MJCF Coalition

06/13/2025

If you’re in the New York area — I invite you to join in a powerful and deeply needed conversation:
The History of the Separation of Black Children from Their Families.

During this gathering, the Coalition will share several Love Letters written by parents whose children were stolen — letters that speak truth, grief, resilience, and an unbreakable love that no system can erase.

Come witness these stories. Come stand in community.Come honor this legacy of both pain and resistance.

Registration link is here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScngC6tBSJGTVou9ITRWRNayb1prO4KMiII0ulAjjTcA5tFTA/viewform?mc_cid=e19e09d737&mc_eid=03219248b3

06/07/2025

For centuries, our stories as Black families and Black communities have been stolen, silenced, rewritten, and buried.
The so-called profession of child protection and child welfare is a business.
A business built on the destruction of families.
A business built on the trafficking of children.
A business built on the systematic stripping of our humanity.
This is not a system of care — this is a system of control and profit.
Those who have made careers out of this work — whether in government offices, legal professions, foster agencies, nonprofits — must be held accountable. It does not matter what side of this system you sit on: if your paycheck is tied to the separation of families, you are complicit in the destruction of Black, Brown, and Indigenous humanity.
We must call this what it is — a machine that traffics in children under the false flag of protection. A machine that shames parents, erases culture, and profits off of pain.....
Join the Coalition Community as we gather for our FINAL PROTEST in Denver, Colorado (west capitol steps) - Today (Saturday, June 7th at 10:30am)

06/03/2025

"We Got Us"

Dear Coalition Community, My name is MJ (Maleeka Jihad), and I proudly serve as the Executive Director of the MJCF Coalition and CEO of MJ Consulting – Education, Training & Services. At MJ Consulting, we specialize in expert case consultations and legal strategies for families navigating the crim...

05/27/2025

The MJCF: Coalition’s 5th & FINAL Protest
Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 10:30 AM
📍 West Capitol Steps, Denver, Colorado

Join us as we gather one last time in Denver to demand the abolition of the family policing system. This final protest will center our theme:
“Truth and Healing Through Narration.”

We will hold sacred space for community members to read their Love Letters to Stolen Loved Ones—letters written to the children and families taken through adoption, CPS intervention, and systemic separation.

💌 Want to read a letter at the protest?
If you or someone you know would like to participate in the Love Letter Reading Session, visit the MJCF: Coalition website and access the toolkit here:
🔗 www.mjcfcoalition.com/love-letters

This isn’t just a protest. It’s a call to truth, a space for healing, and a collective act of resistance. We can’t wait to stand with you.

With love and power,
MJ

04/19/2025

Help Us Share – Love Letters to Stolen Children

🖤 Call for Submissions: Love Letters to Stolen Children

Have you or someone you love been impacted by family separation, foster care, or the child welfare system?
This is your invitation to write. To grieve. To remember. To reclaim.

We are collecting Love Letters to Stolen Children—letters written by parents, caregivers, and impacted youth to the babies taken from them by state systems.

Your letter can be raw, poetic, simple, or sacred. It can be a whisper, a rage, a memory, or a declaration. It’s yours.

💌 A few prompts to help guide your letter:

“If you could hear me right now, I would tell you…”

“You were taken from me, but you were never unloved.”

“This is my truth, and I’m no longer afraid to tell it.”

What do you want your child to know about the day they were taken?

What do you want the world to know about your love?

These letters will be part of a Black art exhibit during the Black Mothers March in Washington, D.C., featured in a published collection, and shared on MJCF Coalition’s social media platforms to shift the narrative and center your voice.

📧 Submit your letter (and optional photos) to:
➡️ [email protected]

This is how we protect our stories. This is how we fight.
This is how we love.

03/19/2025

03/05/2025

In March 2025 The Coalition launched the national project “Letters to Stolen Loved Ones”. This initiative is a powerful collection of letters written by parents to children adopted through the child welfare system, and or children separated from their families due to government intervention. The Coalition will host regular virtual and in person, guided writing sessions, providing emotional support and a healing space for those processing their separation and grief trauma. To learn more about the Love Letter project visit MJCFCoalition website . Join us and reclaiming on narratives.

03/05/2025

Reclaiming Lost Family: Letters to Stolen Loved Ones

In March 2025, the MJCF Coalition launched the national project.

"Letters to Stolen Loved Ones", is a powerful initiative rooted in both history and resistance. These letters—written by parents to children adopted through the child welfare system, or by children forcibly separated from their families due to government intervention—mirror a painful legacy in Black history: the desperate searches for family members sold during enslavement.

Much like the classified ads placed in newspapers during Reconstruction, where formerly enslaved individuals sought their stolen kin -calling out names, last known locations, and shared memories - these modern-day letters serve as a testament to the unyielding love and determination of families torn apart by another oppressive system: family policing.

In the book, Last Seen, Judith Giesberg documented the voices of Black families who, after generations of forced separation, used whatever means they could to reconnect with lost loved ones.

Today, the MJCF Coalition carries that same spirit forward.
Through guided writing sessions, parents and children affected by the child welfare system are given space to:

🖊 Write letters to those they were separated from
📖 Reclaim their narratives & document their love
💔 Challenge the falsehood that they were unwanted
📢 Push back against systems that erase family bonds

These letters are more than words on a page. They are acts of resistance, calls for reunion, and proof that love endures—even when families are torn apart.

To learn more about the "Letters to Stolen Loved Ones" project, visit the MJCF Coalition Website

The MJCF Coalition is a grassroots, antiracist organization for and by the people directly impacted by the family policing system (Child Welfare - Child Protective Services) nationwide.

11/28/2024

Gratitude, overflowing.

This holiday season, I am incredibly blessed to be surrounded by community that embodies compassion and generosity for those facing challenges.

The MJCF:Coalition extends a heartfelt thank you to the amazing E gym, fitness staff and thier families for sponsoring our (system impacted) families by providing beautiful Thanksgiving food baskets this year. Your kindness made this holiday truly special!

A special shout out to our incredible Coalition Angels - Madre Wilson, Sina Wichapi Win,Cilla Marie,and Tara Mariee . Your dedication and selflessness in taking time from your own family celebrations to ensure that our clients, including newly reunited families, had food to share this holiday season is nothing short of extraordinary.

My heart is full of gratitude for being connected to such amazing and generous souls. Thank you for making a difference!

Wishing everyone a wonderful wonderful day filled with love, joy, and connection.

With gratitude,
MJ
(MJCF:Coalition)

10/05/2024

The MJCF:Coalition is a proud sponsor of the People’s Parade !
Join this community Sunday , October 6th at 10am (Denver Colorado)