A CLEAR LOOK AT WHY WE EXIST AND HOW WE CREATE CHANGE.
Our Approach
The Issue
Our Why
Unjust, racist systems, policies and practices built over centuries contribute to disparate birth outcomes for Black and Hispanic/Latine women, birthing persons and babies.
Our Analysis
We recognize that:
•Poor and disparate birth outcomes are preventable
•They are the result of intersecting oppressions: patriarchy, misogyny, racism, ableism, capitalism, queerphobia
•Oppressions manifest as women unheard, unseen untrusted, isolated, mistreated
•Birth inequities are a systems, structural, sociopolitical issue
•Better or more healthcare will not eliminate inequities
Guiding Principles
These values and principles shape every decision, relationship, and strategy. They are the soil where our work takes root and the breath that keeps it alive.
Transformational Growth
We evolve, unlearn, and grow together as individuals, as a community, and within our systems.
Interdependence
Our freedom is bound together across generations, races, and classes. We choose accountability to one another.
Universal Humanity
Our struggles and dreams mirror one another. We meet them with justice, compassion, and collective healing.
Human Dignity
Every person deserves reverence. We honor the inherent worth of each life.
Honesty & Truth
We name hard realities—racism, settler colonialism—and uplift community wisdom. Truth is a path to liberation.
Our Values
We see a Systerhood—a liberated community of care where Black and Latine women, birthing people, and babies live with health, dignity, and joy. Systems are reshaped by the wisdom of those most impacted, and every birth receives the celebration it deserves.
Value
Courage
How We Live It
Relationships
Trust, complexity, and shared humanity sit at the heart of our work. Healing and change thrive only in deep connection.
Belonging
Make space for every full self. Liberation demands each of us feel seen, valued, and rooted in community.
Radical Hope
Authencity
Speak truth to injustice, disrupt harmful systems, dream bigger than what exists, and act with integrity even when it is hard.
Hold fast to the possibility of joy, freedom, and justice—especially when they feel out of reach.
Lead with honesty, own our stories, and resist systems that ask us to perform. Show up rooted in truth and humanity.
Abundance
Believe there is more than enough love, care, and power to go around. We share resources and celebrate collective thriving.