Hello everyone. My name is Marilee Sherry, a White settler whose European ancestors first arrived in North America over 400 years ago. I am passionate about decolonizing the child protection system through the leadership of the children, their families, and their communities who are involved with the system, particularly through Family Group Conferencing/Family Group Decision Making. For 21 years, I worked in the child protection system as a direct service worker, a child protection manager, an FGDM coordinator, and manager of the FGDM team. The families, children and youth, communities, child welfare staff, FGC/FGDM coordinators, trainees and others who are interested in moving family group leadership to the centre of child protection services continue to inspire me. I am a proud founding member of the Child Welfare TRUTH-Telling Collective.