BUILD23 Virtual Conference Plenary: A Conversation with Professor Dorothy Roberts 

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An internationally recognized legal scholar and sociologist, Professor Dorothy Roberts has written and lectured extensively on the interplay of race, gender, and class inequities in US institutions. She has been a leader in transforming thinking on reproductive justice, child welfare, and bioethics. Her latest book, Torn Apart, exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change. In a conversation with Dr. Cynthia Tate, who leads BUILD’s work on the collaboration between the child welfare and early childhood systems, Professor Roberts will explore the historical and policy pathways that have led to today’s disparities, share why she feels that, too often, poverty is misinterpreted as neglect, with harmful results for Black, Brown, and Indigenous families, and offer ways that all of us can take action to build a caring society that supports children and families.
Interviewer: Dr. Cynthia Tate, BUILD Initiative