As a company, we acknowledge that too many humans in our community have been historically de-resourced, oppressed, and marginalized by systemic racism, white ignorance, homophobia, transphobia, patriarchal power structures, capitalism, settler colonialism, and religious bigotry.

We prioritize working with members of our community who share our understanding that we cannot move forward until we acknowledge, address, and repair the harmful actions our ancestors have taken in the past and our contemporaries are taking today.

 

We understand that until past injustices and present harm are acknowledged, addressed, and repaired, there can be no peace, no healing, and no future. We want no inclusion in white ignorance, white supremacy, religious dogma and cruelty, patriarchal power structures, heteronormativity, or any system that does not center our unique humanness. We want no part in diversifying white supremacy, white ignorance, capitalism, colonialism, and anti-queerness. And we question how systems of oppression can ever achieve equity for any marginalized individual or community while pushing to maintain the status quo.

Justice Work & Policy. 

To this end, Nacy Warner Associates advocates for:

  • Policies that call for the payment of reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans

  • Policies that protect Black, indigenous, and other communities of color from further harm through economic, social, and environmental marginalization

  • Policies that acknowledge housing, health care, food, water, and education as human rights

  • Policies that protect bodily autonomy and the right to privacy in making health care decisions with medical professionals, including abortion, gender-affirming care, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

  • Policies that protect the civil and social rights of LGBTQIA+ people

  • Policies that protect public schools and other public entities (libraries, public colleges, and university systems) from interference by religious institutions

We acknowledge that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, and that our collective survival requires navigation within systems built on white ignorance, white supremacy, valuing the hoarding of capital and wealth over human needs, and religious oppression; as such, we aim to enter business partnerships and choose vendor relationships that minimize harm, while understanding that ideological purity is impractical under our current system.