We value the power of ideas. Education is the core of struggle, and as abolitionists, theorists, and practitioners of traditions of radical Blackness, we seek to develop a shared historical analysis and collective political consciousness. We come from a tradition of engaged pedagogy that views learning as a perpetual process of existential struggle that is best done carefully, together. We look to foster an intellectual culture and abolitionist praxis anchored to the best of the traditions and values that we have inherited from around the world across time, oriented toward abolition of racial capitalism on the horizon of a future of limitless possibility.

We view advocacy is the connective tissue between analysis and change. We help communities communicate their needs through narrative. People know what our communities need, but often lack access to the networks of power necessary to fulfill those needs. We work with communities to tell their compelling stories and help provide guidance and resources to bring those narrative to life through written and spoken word, photography, and documentary film and employ various tactics to use community narratives to persuade policy makers to listen to the needs and imaginations of our communities and compel them to adapt to our demands.

We’ve always been the leaders that we’ve always needed. We seek to highlight the talents that all of or community members already possess, cultivate the skills we may lack, and position our community members to succeed and gain control over our political destiny. As we learn and struggle together, we will develop the skills that we need in order to flourish. We seek to foster an environment encouraging members to see themselves as the leaders they need and to instill an intellectual culture enriched in traditions of radical Blackness that enables our communities, through their members, to fiercely and effectively advocate for the People’s needs by any means necessary.