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Fair Start Movement

The Problem: Family planning in the world today is based upon a parent-centered and isolationist model that hurts children, families, communities, and our environment. That model prevents the realization of freedom and is the fundamental source of our social and ecological crises. That model is the product of governments and businesses that profit from population growth, want to avoid collective obligations that require investing in rather than exploiting future generations, and who helped eliminate the responsibilities inherent in having kids as a means of accelerating growth. The Solution: Having Kids acts as a “part replacer,” replacing the morally incoherent parent-centered model, which has been debunked by theorists, with the truly human rights-based and child-centered Fair Start model. That move will also create space for the development of even better models. Future children should be the focus of family planning laws and policies because they have the most at stake. That change is the key to freedom – the freedom to a say in the rules under which one lives, to equal opportunities in life, and the freedom from others that is nature. That is what a decolonized future looks like. This is not merely theoretical, but the basis for concrete action we can take today at multiple levels of social change – legal, institutional, cultural, discursive, etc. The Fair Start model is the best construction of the moral and legal right to have children. Here are examples of how Having Kids is replacing the old and isolationist model with the Fair Start model. Having Kids is more a praxis of truly human rights-based family planning than an entity. We invite you to join the transition to better family planning by taking actions to ensure kids a fair start in life, and speaking out about what you’ve done. The human brain is predisposed to focus on the immediate over the important. Working for social change without family planning reform is the worst case of this tendency, but together we can change direction. Having Kids is not just another voice in the crowd. Instead, we make sure all voices matter by changing the nature of the crowd.

Tucson, Arizona

ROMANIA ANIMAL RESCUE INC DBA ANIMAL SPAY NEUTER INTL

To Establish and Promote Animal Welfare Through Spay/Neuter, Veterinary Care, Veterinary Training, and Education

Livermore, California

Recovery Ministries of the episcopal Church

We are an independent, nationwide network of Episcopal laity and clergy, dioceses and parishes, schools, agencies, and other institutions - all with a common commitment to address the effects of addiction, in all its forms, in relation to the church's mission.

Buffalo, New York

WOMENS REFUGE OF VERO BEACH INC

The mission of the Women's Refuge of Vero Beach is to provide a live-in Christian program where hurting women can find sanctuary in a healing environment, and to provide a non-residential Christian program for all peoples who are serious about becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

Vero Beach, Florida

Portales MainStreet Program

Portales MainStreet partners with merchants and the community to act as a catalyst for the development of business and the enhancement of quality of life. Our organization is working to develop Downtown Portales into a beautiful, restored and rejuvenated historic area that invites and encourages the development of current and future business through professional and cultural endeavors

Portales, New Mexico

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New Life International

New Life International, Inc. is a Christian outreach organization dedicated to humanitarian and developmental activities. One of the largest outreach programs of New Life International is to providing safe water to the world.

Underwood, Indiana

India Gospel League

India Gospel League exists to promote and establish the kingdom of God and reach the unreached in India.

Hudson, Ohio

Meier Clinics Foundation

Our staff and counselors share a nondenominational, Christian perspective on health care. We integrate biblically-based, Christian beliefs with psychological principles to treat the whole person - emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Our total commitment to Christian counseling as well as sound clinical training distinguishes our approach.

Wheaton, Illinois

Simal Shelter

Our mission help to homeless animals

Baku, Abseron

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFEPOINTS

SERVING ACCORDING TO GOD'S PURPOSE - Believing God's promises are true - Directed by Christian values - Believing we are called to serve - Believing all people have dignity and potential - Giving our best to help others achieve their best

MORTON, Illinois

Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that is devoted to the rehabilitation and release of orphaned, injured and sick wildlife. We are the largest wildlife rehabilitation center treating mammals, birds, and waterfowl on the Front Range. We treat thousands of animals annually with nearly 70% of them being orphans. Over 200 different species have come through our doors since we were founded in 1982. We also provide outreach programs for audiences of all ages regarding rehabilitation, humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts, and how you can help Colorado’s wildlife.

Boulder, Colorado

TURPENTINE CREEK FOUNDATION INC

To provide lifetime refuge for abandoned, abused, and neglected big cats with an emphasis on tigers, lions, leopards, and cougars.

EUREKA SPGS, Arkansas