Non-discrimination Policy

Up4it is, at its core, an open community dedicated to bringing the world closer together by fostering meaningful, shared moments among people from all parts of the world. Our community includes millions of people from virtually every country on the globe. It is an incredibly diverse community, drawing together individuals of different cultures, values, and norms.

The Up4it community is committed to building a world where people from every background feel welcome and respected. This commitment rests on two foundational principles that apply both to Up4it’s Organizers and Participants: inclusion and respect. Our shared commitment to these principles enables all members of our community to feel welcome on the Up4it platform no matter who they are, where they come from, how they worship, or whom they love. Up4it recognizes that some jurisdictions permit, or require, distinctions among individuals based on factors such as national origin, gender, marital status or sexual orientation, and it does not require Organizers to violate local laws or take actions that may subject them to legal liability. Up4it will provide additional guidance and adjust this non-discrimination policy to reflect such permissions and requirements in the jurisdictions where they exist.

While we do not believe that one company can mandate harmony among all people, we do believe that the Up4it community can promote empathy and understanding across all cultures. We are all committed to doing everything we can to help eliminate all forms of unlawful bias, discrimination, and intolerance from our platform. We want to promote a culture within the Up4it community—organizers, participants and people just considering whether to use our platform—that goes above and beyond mere compliance. To that end, all of us, Up4it employees, organizers and participants alike, agree to read and act in accordance with the following policy to strengthen our community and realize our mission of ensuring that everyone can belong, and feels welcome, anywhere.

• Inclusion - We welcome people of all backgrounds with open minds. Joining Up4it, as an organizer or participant, means becoming part of a community of inclusion. Bias, prejudice, racism, and hatred have no place on our platform or in our community. While organizers are required to follow all applicable laws that prohibit discrimination based on such factors as race, religion, national origin, and others listed below, we commit to do more than comply with the minimum requirements established by law.
• Respect - We are respectful of each other in our interactions and encounters. Up4it appreciates that local laws and cultural norms vary around the world and expects organizers and participants to abide by local laws, and to engage with each other respectfully, even when views may not reflect their beliefs or upbringings. Up4it’s members bring to our community an incredible diversity of background moments, beliefs, and customs. By connecting people from different backgrounds, Up4it fosters greater understanding and appreciation for the common characteristics shared by all human beings and undermines prejudice rooted in misconception, misinformation, or misunderstanding.

What happens when an organizer does not comply with our policies in this area?

If a particular listing contains language contrary to this non-discrimination policy, the organizer will be asked to remove the language and affirm their understanding and intent to comply with this policy and its underlying principles. Up4it may also, in its discretion, take steps up to and including suspending the organizer from the Up4it platform.

If the organizer improperly rejects participants on the basis of protected class, or uses language demonstrating that their actions were motivated by factors prohibited by this policy, Up4it will take steps to enforce this policy, up to and including suspending the organizer from the platform.

As the Up4it community grows, we will continue to ensure that Up4it’s policies and practices align with our most important goal: To ensure that participants and organizers feel welcome and respected in all of their interactions using the Up4it platform. The public, our community, and we ourselves, expect no less than this.

Additional Considerations

The non-discrimination Policy applies to all parts of the Up4it business. We recognize there are additional considerations that need to be made for varied offerings in the Up4it Community. Here, we have included a few considerations that speak to those instances:

Moments

Gender Exemption:

• Up4it Moment organizers may offer a single gender moment if it is necessary to create a safe space (one that does not incite harm or danger and one that is not illegal), protect the safety and privacy of participants, and/or comply with legal or cultural requirements.

Accessibility / Disability / Reasonable Accommodations

Due to the broad range of Moment offerings, Up4it Moment organizers may need to inquire about participants’ abilities to participate in certain physical activities or inquire about participants’ accommodation needs to best prepare their Moments. Additionally, we encourage Moment organizers to:

• Provide factually accurate information about the physical nature of an Moment to allow participants to assess for themselves whether the Moment is appropriate given their individual needs.
• Actively engage with participants who have disclosed disabilities and/or have questions regarding the accessibility of an moment, and to consider reasonable accommodation requests.
• Seek opportunities to provide reasonable accommodations where accommodating a request would not substantively change the nature of the activity.