Editing Up with People (section)

{{short description|American nonprofit organization}}
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{{Multiple issues|
{{COI|date=November 2022}}
{{unbalanced|date=March 2023}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Up with People
| logo                     = Up_with_People_Vertical_Logo,_Black_Text,_Gold_Star.png
| logo_caption             = Up with People logo
| type                     = [[Educational]], [[cultural]], [[civic virtue|civic]]
| tax_id                   = 95-2563102<ref name="Overview">{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/ccsa/ViewReports.do?evEntityType=CO&ceId=222838&evId=222838&evAcctId=20193002821 |title=Registration Statement For Colorado Charitable Organizations |publisher=Colorado Secretary of State |access-date=July 26, 2019}}</ref>
| founded                  = July 23, 1968 (56 years ago)<ref name="Overview" />
| status                   = [[501(c)(3)]] [[nonprofit organization]]<ref name="Overview" />
| headquarters             = [[Denver]], Colorado, U.S.
| leader_title             = [[President (corporation)|President]] and [[Chief Executive Officer]]
| leader_name              = Seema Srivastava
| website                  = {{URL|http://upwithpeople.org}}
}}

'''Up with People''' ('''UWP''') is an American [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3) nonprofit organization]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=https://www.vergemagazine.com/program-search/study-abroad/up-with-people-up-with-people-programme.html |title=Up with People: UWP Global Education Program |website=Verge Magazine |access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> Up with People stages song and dance performances promoting themes such as multiculturalism, racial equality, and positive thinking.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-03-06 |title=The Hidden Story Of The Up With People Singers |url=https://city-countyobserver.com/the-hidden-story-of-the-up-with-people-singers/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=City-County Observer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://upwithpeople.org/discover/our-impact/ |title=Our Impact |date=2019-07-26 |website=Up with People |access-date=2019-07-26}}</ref> Critics, including some former Up with People performers, have accused the organization of exploiting its members and of contributing to moral propaganda and oppression.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2009/07/review-smile-til-it-hurts-the-up-with-people-story/ | title=Review: 'Smile Til It Hurts: The up with People Story' | date=31 July 2009 }}</ref>