Our Mission, Vision & Values
We give changemakers an outlet for self-exploration and the resources they need to make progressive systemic change, including:
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Paid writing and artistic opportunities that prioritize contributors from systemically marginalized communities
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Interviews with nonprofit industry leaders to define our current historic moment and provide guidance to future change makers;
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Research that show community trends and putting them in the context of social justice.
Read all of our contributor pieces here!
Our Organizing Principles
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Writing can be anything, including rebellion.
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While other visual mediums are necessary, so is writing.
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We prioritize amplifying the voices of systemically marginalized communities.
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Organizing to dismantle white supremacy and colonialism in the United States must always start from a lens of antiracism with a background understanding of anti-Blackness.
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Global advocacy to dismantle white supremacy requires all of us to work together, with white people taking the lead.
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Every human is valid and worthy of love, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, immigration status, faith, or disability status.
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Looking at justice through a lens of intersectionality is vital to dismantling all current systems of oppression.
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Civilizations rise and fall, but history is forever.
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Through community building, education, and accountability, we can hold government and law enforcement systems accountable to the community.
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Through these deliberate actions, we can also create support networks that will uplift and sustain local communities.
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You cannot understand federal politics without local politics, and you cannot make national change without local change (vice versa). Through our roots in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, we provide a slice of local activism and politics that we all experience in our daily lives.
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While having 501(c)3 status from the IRS gives nonprofits certain benefits, it also helps to uphold the systems of oppression that we are trying to combat.
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We therefore prioritize remaining extra vigilant that we are remaining accountable to the communities which we serve, not the funders we seek money from.
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Care for yourself like you care for the work.
Our Rules & Policies
- WE ARE A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES MARGINALIZED BY WHITE SUPREMACIST SYSTEM.
- This is also a safe space for white/privileged people to process their growing pains in a healthy, constructive way.
- This is NOT a safe space for white/privileged people to complain about needing to be anti-racist.
- Respect our values and apply them to others.
- Always assume good intent.
- AI usage policy
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