POWER UP (the "Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up") is an American non-profit organization and film production company with the stated mission "to promote the visibility and integration of gay women in entertainment, the arts, and all forms of media". It was founded in 2000 by K. Pearson Brown, Stacy Codikow and Amy Shomer. Its members include women and men, gay and straight. POWER UP provides funding and assistance to filmmakers, as well as producing its own films. After several short films, its first feature film was the comedy Itty Bitty Titty Committee directed by Jamie Babbit. In 2004, POWER UP was awarded the Leadership Award by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In 2001 K. Pearson Brown, one of the founding members, brought a sexual harassment suit against another founding member, Stacey Codikow. Codikow counter-sued alleging that Brown had made sexual overtures towards her and accusing Brown of defamation. Codikow also demanded Brown's resignation on the grounds that she was bisexual, and Brown later resigned. Both suits were dropped in late 2002. Films 2001: Stuck – Jamie Babbit 2001: Chicken Night – Lisa Ginsburg 2001: Breaking Up Really Sucks – Jennifer McGlone 2003: Give or Take an Inch – Lee Friedlander 2003: Fly Cherry – Jessica Sharzer 2003: D.E.B.S. – Angela Robinson 2003: Intent – Mary Ann Marino 2004: Little Black Boot – Colette Burson 2004: The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder – Buboo Kakati 2004: Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer – Jamie Donahue 2005: Promtroversy – Leanna Creel 2005: Starcrossed – James Burkhammer 2007: Itty Bitty Titty Committee – Jamie Babbit 2008: The Nitty Gritty Behind the Itty Bitty Titty Committee – Lisa Thrasher 2014: Girltrash: All Night Long – Alexandra Kondracke See also List of LGBT-related organizations References External links Official site Film production companies of the United States Lesbian organizations in the United States LGBT arts organizations LGBT organizations in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Los Angeles Organizations established in 2000 Women's film organizations 501(c)(3) organizations