About RJN
The Racial Justice Network (RJN) brings together over thirty organisations and individuals from across the West Yorkshire region to proactively promote racial justice.
Our Vision
Holistic, Societal, Environmental, Spiritual and Cultural Repairs to address legacies of colonialism and end racial injustice.
Our Mission
- Organise and mobilise with racially minoritised communities and take positive and effective action.
- Raise awareness about race inequality and injustice by listening and working with disempowered communities to challenge and hold powers accountable.
- Bring Racial justice into mainstream thought and build solidarity.
Our Values
- Open to learning and sharing
- Work collaboratively and in solidarity
- Be united upon a clear vision and purpose
- Inclusive and centre those who are most marginalised
Our Objectives
- Develop knowledge, skills and capacity of racially minoritised groups to participate more fully in society
- Build a resilient community able to take positive and effective action on issues that affect them
- Promote and create new paths to build a more equitable society
- To collectively repair our (mis)education by enhanced awareness around race, racialisation and racism, locally, nationally and globally
- To maintain Race Analysis as core to the network and push race on the ‘Agenda‘
- Be aware, consider and apply Intersections.
- Decolonise Your Mind
Elder and Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s prolific works has lessons for us on resistance to the continued project of imperialism and colonialism. - Unlearning Racism Programme Report: Reflections And Learnings From The Past Seven Years
The Unlearning Racism report is one of reflection, learning and accountability to our communities, Black and Brown-led movements and ourselves. It centres the voice and experience of Black and Brown-led movement leaders as a measure of whether the Unlearning Racism Programme has served its purpose and fulfilled its aims. - 7 days to go! Upcoming Unlearning Racism Report Launch on the 21st of March
7 days to go! Upcoming Unlearning Racism Report Launch on the 21st of March To… Read more: 7 days to go! Upcoming Unlearning Racism Report Launch on the 21st of March
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