To dismantle the barriers to reproductive freedom in communities of color, we must first dismantle the system that keeps men on the sidelines. Beats on the Streets (BOTS) is scaling the Multicultural Leaders Program (MLP), an initiative designed to transform the next generation of leaders by confronting the colonial legacies of machismo. While reproductive rights are often framed as a "woman's issue," our program recognizes that gender equity cannot be achieved without engaging men. By leveraging the "brotherhood" of multicultural fraternities, we move young men from passive bystanders to active allies in our fight for bodily autonomy by dismantling machismo, improving gender equity, and promoting reproductive choice. By engaging these leaders on campus, we reach them at a pivotal moment in their development, ensuring that the values of equity and bodily autonomy become foundational to their lives.

The Multicultural Leaders Program has three core objectives: 1) dismantling machismo; 2) dispelling the belief that reproductive choice is just a women's issue; and 3) creating more allies for diversity, abortion rights, and LGBTQ rights. The MLP consists of three activities: