Recently a grandparent contacted me and recommended this Yahoo group: Virginia Grands. I know there are other groups and websites I’ve seen over the years, intended for grandparents of children in CPS cases. You’re welcome to post links to them in the comment section of this post.

Virginia Grands seems to be getting several hundred messages per month and has over fifty members. I wonder if they allow members from other states to participate. (They probably do.)

California residents:

I received this in email this morning, and reviewed the letter. You may be able to help parents undergoing termination of parental rights hearings:

If you are a California resident, please email me at:
aleo966 at yahoo.com

A Petition for Review is being sent to the CA Supreme Court. This is part of a legal process and therefore they are required to read it. It is not an online petition. If they grant this review there could be new case law that will help anyone in dependency proceedings in California or anyone who enters it in the future.

You will be asked to sign a letter which I will email to you. You must provide your name and address below the signature. The letter will be mailed to the CA Supreme Court and 5 copies will go to: the Appeals court, the superior court, county counsel, and others.

This letter must be signed and mailed in the next 30 days or so. The sooner you respond to me the better. I cannot post this letter online because I don’t want just anyone to send it or rewrite it. That could cause more harm than good.

So please email me ASAP and I will forward you the letter.

Thanks,
aleo966 at yahoo.com

I cannot believe how fortunate we are to have a high-energy, experienced and committed advocate like Nancy Schaefer of Georgia on our side. (Also Senator Pamela Roach of Washington!)

Here’s a recent speech given by Nancy Schaefer about CPS:

Here’s the link to the video where you can leave comments: Nancy Schaefer.
This is a link for a recent alert from her office: Alert from Nancy Schaefer re: David Ogden.
Thanks to Marlene Jones for sending this to FightCPS.

Received today from Greg Smart:

Hi everyone,

I want to find people who can join me in a peaceful demonstration in front of the Court of Appeals on Wed 2.25,09 at 7:45am - we need to be there before the judges get there.

I would even go so far as to ask you folks to demonstrate with me on Thurs, and Fri as well of that week to make our point clear.

Please inform others who would be interested.

I ask that anyone willing to do this, bring their own signs and confirm by emailing me back, as I need to know how many if any will show up. Email: cpsvictim@gmail.com

The address is 925 N. Spurgeon street, Santa Ana 92701,The courthouse looks like a big house, the street is easy to miss. When you goon Santa Ana Blvd. it is only about 0.7 miles (check mapquest), and if you hit Main street, you have gone too far. Turn right on Spurgeon and it is on the right hand side - looks like a house with a flag. The judges will have to see us because there is no other access to the bldg.

I suggest signs that refer to parental rights, such as:

“Parental rights termination in CA are unconstitutional”

“We will take this up to the US supreme court”

“let our children go”

“DCFS are crooked”

“Dependency proceedings are a joke”

“The Courts are affirming the kidnapping”

etc.

Thanks for you help.

–
Greg Smart
Co-Founder
No more Family InJustice
(858) 568-5576
cpsvictim@gmail.com

Today I’m giving you a link to a fairly long video - I hope most of you are able to access it. Most of it is about an organization called “Common Purpose” which exists mainly in the UK, but which apparently has outreach to many other countries… the USA among them. The organization is training people to lead our civilization in the future. All very interesting and pertinent stuff!

At the end of the interview Brian Gerrish starts talking about CPS. Everything he says about the UK CPS is the same here in the USA. Please take time to listen… educate yourself!

Brian Gerrish Interview on EdgeTV

If you want to know why CPS is heartless to both parents and children, this video explains. It also shows that he was approached by families complaining about social services, and at first didn’t believe them, but over time, became convinced. So don’t give up! The more of us that make CPS injustice public, the more likely it is that media personnel will see what’s going on with child welfare.

I believe that the press should be informed of any blatantly false case of CPS child snatching. If you can prove that the paperwork shows CPS malfeasance, is it time to approach the media? It is up to each individual (or couple) to decide. I know how it is . . . many of us, when there’s still hope, hold off from going to the media for fear of enraging the child snatchers further. This is an honest consideration. I waited until my CPS case was closed, and then wrote a series of articles, but I had aligned myself with a local activist well-known for going to the press to expose CPS. It is possible my child was quickly returned because they didn’t want him to write a public article about us.

There’s lots more about Brian Gerrish and Common Purpose on YouTube.

His website: EU Truth

On January 6, 2009, Kansas parents, family members, and community representatives spoke before state legislators regarding family rights violations and the injustice of social service agencies.

YOU can do this too!

Thanks to the person who sent the links to me.

I know several of you have important petitions out there now and I hope you’ll mention them (with links) in the comments to this post. Here’s one I found out about in email tonight. This one is from the Wheatons - the couple organizing a class action lawsuit. - ljm

This is the first paragraph of a lengthy statement of facts. Please read and sign the petition: Class Action Lawsuit Against CPS and DPSS / DFS / HRS For Kidnapping Babies To Sell.

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By Greg Smart
San Diego, California

We have formed a non-profit group in San Diego CA

No more Family InJustice

(The name was coined using the first name initials of our combined 4 children that are currently “in the system - Nele, Fale, Ian, Jack)

We are holding a protest rally on December 23rd 2008 at the following location

San Diego Juvenile Court
2851 Meadowlark Dr.
San Diego CA 92123
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

If you could help us get the word out it would be appreciated.

We need numbers to get the media attention required to make a difference. We also ask that people bring signs, we will have fliers and pamphlets to pass out at the event.

Greg Smart
858.568.5576
cpsvictim -at- gmail.com

Originally posted here.

This was originally posted here.

By aleo966 at yahoo.com:

I would like to organize a rally similar to the one on Nov 25. I am in Los Angeles. We should target the Appeals courts.

Here are 2 locations I propose for a rally:
Ronald Reagan State Building
300 So. Spring St. 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013

and

925 N. Spurgeon Street
Santa Ana, California 92701-3724

I need to get feedback regarding who can attend during the month of January and which dates. We should try to rally there daily.

In 2003, most of Albertsons and Vons Employees demonstrated daily for months in front of their local stores and refused to go back to work. They were fighting for higher wages and their pension funds. They were only fighting over money, and not for their children’s lives, and yet they were willing to stand out for hours in the cold and give up their jobs until they got what they wanted. And they did!

I can’t imagine why the people who are complaining all over the internet and on this site are not out there with a sign in front of the court houses, the State Capitol or even the Judicial Council.

We should organize this to attract media attention and do it all over the country.

Anyone interested for Los Angeles and Orange County, please email me at aleo966@yahoo.com. Include the dates in JAN 2009 you can attend and whether LA or OC location and how many of you will be there.

You should make your own banners.
Suggestions are welcome.

I would like to have daily demonstrations from Jan 15 til at least Jan 31. Others should organize their own rallies around the same time.

Complaining on this site will get you nowhere, so pick yourself up and go out and do something!

This was posted as a comment on the site. I’m promoting it to the front page so that more of you will know about it. I’ve also requested more information. - ljm

There will be a march to protest CPS in Sacramento, California on November 25th, 2008.

Location: The Federal Building and the Mayor’s Office.

Time: It starts at 10:45am.

Organizer Susan Smith can be contacted at 415-863-6306 or 415-756-9589.

She plans speakers, banners, media, press, logo t-shirts, and more.

If you’re one of the people who thought CPS would never be able to take your children because you were doing nothing wrong, please let me know. I want to compile an e-book of articles about people who thought they would never ever have a problem with CPS.

Just leave a comment and I’ll get in touch with you.