MISSION: Tending Futures is a Black and Indigenous-led, fiscally sponsored project advancing reproductive justice, abolition and community resilience in the Gulf South through direct services, organizing and culturally grounded health interventions.
We work with families most impacted by criminalization, environmental harm and economic instability to strengthen family integrity, reduce harm and build long-term community capacity.
VISION: We envision Black and Indigenous communities with the resources, care and power to sustain families, navigate crisis and shape their own futures without reliance on punitive or extractive systems.
The Earth Line splits the circle like a horizon: above, visible growth and below, deep roots and buried stories. It resembles a seed breaking open, reminding us transformation requires rupture.
The Color (deep green) represents life, healing and the sacred bond with land. For Afro-Indigenous communities, it recalls gardens, forests and freedom spaces that nurtured survival.
The Tending Futures logo is rich with symbolism rooted in Black and Indigenous legacy, land stewardship and intergenerational care.
The Plant with roots and leaves reflects our grounding in ancestral wisdom. For Black communities, it honors survival through displacement. For Indigenous communities, it embodies connection to land and memory. The three leaves represent past, present and future or spirit, body and community.
The Sun rising or setting evokes ceremony, cycles and reclamation. It honors beginnings and endings, and nods to cosmologies that view time as circular centering our responsibility to future generations.
The Circle symbolizes wholeness, unity and protection. It echoes the medicine wheel and the sacred spaces where healing and collective decision-making happen. A commitment to community-led balance and reciprocity.
Community Self-Determination
We prioritize leadership, decision-making and solutions led by Black and Indigenous people most impacted by the systems we seek to change. Our work is accountable to community needs rather than institutional expectations.
Reproductive Justice & Family Integrity
We understand reproductive justice as the right to parent, heal and maintain family connection under safe and sustainable conditions. Our programs support caregivers, birthing people and families navigating criminalization, health disparities and economic stress.
Care as Infrastructure
Care is not supplemental to our work. It is core infrastructure. We design programs that address physical, emotional and relational needs while preventing burnout among participants and staff.
Abolition & Harm Reduction
We are committed to reducing reliance on punitive systems and advancing alternatives rooted in care, accountability and restoration. Our work addresses the material harms caused by incarceration, surveillance and environmental violence.
Cultural Grounding Without Exclusion
We honor Black and Indigenous knowledge systems while ensuring our programs are accessible, evidence-informed and appropriate for public funding and diverse community participation.
Ethical Growth & Sustainability
We grow programs at the pace of our staffing and resources. We do not expand offerings without the capacity to support them responsibly.