upEND Movement
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Abolition movement to create a society in which the forcible separation of children from their families is no longer an acceptable intervention. upendmovement.org
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Catch up on recently released episodes of The upEND Podcast Season 2!
We have one more episode premiering next week before we take a winter break. upendmovement.org/podcast/
We have one more episode premiering next week before we take a winter break. upendmovement.org/podcast/
upEND Movement, MJCF Coalition, and Mothers Outreach Network signed onto an amicus brief to appeal the decisions in the State v. Nieves and State v. Cifelli, and the appeal was upheld by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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Amicus Brief Successful in New Jersey Supreme Court - upEND Movement
These cases highlight the intersections of family policing, the criminal legal system, and the inherent violence of mandated reporting.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
upEND Movement, MJCF Coalition, and Mothers Outreach Network signed onto an amicus brief to appeal the decisions in the State v. Nieves and State v. Cifelli, and the appeal was upheld by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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Join Zoe Bambara and Dr. Mali Collins to discuss framing the Reproductive Jusice Movement for 2026. Dr. Collins is the author of Scrap Theory which discusses how the archival erasure of Black motherhood is an urgent concern.
December 13, 6:30pm
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December 13, 6:30pm
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November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Join Zoe Bambara and Dr. Mali Collins to discuss framing the Reproductive Jusice Movement for 2026. Dr. Collins is the author of Scrap Theory which discusses how the archival erasure of Black motherhood is an urgent concern.
December 13, 6:30pm
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December 13, 6:30pm
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Join @haymarketbooks.org for a virtual book launch of "How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action” with featured speakers Dorothy Roberts, Andrea Ritchie, and Erin Miles Cloud.
📅 December 1
🕐4-5:30 pm ET
🔗 Register: www.howtoendfamilypolicing.com/events
📅 December 1
🕐4-5:30 pm ET
🔗 Register: www.howtoendfamilypolicing.com/events
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Join @haymarketbooks.org for a virtual book launch of "How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action” with featured speakers Dorothy Roberts, Andrea Ritchie, and Erin Miles Cloud.
📅 December 1
🕐4-5:30 pm ET
🔗 Register: www.howtoendfamilypolicing.com/events
📅 December 1
🕐4-5:30 pm ET
🔗 Register: www.howtoendfamilypolicing.com/events
Despite the struggles the community faces at Montrose Grace Place, it’s a JOYFUL place. ❤️ Love is contagious there.
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Despite the struggles the community faces at Montrose Grace Place, it’s a JOYFUL place. ❤️ Love is contagious there.
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
And we hope you’ll get to experience it through the portrait of the youth featured in upEND’s short doc #AVisionOfGrace. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
International experts are now echoing what U.S. communities have been saying for generations: children and families deserve support, not surveillance. Read the full report:
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November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
International experts are now echoing what U.S. communities have been saying for generations: children and families deserve support, not surveillance. Read the full report:
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"One of the most important systems of control and mass separation is hidden in plain sight: the child welfare system.” @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Agents Are Using Family Separation Tactics Central to US State Violence
The US’s family policing system honed many of the tactics now being used by ICE agents in Chicago.
truthout.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"One of the most important systems of control and mass separation is hidden in plain sight: the child welfare system.” @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/ice...
upEND advocates for the complete #Abolition of what you many know as the 'child welfare system'. But we understand it more accurately as the #FamilyPolicingSystem because that’s how it functions.
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
upEND advocates for the complete #Abolition of what you many know as the 'child welfare system'. But we understand it more accurately as the #FamilyPolicingSystem because that’s how it functions.
upEND’s Josie Pickens writes for @newsoneofficial.bsky.social about a Michigan mother charged with “food stamp fraud.” When a mom trying to feed her kids gets criminalized, that’s not justice. That’s surveillance, control, and punishment wrapped in the language of “help.” newsone.com/6490272/mich...
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
upEND’s Josie Pickens writes for @newsoneofficial.bsky.social about a Michigan mother charged with “food stamp fraud.” When a mom trying to feed her kids gets criminalized, that’s not justice. That’s surveillance, control, and punishment wrapped in the language of “help.” newsone.com/6490272/mich...
