We can build a society where children and families are strengthened and supported, not surveilled and separated.
NEW Downloadable Resource
Abolish the Family Policing System is an introduction to the movement to end the separation of families and create safer communities. We created this short booklet as a way to share an overview of our work with our community. Print your own with just a single sheet of paper.
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family policing further entrench systemic harms or do they create a society where the need for a family policing system is obsolete?
June is Stolen Children’s Month
Stolen Children’s Month calls for the abolition of all systems that steal children and separate families.
Reclaiming Safety for Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Kids
Survivors have been clear about what they need to build safety for themselves and their kids: housing, childcare, mental health care, financial stability, community support, and people who will listen without judgment.
Reclaiming Safety for Children Whose Parents Use Substances
The authors challenge the family policing system’s assumptions that parental drug use automatically equals harm to a child. They propose concrete steps that hold families together and meet material needs.