For all seeds (for all life), the common non-negotiable need is water. For plants, water provides structural support and is essential for making food and distributing nutrients.

Just as plants need water for all their bodily functions, birth justice actors and organizations require a vitalizing liquid to breathe life into our work: funding. We each have different funding requirements—a cholla cactus stands resolutely in the desert for months without rain while kitchen basil wilts under the summer sun if not for a regular drink. Many among us have been incredibly innovative to get it, like an orchid evolved to grow on trees, roots spread over branches to collect water drops and absorb moisture in the air. Working with the resources available to us, we have achieved worthy accomplishments. But for the sustainability of our work, for birth justice to fulfill the systemic change it prophesies, we need robust financial support that is equitably distributed and responsive to the needs of the diverse ecology we want to see grow. In the words of interviewee Amanda C., directed specifically to fellow funders, “Flood the field.”

To help steer your watering endeavors, we offer this field guide: