Sydnie Dan'el Mares

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A Vision of Grace (2025)

Director

A Vision of Grace is a powerful short documentary born from a collaboration between the upEND Movement and Montrose Grace Place. The film follows Youth Voices Empowered (YVE), a vibrant youth-led advocacy initiative amplifying the voices of young people experiencing housing insecurity in Houston.

The upEND Podcast
upEND Movement

Producer – Writer – Designer

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Why We Need Abortion Doulas (with Ash Williams) – The upEND Podcast

Welcome to the Season 2 Finale! Reproductive justice has always been the foundation of upEND’s work to abolish the family policing system. Both movements focus on bodily autonomy and our human right to keep ourselves and our children safe from oppressive systems. That’s why we wanted to speak with Ash Williams, a Black trans abortion doula, storyteller, community organizer, and public intellectual from Fayetteville, Nc.We talk about gender affirming care, abortion doula trainings, and how abolitionist work means providing support and care to one another outside of the system. Episode Notes:Support the work of upEND: upendmovement.org/donateEpisode TranscriptWatch Ash’s panel at upEND’s 2023 Convening.Learn more about the Carolina Abortion Fund. Ash discusses the death of a child in North Carolina, which is a reproductive justice issue. Learn more about the Mountain Area Abortion Doula Collective. Ash recommends learning about organizations like We Testify.Follow Ash Williams on Instagram, @ashwilliamsclt.
  1. Why We Need Abortion Doulas (with Ash Williams)
  2. Adult Preschool (with Nalo Zidan)
  3. Cops in Cardigans (with Erica Meiners)
  4. Unbuild Walls (with Silky Shah)
  5. Warrior Women (with Marcella Gilbert)

upEND Movement Resources

Graphic Design – Writing

Development

Graphic Design – Writing – Strategy

upEND Movement 2023 Report
The Easter Project at Clear Lake United Methodist Church
Love Your Neighbor at Justice For Our Neighbors
Texas Recovers at the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Hope Rises Campaign at Clear Lake United Methodist Church

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Sydnie Dan’el Mares is a creator committed to supporting and uplifting marginalized communities through an abolitionist lens. Sydnie uses her experience in graphic design, video production, and communications to build a future free of carceral systems where Black, LGBTQ, and immigrant communities can thrive.