SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!

This grant will support SPARK Reproductive Justice Now (SPARK) by strengthening their organizational capacity: 1) Organizational Self-Assessment which includes the organizational evaluation and operational assessment, 2) Strategic Plan, and 3) digital infrastructure. This will better position SPARK for the next step in the process which is a 5-year strategic plan. SPARK will hire one consultant to lead them through the strategic planning process, organizational evaluation session, as well as conduct an operational evaluation of SPARK. The consultant will produce a final outcome report with recommendations and findings as well as an organizational evaluation that will include landscape and analysis to determine SPARK’s effectiveness.

This grant will support SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW! to continue its role as one of the founding alliance members of SEARE, a Southern regional partnership working to align reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations serving diverse communities in the Southeast. The project has a strong focus on racial equity in order to unify the movement in the Southeast for full equitable access to reproductive rights and health information and services. In this second phase of the partnership, the four anchor organizations will continue to build an infrastructure to create resources and opportunities for new alliance members through communications and engagement, policy, and a Southeastern convening space.

SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW! represents and gives voice to the lived experiences of black women, women of color, queer and trans young people of color in Georgia and the Southeast, and engages them in activism and policy advocacy. This grant will support SPARK’s JusticeNOW 2020! conference which will take place November 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference will create opportunities for leaders from the reproductive justice movement and other diverse fields — including young people of color — to discuss advocacy, organizing, and policy strategies to strengthen the movement and outline a strong plan that centers reproductive justice priorities for decision makers.