What Is the Justice Institute?
The mission of the Justice Institute is to build a network of
leaders, teachers and students, in St. Louis to motivate and
empower grassroots activists through political education and
training. The vision of the Institute is to ensure economic,
political and social justice for working class people through
local organized struggle.
Through principled political discussion and coordinated action,
the Justice Institute seeks to transform our organizations into
democratic entities that will grow and sustain themselves. In
turn, the social justice movement will be strengthened and the
impact of our strategic efforts will deepen and expand.
Justice Institute's Guiding Principles
• We will fight for the dignity, equality, and respect of all
oppressed people.
• We will outreach to progressives and radicals within our
community.
• We will create a safe space for the celebration of culture.
• We will fight to eliminate the tenets of capitalism.
• We will work to overcome the divisions within the broader
progressive and radical communities and create solidarity to
strengthen our movements.
• We will fight for the rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgendered individuals.
• We will fight for gender equality and for women's liberation.
• We will teach the art of organizing by passing on historically
effective techniques and developing new strategic models and
theories
Anti-Racist
Collective's
"Statement of
Honorable Intentions"
"We are a group of white anti-racists who are
coming together to further anti-racist work among
progressive activists in the St. Louis area. We are
affiliated with the Justice Institute for the purpose of
developing ongoing accountability to people of color. We do
not want people of color to do our work for us, nor do we
want to be a vehicle for consolidating white power. We are
beginning with a study/discussion group focusing on The Cost
of Privilege by Chip Smith. Our purpose in this group is to
begin a joint process of analysis which can result in a set
of shared beliefs relating to anti-racist work. We hope that
a core group will coalesce around these beliefs and become
an ongoing force for mutual support and anti-racist action
in our progressive multi-racial, multi-national politics."
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