Ten Books to Get To Know Me (upEND edition) 📚
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ten Books to Get To Know Me (upEND edition) 📚
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/
And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/
Introducing Kyra Lewis from the Healthy and Free Tennessee Youth Council. 🎤 We are energized by the passion and ideas these young people have for building a future without #FamilyPolicing! #Abolition
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Introducing Kyra Lewis from the Healthy and Free Tennessee Youth Council. 🎤 We are energized by the passion and ideas these young people have for building a future without #FamilyPolicing! #Abolition
Yesterday we joined the Healthy and Free Tennessee Youth Council for a Family Policing Abolition 101 workshop. The brilliance and courage of these young leaders reminds us how important it is to listen to and learn from youth who are system impacted. ❤️ 🔥
September 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yesterday we joined the Healthy and Free Tennessee Youth Council for a Family Policing Abolition 101 workshop. The brilliance and courage of these young leaders reminds us how important it is to listen to and learn from youth who are system impacted. ❤️ 🔥
This year Haywood County, NC ADDED over $1 million to its #FamilyPolicing budget. Imagine what that money could do to support families instead. #Defund
The kids aren't OK: Foster care costs rising with no end in sight
This year Haywood added over $1 million to its foster care budget, by far the biggest increase in county expenses, but the reason is anything but simple.
www.themountaineer.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This year Haywood County, NC ADDED over $1 million to its #FamilyPolicing budget. Imagine what that money could do to support families instead. #Defund
A federal suit was filed against Georgia's Department of Human Services on behalf of Annalinda Martinez, a mother who lost custody of six daughters in 2018. Since then, the state has charged her nearly $500 a month to keep them in the foster system.
Legal Challenge in GA Targets Billing Parents for Foster Care
A Georgia mother whose poverty led to the loss of her children is challenging the state’s practice of billing poor parents for foster care.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A federal suit was filed against Georgia's Department of Human Services on behalf of Annalinda Martinez, a mother who lost custody of six daughters in 2018. Since then, the state has charged her nearly $500 a month to keep them in the foster system.
New Mexico will become the first state in the country to begin offering free universal child care. Starting in November, the state will offer child care, or reimbursement for child care costs, to every family in the state, regardless of income.
New Mexico to become the first state to offer universal child care
The program may offer a blueprint for other states on an issue that was prominent during the 2024 campaign.
www.nbcnews.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico will become the first state in the country to begin offering free universal child care. Starting in November, the state will offer child care, or reimbursement for child care costs, to every family in the state, regardless of income.
"Decades before the pandemic made isolation and alienation a mainstream concern, it was already central to how my family and countless other families had experienced the family policing system,” writes Courtnie McMillan.
Pandemic Lockdown Traumas Were Temporary. Child Welfare Traumas Have Lasting Effects. — Center for New York City Affairs
The isolation and alienation so many faced during Covid-19 are all too familiar to families entangled in the child protective system.
www.centernyc.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Decades before the pandemic made isolation and alienation a mainstream concern, it was already central to how my family and countless other families had experienced the family policing system,” writes Courtnie McMillan.
"No pasarán!" Check out this collection of resources from @interruptcrim.bsky.social on keeping ICE out of schools. 🚌🍎📚 buff.ly/C36wrwb
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"No pasarán!" Check out this collection of resources from @interruptcrim.bsky.social on keeping ICE out of schools. 🚌🍎📚 buff.ly/C36wrwb
Reposted by upEND Movement
Once again the thing that always works wherever it's tried works in the place where it was tried.
A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms.
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms. If expanded, it could change lives in Germantown. - Resolve Philly
The Philly Joy Bank gives pregnant moms $1,000 a month to ease financial strain and improve birth outcomes. Should Germantown be next?
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September 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Once again the thing that always works wherever it's tried works in the place where it was tried.
Reposted by upEND Movement
Reminder: most adoptees and foster youth are removed from their families due to racism and classism, not abuse.
Not unwanted.
Stolen.
Not unwanted.
Stolen.
A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms.
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms. If expanded, it could change lives in Germantown. - Resolve Philly
The Philly Joy Bank gives pregnant moms $1,000 a month to ease financial strain and improve birth outcomes. Should Germantown be next?
buff.ly
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reminder: most adoptees and foster youth are removed from their families due to racism and classism, not abuse.
Not unwanted.
Stolen.
Not unwanted.
Stolen.
A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms.
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms. If expanded, it could change lives in Germantown. - Resolve Philly
The Philly Joy Bank gives pregnant moms $1,000 a month to ease financial strain and improve birth outcomes. Should Germantown be next?
buff.ly
September 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A guaranteed income program has been life-changing for Philly moms.
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
“It would stop DHS from taking our children. Because by us not having the money, they consider us in poverty, so they’re saying it’s neglect, and they’re taking our kids." resolvephilly.org/gih/philly-j...
“We are each other’s hope.”
Joshua Dorty, an advocate with Youth Voices Empowered and a star of upEND’s short documentary #AVisionOfGrace, talks about revisiting Tony’s Place in Houston after finding housing stability and community. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
Joshua Dorty, an advocate with Youth Voices Empowered and a star of upEND’s short documentary #AVisionOfGrace, talks about revisiting Tony’s Place in Houston after finding housing stability and community. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
September 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“We are each other’s hope.”
Joshua Dorty, an advocate with Youth Voices Empowered and a star of upEND’s short documentary #AVisionOfGrace, talks about revisiting Tony’s Place in Houston after finding housing stability and community. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
Joshua Dorty, an advocate with Youth Voices Empowered and a star of upEND’s short documentary #AVisionOfGrace, talks about revisiting Tony’s Place in Houston after finding housing stability and community. buff.ly/EtK0G9t
⚠️ 30% of youth in the foster system identify as LGBTQ.
⚠️ 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ.
In our film #AVisionOfGrace, youth share their lived experiences with houselessness and family separation while celebrating the joy and healing they’ve found in community. upendmovement.org/grace
⚠️ 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ.
In our film #AVisionOfGrace, youth share their lived experiences with houselessness and family separation while celebrating the joy and healing they’ve found in community. upendmovement.org/grace
September 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
⚠️ 30% of youth in the foster system identify as LGBTQ.
⚠️ 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ.
In our film #AVisionOfGrace, youth share their lived experiences with houselessness and family separation while celebrating the joy and healing they’ve found in community. upendmovement.org/grace
⚠️ 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ.
In our film #AVisionOfGrace, youth share their lived experiences with houselessness and family separation while celebrating the joy and healing they’ve found in community. upendmovement.org/grace
"Conservative politicians lean on tropes about 'groomers' and 'pedophiles' that drum up support from a wide swath of Americans... And the laws are getting increasingly punitive.” #ReclaimingSafety @strawburriez.bsky.social buff.ly/esqjYKI
Reclaiming Safety for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - upEND Movement
Drawing on the wisdom of survivors, Asgarian posits powerful questions that challenge us to respond more humanely to child sexual harm in ways that prioritize youth agency, center healing, and hold…
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September 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Conservative politicians lean on tropes about 'groomers' and 'pedophiles' that drum up support from a wide swath of Americans... And the laws are getting increasingly punitive.” #ReclaimingSafety @strawburriez.bsky.social buff.ly/esqjYKI
"Child sexual abuse is a lot more common than many people realize. One landmark CDC study found that one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse before they turn 18,” reports @strawburriez.bsky.social #ReclaimingSafety buff.ly/esqjYKI
Reclaiming Safety for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - upEND Movement
Drawing on the wisdom of survivors, Asgarian posits powerful questions that challenge us to respond more humanely to child sexual harm in ways that prioritize youth agency, center healing, and hold…
buff.ly
August 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Child sexual abuse is a lot more common than many people realize. One landmark CDC study found that one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse before they turn 18,” reports @strawburriez.bsky.social #ReclaimingSafety buff.ly/esqjYKI
Host a screening of our new film #AVisionOfGrace in your community!
Submit a request form to receive a free toolkit with
- instagram templates
- flyers
- a discussion guide
- the film and trailer
upendmovement.org/grace/
Submit a request form to receive a free toolkit with
- instagram templates
- flyers
- a discussion guide
- the film and trailer
upendmovement.org/grace/
August 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Host a screening of our new film #AVisionOfGrace in your community!
Submit a request form to receive a free toolkit with
- instagram templates
- flyers
- a discussion guide
- the film and trailer
upendmovement.org/grace/
Submit a request form to receive a free toolkit with
- instagram templates
- flyers
- a discussion guide
- the film and trailer
upendmovement.org/grace/
Courtney Sellers, Executive Director of Montrose Grace Place talks about the impact of #AVisionOfGrace on the youth in the documentary. #YouthHomelessness #QueerYouth #Houston upendmovement.org/grace
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Courtney Sellers, Executive Director of Montrose Grace Place talks about the impact of #AVisionOfGrace on the youth in the documentary. #YouthHomelessness #QueerYouth #Houston upendmovement.org/grace