Planned Parenthood's 25-Year Plan -
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Published on: 9/28/2002
Last Visited: 9/28/2002
"No one did the exercises the way we had written them," says Jim LeFevre, PPFA's chief strategy officer.But he reckoned that was healthy: If the process appeared chaotic, it also allowed participants to push the creative envelope.
In January 2001, an expanded steering committee gathered in San Jose to distill the results -- two binders' worth.First, it crafted a statement of promise: "Creating hope for humanity: the freedom to dream, to make choices, and to live in peace with our planet."Then they laid out a set of 13 core beliefs: first, "the right to sexual and reproductive self-determination that is noncoercive, nonexploitative, and responsible."Finally, the group set 10 concrete goals for 2025.
A draft of the document was delivered to everyone who had participated, from the ground up.