At the Center for Birth Justice (CBJ), we believe in scaling impact through community-partnered practices. Our approach is deeply rooted in mutual aid, connection, support, and collaboration. We operate with the understanding that we are stronger when we each lend our best capacity and work to others. Our support framework is not just a business transaction; it’s an offering that is protective and helpful, sharing the benefit of what we’ve learned with others. We aim to leverage collective strengths to scale our impact and advance equity in birth justice.
Key Features: Affiliated faculty receive up to 10 hours of free support across our core areas: communications, design, operations, and community engagement. Services are high-level, strategic, or consultative, offering expertise, advice, guidance, or feedback that can be applied to advance academic or research initiatives.
Example Services: Strategic advice on messaging, branding consultations for accessibility and engagement, guidance on community engagement strategies or outreach programs, basic networking introductions, and research and evaluation best practices workshops.
Key Features: Provides comprehensive, ongoing support available for a fee, tailored specifically to organizational needs. Services involve more detailed, hands-on, and long-term support, often including full-scale implementation. This tier is outside the scope of the Faculty Affiliate program. Requires a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Example Services: Custom branding and design projects like logos, brand guides, and infographics, ongoing event co-creation and management for large events, workshops, or webinars, long-term community partnership development, and detailed content creation for social media, blogs, and videos. Also includes workshops and training sessions on topics like Canva, community engagement principles, and research methods.
Key Features: Available on a grant-funded or fee-based basis for a range of short- or long-term projects. This tier is available to everyone and is paid. Services include custom-designed projects that require significant time and resources, technical assistance for one-off needs, and specialized consultations. Requires a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Offers flexibility in scope and timing.
Example Services: Full design overhauls and advertising campaigns, in-depth data analysis and epidemiological consultation, and technical assistance such as UCSF payment processing for engaging stakeholders (gift cards or checks).