Collective Impact Insights

State surveillance in red states represents more than policy; it is the operationalization of power to erase trans identities. In Rooted Together, we call for a Mycelium of Resistance. Nonprofits must move beyond advocacy to build Parallel Governance—decentralized systems of safety, digital sovereignty, and mutual aid. By creating infrastructure the state cannot track, we peacefully undermine authoritarian control and move from survival to sovereignty.

he Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade threatens the lives of everyone who can become pregnant, removes personal autonomy over the bodies of people with uteruses, and forces pregnancies onto people who do not want to be pregnant.

The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote 96 years ago, yet systemic barriers delayed that reality for Black Americans for decades. Today, a modern architecture of surveillance and control persists through restrictive voter ID laws and registration hurdles. With 11% of eligible voters lacking government-issued ID—including 25% of Black voters—these "Power Over" tactics disproportionately silence marginalized voices. Nonprofits have a unique opportunity to reclaim thi

Reproductive rights are often reduced to "pro-life" or "pro-choice" binaries, yet teen pregnancy prevention remains a rare area of bipartisan support. Despite birth rates dropping 42% since 2007, the U.S. still faces the highest rates among peer nations. Now, TPPP—a program serving 1.2 million youth with medically accurate info—is on the chopping block. Eliminating this funding in favor of abstinence-only education ignores clear data and disproportionately leaves communities