Mission & Vision
Mission
The Resistance and Reimagination Collective is a school-based group committed to cultivating awareness, action, and agency in the face of social injustice. Centering the lived experiences and inherent resilience of people of color, we seek to both resist systems of oppression and reimagine liberatory futures. Through education, resource-sharing, and collective action, we empower our members and surrounding communities to dismantle inequity and build pathways of healing, justice, and possibility.
Vision
To empower students with the tools to dismantle systems of oppression and reimagine new systems where everyone is safe and free.
A Word about Solidarity
What is Solidarity?
Solidarity means standing in unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest or fight; mutual support with and for your and other groups.
Ex: Black and Brown folx stand in solidarity (united, mutually supportive) against police brutality.
Quotes
“Solidarity is based on the [principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other.”
- Starhawk (Feminist, activist, writer)
“We’re gonna fight racism not with racism, but with solidarity.”
- Brown Berets (Chicanx Social Movement/Group based in East L.A.)
will.i.am + Taboo - East L.A.
“And that’s why I stand in solidarity with Latinos.”
-will.i.am