Welcome to my corner of the internet

 

My name is Tewabech Genet Stewart, an Ethiopian-American woman shaped by the soil of Liberia, where my parents served as missionaries for 38 years, and sharpened by 22 years inside Florida’s family policing system, also known as child welfare.

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I’ve lived through war. I’ve lived through separation. And I’ve lived through the trauma this system claims to protect children from. What I’ve seen, over and over, is that this system is not broken. It’s operating exactly as it was designed: to control, to surveil, to punish.

 

It is a modernized extension of slavery, repackaged in the language of “protection,” but built on violence, destruction, and lies.

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I am not here to preserve this system. I am here to abolish it and rebuild something true.

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As a woman of faith, I ground my work in Biblical truth, not in performative religion, but in the radical, justice-demanding call of Christ.

• John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it more abundantly.”
  → The family policing system steals children, kills futures, and destroys families. It is NOT  of God.

• John 8:32 says, “You will know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”
  → So if we want liberation, we must tell the truth.

• Luke 12:48 teaches, “To whom much is given, much is required.”
  → Our government has the power, the resources, the reach. So why are families, especially Black families, the ones always held accountable while systems remain unchecked?

In my podcasts, I’ve shared hard truths:

• That children die in foster care for the same reasons they die at home.

• That DCF is not trained to prevent homicide and yet is blamed, or empowered, as if it were.

• That the system doesn’t screen for bias or trauma in its workers, yet gives them unchecked power to tear families apart.

• That foster and adoptive families often receive more support than birth families ever did.

• That poverty is punished, not solved.

• That being separated from your family, whether in a war zone or a courtroom, is a trauma that changes everything.

And yet, I believe in redemption. I believe we can build a new system, one rooted in restoration, truth, and justice, not punishment. I believe parents should be supported, not criminalized. I believe siblings should stay together. I believe in choice, dignity, and repair.

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I believe we are called, especially those of us who claim Christ, to build systems that reflect the heart of God: justice, mercy, truth, and love.

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So if you’re ready to reimagine what child welfare could be, if you’re willing to sit with discomfort, challenge assumptions, and ask hard questions about how our systems align with scripture, then you’re in the right place.

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Let’s tell the truth. Let’s seek justice. Let’s do the work.

Families are sacred. Let’s start treating them that way.