Our team’s inaugural “reproductive road trip” represents just one of our many examples of new, unconventional forms of engagement. We embarked on a multi-stop bus tour throughout Atlanta’s sister cities–Savannah, Macon, Canton, and Clarkston–to engage with our neighboring communities. The tour reached an entirely new demographic Feminist Women’s Health Center previously could not reach for geographical reasons. The tour began in the metro area at Feminist’s home base where we educated our communities about our proactive legislation, the Reproductive Freedom Act, which seeks to repeal all of GA’s abortion restrictions and expand access beyond the status quo under Roe. From there, we collaborated with our counterpart, Lifting Latine Voices Initiative, to bring community-geared block parties with games, priceless reproductive resources, and safer sex materials. This partnership between our Outreach team and LLVI stimulated new energy in communities we otherwise could not reach.

As part of our LLVI program, we have extended our reach to great lengths this year. We have been fortunate to receive several offers and invitations to outlying organizations invested in our unique work. Specifically, LLVI allied with Creating Change, Agness Scott, Four Corners, Creating Healthier Communities, the Mexican Consulate, and many more affiliated organizations. Our alliship with Creating Change led us all the way from Atlanta to San Francisco, CA where we learned about empowerment in the LGBTQ+ community. Creating Healthier Communities graciously asked us to join a community conversation with their staff and Board of Directors and our partnership with the Mexican Consulate continues to reach new members of the Latine demographic in metro Atlanta. Additionally, our Promotoras’ program saw tremendous success through the work fellows of the program independently initiated.