All About Foster Children Parents and Parental Rights Advocates Union
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Foster Children Parents and Parental Rights Advocates Union is forming a National Union with chapters in every U.S state and occupied territories. Our goal is to unite All of the victims of the unfair practices of Child Protective Services nation wide. We feel that together with these victims parents and dedicated activists who are aware of the crimes cps perpetuates upon American Families daily can effect genuine change in how child protective services deals with the children and families that they interact with. We are currently creating 54 State and Territorial Union pages and together with this website recruit a minimum of 2000 union members per state and territory. Once formed we will be a formidable force to address child protective services injustices in every county, in every state, in state courts and state legislatures and on the National level as well.
What is Foster Children Parents and Parental Rights Advocates Union?
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This National Union was created in Massachusetts in response to the formation of The Foster Parents Union which also originated in Massachusetts. More importantly, this National Union was formed in response to the nationwide disregard for the Constitutionally Protected Parental Rights of children and Families which continue to be ignored in every Family Court in every state of our nation. Every conceivable tactic has been tried to right this wrong. All have failed. The Foster Children, Parents and Parental Rights Advocates Union is the very last hope for parents and their children who are daily facing the injustices of an unfair and unconstitutional child protective services system in America.
OUR ADVERSARIES
Who are this Union's Adversaries?
In addition to child protective services and the local, state and federal governmental agencies which supports it our adversaries are The National Foster Parent Association and The Foster Parents Union two well organized and fully funded organizations.
How do we compete with these massive organizations and local, state and federal governmental agencies?
We members of the Foster Children, Parents and Parental Rights Advocates Union are not in this fight for money as our adversaries are. We are all joined by the shared experience of losing a beloved family member and the fight against injustice.
When will we finally be able to effect "real change" in America's foster care system?
We are on track to recruiting leadership and members in all 54 of our Union Chapters. At the same time we are pursuing our very first federal lawsuit against child protective services. Upon success we shall use the proceeds from our first won lawsuit to begin more and more lawsuits for our members. Together with our union dues and donations we WILL effect change in America's child protective services system.
OUR ADVERSARIES
The Foster Parents Union
Why WE MUST FORM
This National Union MUST form for the sake of children and parents Nationally. Our adversaries are well financed, entrenched and enjoy the backing of local, state and national legislatures.
With our limited resources how do we hope to compete with our adversaries?
To our adversaries we are just a bunch of parents who are upset because we were deemed unfit to raise our own children. They look at us with a very confident "smirk" on their faces. One of our most important recruiting venues, Facebook, constantly deletes our pages, harass our members and block our content. We mothers and fathers, advocates and former foster children are not just upset. We are angry that those closest to us were STOLEN from us through lies manipulation and fakery of child protective services and the family courts. We will NOT stop until ALL our stolen children and returned to their loving parents.
Why Union Dues?
Union dues will allow us to assist our Union Members in their fight to reunite their families. Like our adversaries we will join with our other union chapters and build strong bonds in our communities and in our states. Unlike our adversaries though our 54 Union Chapters will have the ability to coordinate mass meetings and assemblies of our members. Funded by our members, we will purchase Union Halls in all 54 locations complete with our own fleet of buses, to transport our members safely and comfortably to different states to show our displeasure with their child protective services systems. All resources of any State Chapter are owned by the members of that State Chapter. This will allow our members to actually own a stake in all assets of this National Union.
Our Purpose For Forming A National Union
Our Main Objective
The Foster Children, Parents and Parental Rights Advocates Union is attempting to do what has "Never" been done before. Our ultimate goal is to not only reform the current child protective services system in America to a more just and humane system which focuses on the genuine preservation of American families, protect our vulnerable children and respect and honor the Parental Rights of American families, but to ultimately force this system to punish criminal child protective services social workers for crimes that this system has asked them to commit.
What this union believes
This National Union believes that when ou ignore injustice, you are complicent in it. We advocates of this National Union will no longer turn a blind eye to the injustices of this current child protective services system. For far too long we have witnessed the abuse, torture, degradation of children unjustly separated from their families and thrust into this unnatural, unjust and unholy substitute for a child Natural Family. For too long our government has ignored this epidemic of family separations fueled by a federal funding scheme under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act which benefits few to the detriment of many.
What has been the damage wrought by this entitlement program?
