WeARE (Advocates for Reproductive Education)

Give to the Max for rural reproductive justice!

This is a defining moment in our nation’s history. WeARE-The Clinic opened in 2017. Then, as now, there was grief, fear, uncertainty, and anger—but also hope, grassroots organizing, resilience, and drive for change. Despite these difficult years, thanks to our founders, volunteers, patients, and so many of you, WeARE continues to ensure that our community has access to vital resources on healthy and safe relationships, including birth control, STI prevention, identity, gender-affirming care, and more. WeARE advocating for justice and uplifting the lives of young people in our community and beyond, and WeARE here to stay. There has never been a more important time to support the reproductive rights of all. 

In 2023, WeARE-The Clinic had 780 patient visits, with about 580 returning and 200 new patients, receiving essential services. WeARE also operates outreach clinics at the local domestic violence shelter and at the local community college to bring critical reproductive and sexual healthcare directly to those who need it most. Everyone is welcome at WeARE.

Let’s Talk, our education program, also reached over 150 families and 500 students last year with evidence-based information about topics like healthy relationships, consent, identity, and sexual health. This programming is effectively increasing the knowledge and skills of students at The Shop (Brainerd/Baxter Youth Center), Upward Bound, PORT group homes, Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE), and many other locations across the Brainerd Lakes Area.  

We can’t do this work without your support, and we have big plans to continue supporting the well-being of folks in our community for years to come. Please consider giving generously to support WeARE’s work toward reproductive justice in the Brainerd Lakes Area this Give to the Max Day. Thank you!