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June is Stolen Children’s Month

June 17, 2026

Stolen Children’s Month calls for the abolition of all systems that steal children and separate families.

We Know Investing In Families Works. Why Are We Still Investing in Harm?

The family policing system’s punitive approach does not – and cannot – ever authentically heal or prevent anything.

Protect the Indian Child Welfare Act

ICWA protects Indigenous kids by keeping them in the care of extended family or tribes whenever possible.

The Power of Co-Opting: Language Is Changing, But Will It Change the Status Quo?

When we call a system that surveils, regulates, punishes, and forcibly separates families a “child welfare system,” we misconstrue that system’s purpose and actions.

upEND Statement on Texas Governor’s Trans Youth Directive

The upEND Movement opposes any efforts made to represent gender-affirming healthcare as child abuse.

Reproductive Justice Demands the End of Family Policing

Communities gathering to abolish the family policing system are continuing the ongoing struggle against reproductive oppression.

upEND’s New Home, New Faces, Same Goal: Abolish The Family Policing System

Houston, TX (January 20, 2022) —– The upEND Movement is beginning the new year in its new home at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and expanding our team. We welcome a new program director and communications manager to join us in our ongoing commitment to building a movement of abolishing the […]