S4:E5 How to Be a Catalyst for Change

In this episode, Sonia and Classie speak with Aubrey Edwards-Luce about the use of law, policy, and lived experience to shift systems that separate families under the banner of protection.

Aubrey outlines how court systems often move forward without informing families of their rights and how that process disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous communities. She explains how advocates and impacted parents developed the Know Your Rights Toolkit to respond to that silence and create pathways to self-protection and resistance.

The conversation moves through the roots of family regulation, the role of professionals in maintaining or challenging harmful norms, and what it means to shift power to those directly affected. It offers steps for advocates, attorneys, and community members who want to build a system centered on care, not compliance.

📌 For listeners working to hold systems accountable and support families beyond courtrooms, this episode offers tools and direction.