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TurnUp is a superpower for social justice change-makers, enabling you to connect to organizations, events, and each other. At TurnUp we believe in the following principles which focus on social justice. To join our platform, you must also respect these values.
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We thank the Women's March for inspiring these values.
We are against violence in all forms and intend to support and amplify non-violent protests and actions.
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We are against hate in all forms. We support love.
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And because of this, we understand we are all stronger when working together.
Gender Justice is Racial Justice and is Economic Justice. We must create a society in which all people of all religions, ethnicities and nationalitities—including Black people, Indigenous people, poor people, immigrant people, disabled people, Jewish people, Muslim people, Latinx people, Asian and Pacific Islander people, lesbian, bi, queer and trans people—are free and able to care for and nurture themselves and their families, however they are formed, in safe and healthy environments free from structural impediments.
Gun violence is a vital issue and guns are not how we keep our communities free from violence.
It is our obligation to uplift, expand and protect the rights of our gay, lesbian, bi, queer, trans, two-spirit or gender non-conforming brothers, sisters and siblings. This includes access to non-judgmental, comprehensive healthcare with no exceptions or limitations; access to name and gender changes on identity documents; full anti- discrimination protections; access to education, employment, housing and benefits; and an end to police and state violence.
The rate of imprisonment has grown faster for people than men, increasing by 700% since 1980, and the majority of people in prison have a child under the age of 18. Incarcerated people also face a high rate of violence and sexual assault. We are committed to ensuring access to gender-responsive programming and dedicated healthcare including substance abuse treatment, mental and maternal health services for people in prison. We believe in the promise of restorative justice and alternatives to incarceration. We are also committed to disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline that prioritizes incarceration over education by systematically funneling our children—particularly children of color, queer and trans youth, foster care children, and girls—into the justice system.
We must free ourselves and our society from the institution of awarding power, agency and resources disproportionately to masculinity to the exclusion of others.
This means open access to safe, legal, affordable abortion and birth control for all people, regardless of income, location or education. We understand that we can only have reproductive justice when reproductive healthcare is accessible to all people regardless of income, location or education.
We believe that creating workforce opportunities that reduces discrimination against people allows economies to thrive. Nations and industries that support and invest in caregiving and basic workplace protections—including benefits like paid family leave, access to affordable childcare, sick days, healthcare, fair pay, vacation time, and healthy work environments—have shown growth and increased capacity.
We must end the pay and hiring discrimination that people, particularly women, people of color, Indigenous people, lesbian, queer and trans people still face each day in our nation, as well as discrimination against workers with disabilities, who can currently legally be paid less than federal minimum wage. Many women have always worked and in our modern labor force; and women are now 50% of all family breadwinners. We stand for the 82% of women who become moms, particularly moms of color, being paid, judged, and treated fairly. Equal pay for equal work will lift families out of poverty and boost our nation’s economy.
Undocumented and migrant workers must be included in our labor protections, and we stand in full solidarity with the sex workers’ rights movement. We recognize that exploitation for sex and labor in all forms is a violation of human rights.
People of color and Indigenous people are killed in police custody at greater rates, and are more likely to be sexually assaulted by police, and people with disabilities are disproportionately likely to experience use of force at the hands of police, and sexual assault in general.
We further affirm that all care work--caring for the elderly, caring for the chronically ill, caring for children and supporting independence for people with disabilities--is work, and that the burden of care falls disproportionately on the shoulders of people of color. We stand for the rights, dignity, and fair treatment of all unpaid and paid caregivers. We must repair and replace the systemic disparities that permeate caregiving at every level of society.
We affirm that now is the time for the U.S. implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to honor existing treaty rights and fulfill promises made.
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We do not accept any federal, state or local rollbacks, cuts or restrictions on the ability to access quality reproductive healthcare services, birth control, HIV/AIDS.
In today's climate, we are facing a student loan crisis - one that's holding back our economy and crushing millions of American families. For a better tomorrow for all, we must address this crisis.
We believe every person and every community in our nation have the right to clean water, air, and access to enjoyment of public lands. Everyone, including impoverished areas and indigenous communities, should have access to these things.
No matter where they live, the color of their skin, or how much money their parents make.
Our Constitutional government establishes a framework to provide and expand rights and freedoms–not restrict them. To this end, we must protect and restore all the Constitutionally-mandated rights to all our citizens, including voting rights, freedom to worship without fear of intimidation or harassment, freedom of speech, and protections for all citizens regardless of race, gender, age or disability. We honor and respect tribal laws and jurisdictions.
All Americans deserve equality guarantees in the Constitution that cannot be taken away or disregarded, recognizing the reality that inequalities intersect, interconnect and overlap.
Money slithers through every part of our political system, corrupting democracy and taking power away from the people. Big companies and billionaires spend millions to push Congress to adopt or block legislation. If they fail, they turn to lobbying federal agencies that are issuing regulations. And if they fail yet again, they run to judges in the courts to block those regulations from taking effect. We must support campaign finance reform and anti-corruption legislation.
We believe no president is above the law.
We firmly believe in a fair and independent judiciary.