Up With People

Up with People (UWP) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Originating in 1968 an offshoot of the evangelical Protestant group Moral Re-armament and founded with the aim of opposing the 1960s counterculture and left-wing political movements, Up with People uses tuition-paying volunteers to stage song and dance performances promoting themes such as religion, racial equality, and positive thinking. Up with People has received sponsorship from oil companies Exxon-Mobil and Halliburton, far-right and evangelical Christian figures such as Patrick Frawley, Jr. and Republican Party politicians Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. Critics have described Up with People as a "cult" and its music as "insipid."