We can build a society where children and families are strengthened and supported, not surveilled and separated.
2024 Convening
We’re cultivating a national network to abolish the family policing system.
upEND’s annual Convening gathers abolitionist thought leaders
An upEND Syllabus
Take a self-guided course on family policing’s history, present, and abolitionist future. This is a companion to The upEND Podcast.
Abolitionist Framework Tool
Do proposed reforms to family policing further entrench systemic harms or do they create a society where the need for a family policing system is obsolete?
Reflections on Pride 2024
Ending the family policing system and fighting for an abolitionist world necessarily also includes developing a robust platform that centers and amplifies the realities that Black LGBTQ youth face as they navigate carceral systems.
Prize Winners Named for “Dream, Create, Liberate” Afrofuturist Art Publication
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our Dream, Create, Liberate: A Future Without Family Policing call for submissions.
Letter to the Editor: Foster Care Cannot Provide True Safety for Children
As part of the growing movement to end the separation of children from their families, we were disappointed to read the article “What Happens When Abusive Parents Keep their Children” in the opinion section of the New York Times.
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