upEND Endorses Report to United Nations Human Rights Committee
This report aims to highlight for the Human Rights Committee key areas in which the U.S. government has failed to uphold its human rights commitments under the ICCPR regarding its separation of children from their parents and families, and the resulting harms inflicted on them by the immigration and family policing systems.
Keynote Conversation with Josie Duffy Rice & Alan Dettlaff
Josie Duffy Rice, journalist, writer, law school graduate, and podcast host will talk with Alan Dettlaff about his new book, “Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System.”
2023 Convening Schedule
Our goal is to foster a deeper understanding of what it truly means to engage in abolition work on a daily basis.
Supreme Court Upholds ICWA
ICWA is an essential tool to maintain the preservation of Indigenous families and to ensure tribal sovereignty is respected.
Revolutionary Conversations: upEND Movement Launches The upEND Podcast
By delving into the historical roots of the system and examining the immense harm inflicted upon families and communities, The upEND Podcast makes a case for the complete reimagining of how society cares for children and families.
We must ensure queer and trans youth are supported, affirmed, and loved.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has declared this PRIDE month that we are in a national state of emergency for LGBTQIA+ Americans.
Reproductive Justice Demands the End of Family Policing
Communities gathering to abolish the family policing system are continuing the ongoing struggle against reproductive oppression.
Finding Space to Imagine: How White Supremacy Culture Stifles Creativity
How do we collectively and collaboratively create new ways of supporting and caring for families without replicating the coercive structure, surveillance, and separation in other forms?
Making Possible the Impossible: A Black Feminist Perspective on Child Welfare Abolition
In 1863, Harriet Tubman and eight of her trusted scouts orchestrated the Combahee River uprising in South Carolina. The uprising…