Our Approach
We ground our work in Reproductive Justice, human rights, and intersectionality frameworks, guided by the lived experiences of Black and Latine birthing people. Our work is rooted in the belief that birthing people hold the wisdom, power, and insight needed to transform not only their care but the systems that surround them. These frameworks help us understand how power works across race, gender, class, and place. They lift up the complexity and diverse realities of Black and Latiné birthing people, center lived experiences and community wisdom in co-creating solutions, reclaim radical and caring practices that are decolonized and non-extractive, and model ways of caring that operate outside of traditional systems to model alternatives that shift norms.
We seek to transform and disrupt existing systems of oppression by practicing ...
An embodied values-based practice
Power with, not power over, and accountability to our community
Collective action across issues and identities
Liberatory economic and investing relationships
We imagine a ‘sys’ terhood where…
A woman’s race, ethnicity, nationality, spoken language, religion, gender identity, class, or ability no longer determines their health, dignity, wellbeing, autonomy and joy.
A world where care is liberated, heart-centered and led by the wisdom and collective power of those most impacted.
Every woman is seen, heard and trusted.
Our Mission
Our mission is to build and sustain the ‘sys’terhood by nurturing, investing in, and organizing around community-based solutions that transform the way women / birthing people are cared for.
Values
We evolve, unlearn, and grow together as individuals, as a community, and within our systems.
Transformational Growth
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
How We Live It
Value
Speak truth to injustice, disrupt harmful systems, dream bigger than what exists, and act with integrity even when it is hard.
Courage
Relationships
Trust, complexity, and shared humanity sit at the heart of our work. Healing and change thrive only in deep connection.
Make space for every full self. Liberation demands each of us feel seen, valued, and rooted in community.
Belonging
Hold fast to the possibility of joy, freedom, and justice—especially when they feel out of reach.
Radical Hope
Lead with honesty, own our stories, and resist systems that ask us to perform. Show up rooted in truth and humanity.
Authencity
Believe there is more than enough love, care, and power to go around. We share resources and celebrate collective thriving.