Title lV of the Social Security Act has incentivised the taking of children from the poor and disadvantaged. Family Court does not recognize the Constitutionally Protected Parental Rights inherent in our United States Constitution. Parents without means are grossly underrepresented in ALL U.S. Family Courts. The abuses of the current system transforms Civil Rights abuses into Human Rights Abuses. These abuses have now reached epidemic proportions. The end result is more suicides, homicides, domestic violence, a decrease in worker productivity, and also the psychological, financial and physical harm done to hundreds of thousands if not millions of parents, families and children. This situation has transformed into a genuine "National Crisis".
Duties
Job Descriptions
State Presidents adhere to and implement on the state level, the general rules, directives, bylaws and amendments of this National Union as well as this union's National Constitution once all chapters are formed and our Constitution is voted for and adopted. The State President is the highest level union officer for their state and as such is responsible for the leadership of the entire state membership for his state. State Presidents are required to increase the membership of their chapters. Each State President will be required to assemble their staff, i.e State Vice President, State Treasurer and State Chief Steward who shall assist the president in the effective management of State Union Chapter. Terms of office for all state union officials shall be five years. At the completion of their terms elections shall be held nationally in every state.
National Officers
Our National Officers manage the overall operations of this National Union on a daily basis. Each National Officer, President, Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Steward are responsible for managing and advising their positions counterparts in all 54 state and territorial chapters. This unions National Officers shall implement policy and direction this National Union takes. Any decisions concerning the direction or actions this National Union takes shall be voted upon by the four serving National Officers. In the event of a tie in the vote it is the vote of the State President of Massachusetts which shall be the deciding vote.
Union Chapters
There are currently 50 State Union Pages currently operating on Facebook. Their will be 4 additional pages for the four inhabited U.S. Territories. From these pages a gathering of victims of Child Protection Services for that state shall emerge. These individuals, no longer victims alone, shall form powerful chapters with a physical location and their own transportation fleets will be able to bring together very large groups of like minded advocates. This has never been done before. The State Chapters, independent and formidable, will have the added impact of 53 additional formidable chapters. That will get Everyone attention. That will let the entire world know that we Parental Rights Advocates here in America, Mean Business.
Duties
It shall be the duty of every official of this union from the National President to State Steward to ensure that the rights and dignity of our union and its members are upheld and respected wherever they may be. All Union Members are entitled to all of the resources, compassion, dedication and resolve that this National Union can bring to bear. The Constitutionally guaranteed Parental Rights of our members and their children are of the utmost importance to every official employed by this National Union.
National Officers
Our National Officers are a reflection of our State Officers. Each National Officer is responsible for their counterpart at the state level. Our National Officers display dedication to the task of guiding their state counterparts in the effective management of their State Union Chapters.
State Union Pages and State Union Groups
Our State Union Pages and Groups currently exist mainly on Facebook. They shall be this unions secondary recruiting tool for new members. Currently there are 54 state and territorial Union Pages and Groups, one for each U.S state and occupied U.S. Territory. While this website serves as the main platform for this unions policies and is our primary recruiting platform, we encourage all of our members and associates to join the page or group associate with their state of residence.
