In 2021-2023, we breathed new life into our mission and vision, all while continuing to provide care and fight for reproductive freedom in unprecedented times. Our organization remains strong and determined all while encouraging internal growth. The hardships we’ve faced have only increased our resilience and reignited our passion to provide the very best care to our community.
Reflecting on 2021-2023 may be painful or demoralizing, but I can readily find joyful and triumphant moments as well. We fought back new abortion restrictions for telehealth in the state legislature; We registered hundreds of people to vote; We paid off the mortgage on our building; We passed a Declaration for Reproductive Freedom in DeKalb County; We brought on a new wellness medical director to help us expand gender affirming care; We developed a new mission, vision, and theory of change; We helped thousands of people get the lifesaving reproductive health care they needed.
Over the past few years, we have embarked on an organizational transformation to more deeply embody reproductive justice values, grounded in frameworks that center Black feminism and trans and queer liberation. As part of that work we have taken concrete steps to align our work with these values, starting with rewriting our mission and vision statements to incorporate our refined and strengthened values.
In our impact report this year, we are excited to unveil
our new mission & vision:
Feminist Center is a reproductive health, right, and justice organization. We provide reproductive health care including abortion and we engage in movement building with people across all axes of oppression so that we have the rights, resources, and respect to make empowered, informed decisions about our own bodies and health.
We envision compassionate, judgment-free healthcare, abortion access, and bodily autonomy for all who need it, intentionally centering Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, and the TGNC+ community. We imagine a clinic, legislation, and communities where decisions about our bodies, pregnancy, sexuality, family, and safety are honored, protected, and treated with dignity.