their Children, must rise to fulfill that mission by
being positive role models, and by being there for their
Children. We aim to increase awareness among fathers of
their full responsability in the well being of their
Children, and the community to help them regain their
natural positive place in society.
We aim for
both parents to have equal custodial rights in the unhealthy
social traumatic cases of separation or divorce.
We consider
every member of the Family Unit equally valuable, and thus
they must be respected, valued, and cared; including the
most vulnerable: Children and Elders.
We consider
Grandparents as valuable resources and support for their
Children and Grandchildren and thus we need to protect them
from unwanted interventions by Adult Protective Services
(APS) and its contracting agencies who prey on the Elderly
and Infirm Adults.
Any system
that has no checks and balances and is accountable to no
one, will become abusive. The Child Welfare System is by
design such an entity. We need to be ever vigilant in
Preserving the Family, since its integrity is essential for
the development of a Healthy Society. As such, we aim to
bring public awareness to the abuse of power by Children
Protective Services, the Family Court System, and Foster
Care providers and eventually make them accountable.
We aim to
promote system change, including reform or repeal of CAPTA
(Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974) and AFSA
(Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997), Federal
legislation which has negatively impacted on Families,
especially poor Families.
We consider
that the majority of cases of parents accused of abuse or
neglect are rather cases of poverty and that the government
should use those resources to Preserve Families rather than
dissolve them. The act of having Children taken away from
the people whom they trust and love the most, has a
devastating effect not only on those Children, but also in
the psychological and financial well being of the whole
Family, further sinking them into poverty and creating chaos
in their lives and those of future generations.
We aim to Help
individual cases as they approach us for help by Educating
them about the reality of the Family Court System, giving
them Moral and strategic support and being with them in
court, as a minimum. Our goal being to empower them by
developing Leadership to become the best advocates to
preserve their own Families as well as of system change
using every possible existing legal, political, and social
action in order to protect themselves and their Children
against Gross Human Rights violations by instruments of the
state.
We aim to be a
Resource for referrals of Services that contribute to Family
Preservation in our communities.
We consider
Family Preservation vital for our very survival, being the
biological Family Unit, the Natural cell of Human Society;
and coerced/forced Foster Care and Special Ed in Public
Schools the main Social Cancer producers that feeds the
prison, homeless and mentally ill population. As such we
have a duty to promote Social Healing initiatives that
contribute to the Common Good. |