Our Mission, Approach, & Vision

Our Mission

Movement for Family Power is an abolitionist hub and incubator, cultivating and harnessing community power to end family policing and build a world where all families can thrive. 

Founded in 2018, we are the first national organization focused on abolishing family policing.

WHat We do
WHat We do

Our Approach

Guided by movement lawyering principles, we approach power-building through three commitments:

► Connection: Growing movement networks to deepen alignment and make collective action possible.

► Capacity: Building infrastructure for our movement to preserve knowledge, adapt to emerging conditions, and endure for the long haul.

► Care: Supporting our collective imagination to vision and create conditions of care and repair.

A Black pregnant person gently holds their belly with both hands forming a heart shape. Behind them, pink and orange flowers create a wing-like formation.

We unapologetically center Black mamas, recognizing how white supremacy, anti-Black racism, and gender injustice function to sever sacred family bonds.

Our Vision

We envision a future rooted in racial and reproductive justice, where:

► All families are protected from family policing, state violence, and forced separation.

► The dignity and bodily autonomy of every pregnant, birthing, and parenting person is upheld.

► Communities have power and essential resources to nurture our relationships and keep us safe.

Why Abolition?
Why Abolition?

Graphic Notes from MFP’s 2025 Building Family Power Convening.

Our Beliefs & Values

  • It takes a village to raise a child.

    We believe in shared responsibility for the health and wellbeing of our families and communities and are cultivating joy and healing justice in our movement.

  • I am because you are.

    We believe in the inherent dignity of all people and are building alignment across movements, recognizing that our struggles and abolitionist dreams are deeply intertwined.

  • If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

    We believe that change is only possible through building and leveraging people power and are supporting frontline organizers to grow our movement ecosystem.

  • Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.

    We believe in strategic partnerships and accountability and are deepening our relationships for long-term movement sustainability.

  • Go back and retrieve.

    We believe that we must learn from the past in order to make progress in the future and are guided by ancestral wisdom from the movements before us as we develop a roadmap for movements after us.

  • With a little seed of imagination, you can grow a field of hope.

    We believe that the world we envision is possible and are convening spaces and incubating ideas that will help get us all free.