The upEND Movement is a collaborative movement that works to abolish the existing child welfare system, which is built on a model of surveillance and separation and is more accurately described as a family policing system. Abolition requires both ending this oppressive system AND imagining and creating new community-based ways of keeping children safe and protected in their homes and communities. In this way, abolition is not simply about ending the child welfare system; it is about creating the conditions in society where the need for a child welfare system is obsolete.

Through research, storytelling, and the support of grassroots advocacy, upEND advances the abolition of the family policing system by providing political education and resources that equip organizers, bridging gaps between liberation movements, and promoting abolitionist approaches to serving families and communities.