Our Duties
National President
Melvin Punch
It is the responsibility of this union's National President to run the day to day operation of this National Union. The President assists and guides the unions State and Territorial Chapter Presidents in their administration of their State and Territorial Union Chapters. Our National President is the chief spokesperson for the union. In this capacity the union's National President has complete authority in deciding what information and to whom information is given regarding this union's goals, missions and objectives. The National President of this union is responsible for increasing the membership of this union in every state and occupied U.S. territory. Through policies and directives voted upon and approved by the union's National leadership the president may implement strategies to achieve this goal. The National President shall not engage in any activity, promotion, appearance, endorsement or make any statements that may prove to be detrimental to the mission of this National Union. To do so is grounds for immediate removal from the position of National President contingent upon a vote by all voting members of the union's National Leadership. The National President shall have the power to appoint a union State President to any state or regional Union Chapter. No State President may be removed from office without just cause. A State or Regional President removed from office has the right to appeal their removal before the union's National Officers within 72 hours of said removal,
National Vice President
Amy Lynn Whalen
The National Vice President assists the National President in the day to day operation and management of this National Union. In the event of the absence of the National President due to any circumstance, the National Vice President assumes all decision making and administrative duties and powers of this union's National President. The National Vice President is responsible for maintaining an accurate accountability of all Union officers and members, additionally the Vice President will maintain personal contact information of all of our members. Although the accountability of members shall be the responsibility of State Vice Presidents, it shall be the responsibility of the National Vice President to ensure that there is an accurate maintaining of all State Chapter membership rolls. The National Vice President is responsible for ensuring that their two subordinate National Officers, i.e the National Treasurer and National Chief Steward are performing their duties and responsibilities efficiently and competently in accordance with our unions National Charter. Any dereliction in the performances of the officers of these two offices must be reported to the office of the National Vice President. The National Vice President is the unions Liaison Officer with all media outlets. All requests for comments and interviews by media outlets must first be presented to the office of the National Vice President. It is the policy of this union that our union State Presidents shall be allowed to grant interviews about matters pertaining to their State Chapters. All such requests must be first submitted and approved through the office of the National Vice President. No union member or official is allowed to participate in any interview pertaining to the policies, activities or intentions of this National Union without the express permission from the office of the National Vice President. All requests for rally's, events, drives, protests and demonstrations for any state by that states Union Chapter must first be requested through and approved by the office of the National Vice President. All requests for such actions by any State Union Chapter must be approved by a full vote from all serving National Officers. All National Officers shall possess one vote in all decisions made which effect the policy, directives or decisions of this National Union. In the event of a tie in voting between our four National Officers the President of this unions Massachusetts State Chapter shall cast the deciding vote.
National Treasurer
Barbara "Sweetie" Medlin
The National Treasurer shall be responsible for all financial matters pertaining to this National Union. It the responsibility of the National Treasure through her staff to maintain strict accountability of all funds received and disbursed by this union. No disbursement of any funds shall be made by any official, chapter or member whether state or national officer without the express knowledge and consent of the National Treasurer. All financial transaction by our National Officers and State Officials shall recorded and accounted for by the office of the National Treasurer. The National Treasurer shall ensure that there is an accurate and thorough review of all accounting practices of all State Treasurers. Audits of any State Treasurers ledgers, books and financial reports shall be done at any time upon request from the office of the National Treasurer. All information pertaining to such audits must be provided to the office of the National Treasurer within 48 hours upon a State Treasurer being requested to provide such information. All request for funds by an chapter must be processed through the office of the National Treasurer. All funds received at the state level, including but not limited to union dues, donations, compensation from successful civil actions, fund raising and merchandising which are received by a union chapter must be accurately accounted for by the State Chapters Treasurer and promptly forwarded to the office of the National Treasurer. All State Treasurers must possess at least a bachelors degree in accounting to qualify as a union State Treasurer. This requirement does not apply to the unions National Treasurer. It shall be the responsibility of the National Treasurer to manage, supervise and instruct this unions 54 Chapter Treasurers. Payrolls for salaries of all union officials and employees at the state and national levels shall be processed and disbursed through the office of the National Treasurer. These salaries are to be paid to all union employees bi-weekly on the Thursday of every other week. All salaries for all union officials from this unions National President to our state District Stewards shall be determined by direct vote of all National Delegates from every union chapter who shall be selected by their chapter and shall meet to determine this unions charter, mandates, provisions, rules, bylaws, amendments, protocols, directives,and policies. The National Treasurer shall appoint as an assistant an Assistant National Treasurer to assist in the running of the day to day financial responsibilities of the National Treasurer. The position of Assistant National Treasurer shall not be recognized as a National Officer of this union and shall have no vote among the voting National Officers of this union. The Assistant National Treasurer is subordinate to the National Treasurer and may be dismissed upon request made before all voting members of this unions National Assembly.
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National Chief Steward
AlyeaRose Medzegian
The Office of the National Chief Steward is directly responsible for the instruction and management of all Union Stewards. Every union chapter shall appoint State Chief Stewards who will appoint, manage and supervise all stewards in that chapter. Depending upon the size of the state or territory, as many Regional Stewards, Assistant Regional Stewards and County Stewards shall be appointed to properly serve the size and population of that state or territorial chapter. County Stewards shall be responsible for the receiving of grievances from the chapters membership against county child protective services agencies, family courts, governmental officials and anyone else who violates the parental rights of any union member. All requests for assistance from this National Union to defend and protect the parental rights of any member of this union must go through the office of the National Chief Steward. The Office of the National Chief Steward shall contain the majority of our union employees. It shall be the responsibility of the National Chief Steward to maintain accurate accountability of all State and Regional Chapter Stewards. Our stewards shall be the eyes and ears of this union and shall be responsible for the recruitment of new members from all counties, regions and states and territories of the United States.
