Oronde Miller

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  • Annie E. Casey Foundation

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    Black Administrators in Child Welfare, Inc.

    - Present 14 years 7 months

    Social Services

    Support programmatic strategy development and execution with a focus on policies and practices that promote racial equity in child welfare and related child and family-serving systems.

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  • Racial equity in child welfare: Key themes, findings and perspectives.

    In Disparities and Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Analysis of the Research. Washington D.C.: Center for the Study of Social Policy.

    The paper has four parts:

    The first section provides definitions for two core concepts in the discussion, disproportionality and disparity, and presents data that illustrate recent changes in the representation of children of color in child welfare services. The data set the stage for a more detailed analysis of differential outcomes.

    The second section describes frameworks for understanding the different outcomes and experiences of children of color in child welfare services…

    The paper has four parts:

    The first section provides definitions for two core concepts in the discussion, disproportionality and disparity, and presents data that illustrate recent changes in the representation of children of color in child welfare services. The data set the stage for a more detailed analysis of differential outcomes.

    The second section describes frameworks for understanding the different outcomes and experiences of children of color in child welfare services. As part of one such framework, this section also summarizes evidence related to a complicated and controversial issue: the extent to which race is associated differentially with child maltreatment.

    The third section presents what is known about how children of color fare in child welfare services when this question is examined through a “pathway” analysis of the system’s major decision points.

    The fourth section identifies directions for future research. Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Key Themes, Findings and Perspectives

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  • Facing the Rising Sun: Perspectives on African American Family and Child Well-Being

    Institute for Family and Child Well-Being

    Reflecting on his accumulated personal and professional experiences, psychologist and educator Oronde Miller offers a refreshing contribution to discussions about the well-being of African American families and children. This collection of essays is a must read for anyone concerned about African American families, and the improvement of this nation's child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

    Facing The Rising Sun begins with an impassioned call to personal and professional activism…

    Reflecting on his accumulated personal and professional experiences, psychologist and educator Oronde Miller offers a refreshing contribution to discussions about the well-being of African American families and children. This collection of essays is a must read for anyone concerned about African American families, and the improvement of this nation's child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

    Facing The Rising Sun begins with an impassioned call to personal and professional activism. In the essays that follow Miller highlights the importance of nurturing families and communities, highlighting the deeper significance and beauty inherent in opportunities to develop families for children and youth in need. He goes on to describe problematic features of this nation's systems for supporting children, youth and families, while offering a vision for what a set of systems could look like when dedicated to supporting and healing children, families and communities.

    Evident throughout these essays is Oronde Miller's clear love and belief in the transformative potential of African American families and communities. This collection of essays will both challenge and inspire readers to reflect more thoughtfully and critically about the transformative possibilities for this nation's human service systems, as well as our individual and collective roles in the work of healing African American families.

    Human service professionals, social work students and educators, judges and legal professionals, and generally concerned citizens will thoroughly enjoy reading these essays.

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Honors & Awards

  • Salzburg Global Seminar: Toward a More Inclusive and Diverse Global Philanthropy - Strategies to Address Social, Economic and Historic Inequality

    Salzburg Global Seminar

  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Community Leadership Network Fellow, Racial Equity and Healing

    W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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