Recent Posts
Family Policing Doesn’t Prevent Child Abuse, Abolition Can
April 18, 2024
While the family policing system also purports to prevent child abuse, abolition seeks to prevent harm before it occurs in the first place.
Read MoreUpending The Racialized Family Ideal
April 11, 2024
Child welfare policies reward those who uphold the American “family ideal” and police, punish, and profit from those who don’t meet it.
Read MoreCalifornia Supreme Court Strikes “Tender Years Doctrine”
This decision will reduce California’s ability to forcibly separate families.
Deadline Extended for Afrofuturist Art Submissions
The deadline for art, poetry, and short fiction submissions has been extended to January 31, 2024.
2023 Convening Recap
There is a place for all of us to resist family policing and carcerality, through practice, policy, and language.
upEND Demands Ceasefire and a Free Palestine
We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and the masses all over the world who are rising up, demanding freedom for Palestine and ultimately, for us all.
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.
upEND Featured In
What Did Child Welfare Learn From 2020?, January 15, 2021, Child Information Gateway Podcast
New upEND Publication Calls for Fundamental Transformation of Family Policing, July 27, 2021
CPS disproportionately takes custody of Black children, report says, July 26, 2021
Being with Family Is a Human Right: We Can’t and Won’t Deny It, A Second Chance, Inc., December 14, 2020
What It Means to Abolish Child Welfare As We Know It, the Imprint, October 24, 2020
Reimagining Child Welfare Services: A Call to UpEND Child Welfare as We Know It, Children’s Bureau Express, August/September 2020
University of Houston Launches upEND Movement (VIDEO), Fox 26 Houston, July 15, 2020
Now Is the Time for Abolition, the Imprint, June 22, 2020
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