Funding
WE MUST FUND OURSELVES
Part of this National Union's funding will be derived from union dues. Dues for active members shall be set at $5.00 per month or $60.00 per year. The other part shall come from a percentage of the thousands and thousands of civil actions we will be filing with our Union Attorney's on behalf of children and parents against Child Protective Services Systems nationwide. We shall use this income to purchase Union Halls in every U.S. state and occupied territory. We shall purchase fleets of buses to transport our members safely and comfortably at every Union Chapter. We shall bring our members together in mass anywhere at anytime we desire. This and much more. Furthermore any and all assets of this National Union, are owned equally be every union member.
This National Union with a minimum membership in every one of its chapters would have a minimum of 108,000 members. That would make us by far the largest and most powerful Parental Rights Organization in this country. With 54 State and Regional Chapters any one of our presidents will have the clout to confer with their states Governor or any elected official based upon their status in this union. Each chapter will have the option of assembling and transporting as many of their members as possible to any court for support of a member or demonstration or rally for or against any elected official. It is "power" such as this that gets attention and changes actions and policies.
This union is comprised of many people. Each person here has a story to tell. The Foster Children, Parents and Parental Rights Advocates Union shall feature these stories live on air on our soon to be launched Blogtalk Radio Show "C.P.S Stories, An American Holocaust" Documentation of case may be required.
Part of this National Union's funding will be derived from union dues. Dues for active members shall be set at $5.00 per month or $60.00 per year. The other part shall come from a percentage of the thousands and thousands of civil actions we will be filing with our Union Attorney's on behalf of children and parents against Child Protective Services Systems nationwide. We shall use this income to purchase Union Halls in every U.S. state and occupied territory. We shall purchase fleets of buses to transport our members safely and comfortably at every Union Chapter. We shall bring our members together in mass anywhere at anytime we desire. This and much more. Furthermore any and all assets of this National Union, are owned equally be every union member.
Understanding the Power of a Union
This National Union with a minimum membership in every one of its chapters would have a minimum of 108,000 members. That would make us by far the largest and most powerful Parental Rights Organization in this country. With 54 State and Regional Chapters any one of our presidents will have the clout to confer with their states Governor or any elected official based upon their status in this union. Each chapter will have the option of assembling and transporting as many of their members as possible to any court for support of a member or demonstration or rally for or against any elected official. It is "power" such as this that gets attention and changes actions and policies.
The Importance of Human Connection
This National Union does not intend on being some online advocacy group. With buildings serving as State Union Chapters in every state we will provide a setting where our members can visit. These locations shall provide a valuable resource for information concerning your rights if child protective services has come into your life. Our state chapters, led by qualified State Officers, shall have the ability to meet regularly and decide as a group how best to serve its members and address CPS injustices in their state. In matters of regional significance multiple State Chapters can converge with safe and reliable transportation and amenities provided by the Union. Operating this way, with every state organized our chances of affecting legislation Nationally in regards to Child Protective Services is, very good.
All our Members must understand that we are an active fraternal union. We are not just a collection of groups and pages representing every state and occupied U.S. territory. Nor are we just assembling our stories of injustice at the hands of an illegal child protective services system for posterity. No my friends we are an active fraternal union of victims of cps injustice who will meet their fellow members, know their fellow members and actively participate with their fellow members to assemble in large groups at any location. Our state chapters shall own assets such as buildings and buses which will be Owned by the members of that chapter. These assets will allow each chapter to act independently while at the same time in solidarity with other state chapters and our National Union. Other Union's such as the Parents Union who formed in opposition to the power of the Teacher's Union have received funding from the National Endowment of The Arts Foundation. Others have wealthy patrons and sponsors who believe completely in their cause and finance it. We do not have that luxury my friends. We must finance ourselfs. We will finance our union through union dues, sponsoring of lawsuits against county cps offices and donations which are sure to start arriving once we become more successful.
Amylynn Whalen
National Vice President
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This National Union will be the leader in this fight against the injustices of our current child protective services system. We will not stop until this unjust system has been made just and those employees responsible for those injustices, ARE IMPRISONED.
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