Plant Parenthood's Legacy

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I think it's about resizing in strategy, conversations and decision making. We need to have a practice that actual helps us descenter whiteness. That was the needle i was trying togo. I don't feel that naming her races would have been completely accurate. It wouldn't have been an easy way for us to distance ourselves from hundred years of her life without actually interrogating how those behaviors have continued to be perpetuate inside the work and the movement. And so karen, was a nod to the next generation, to my staff, to say, like, i see you, and we are going to actually take this work on internally inside of the movement.

Faced with long odds, how do you keep your team motivated and moving forward? As a leader, Alexis McGill Johnson is focused on building hope. As the president of Planned Parenthood, Johnson is preparing for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. But in the meantime, she’s modeling a sense of relentlessness for her team – so they can be fearless and unapologetic. Since she took over at Planned Parenthood, she’s faced both internal and external challenges. Something she learned early: "You really need to drive it like you stole it,” she says. “And don't wait for permission to make the transformations that you need to see.” She’s chosen to speak boldly, emphasizing equity and addressing the organization’s legacies of racism head on. The lessons she offers can be focused as a refusal to shy away from disappointments – and impossible dreams.

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