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FIGHT FOR LOVE! ThroughEquity, Justice, and DignityToward Collective Action and Collective HealingCore Values: Defining and working together though Equity, Justice, and Dignity toward Collective Action and Collective Healing.  This is our Fight for Love!We pledge to periodically (each six months) re-prioritize our immediate next steps, responding to the current needs arising in the areas of human rights and liberation: safety, education, economic justice, legal transformation.We pledge to:•	Work together with equity, justice and dignity for each member of our organization.•	Recognize the complexity of each situation/ prioritized concern.•	Be realistic that a “political process” is not a quick or easy fix; know that it will take time and the determined will of the population and elected officials.•	Keep each other abreast of the current realities of our prioritized concerns, keeping in mind the dignity of each human.•	Fight for LOVE in every meeting, priority planning, action step.•	Fight xenophobia and arguments that foster division in communities and the world.We pledge to focus on the Immediate Priority of Children at the Border during the next six months (April 2021 - November 2021).1.	Create intragroup conscious-raising and self-education on the facts, existing laws, and evolving situation of the children at the border.2.	Create and use talking points, based on accurate information, for conversations with our personal and professional networks.3.	Expand intergroup collaboration and partnership with other organizations who share our concerns and passion to gather, combine, and exchange resources. 4.	Contact elected representatives at all levels of government to urge them to act positively and creatively to implement short- and long-term humane solutions that benefit children and families caught in this crisis.5.	Support leaders who focus on solutions that benefit children and families in their native countries and address the root causes of migration.  6.	Call for immigration policies that achieve a sensible legal entry process, and paths to asylum, legal residency, and citizenship.

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FIGHT FOR LOVE! ThroughEquity, Justice, and DignityToward Collective Action and Collective HealingCore Values: Defining and working together though Equity, Justice, and Dignity toward Collective Action and Collective Healing.  This is our Fight for Love!We pledge to periodically (each six months) re-prioritize our immediate next steps, responding to the current needs arising in the areas of human rights and liberation: safety, education, economic justice, legal transformation.We pledge to:•	Work together with equity, justice and dignity for each member of our organization.•	Recognize the complexity of each situation/ prioritized concern.•	Be realistic that a “political process” is not a quick or easy fix; know that it will take time and the determined will of the population and elected officials.•	Keep each other abreast of the current realities of our prioritized concerns, keeping in mind the dignity of each human.•	Fight for LOVE in every meeting, priority planning, action step.•	Fight xenophobia and arguments that foster division in communities and the world.We pledge to focus on the Immediate Priority of Children at the Border during the next six months (April 2021 - November 2021).1.	Create intragroup conscious-raising and self-education on the facts, existing laws, and evolving situation of the children at the border.2.	Create and use talking points, based on accurate information, for conversations with our personal and professional networks.3.	Expand intergroup collaboration and partnership with other organizations who share our concerns and passion to gather, combine, and exchange resources. 4.	Contact elected representatives at all levels of government to urge them to act positively and creatively to implement short- and long-term humane solutions that benefit children and families caught in this crisis.5.	Support leaders who focus on solutions that benefit children and families in their native countries and address the root causes of migration.  6.	Call for immigration policies that achieve a sensible legal entry process, and paths to asylum, legal residency, and citizenship.

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Fight for LOVE - Action plan

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We imagine creating a webinar style zoom call, which addresses issues surrounding activism and privilege.  It will address the task of moving from a movement of shame and ager to a movement of acknowledging trauma. This webinar will hopefully gain traction from partners and enough funding to expand into a larger entity.
We hope to gain sponsorship and volunteers from CSUDH, The Poor Peoples Campaign, and others. Student volunteers will get clinical hours towards their educational programs. This webinar will be structured as follows:
1. Open with a poem written by one of our members coupled with a moving image of a wall. This portion is intended to evoke emotion of shame, anger, fear, rage,
2. Another member will follow this with a meaningful, emotional, and probing question for the audience. They will be given several minutes to reflect.
3. Next there will be a facilitated conversation between a trained activist and an individual who identifies as high SES and privileged. Additionally there will be a similarly structured conversation between the trained activist and an individual who identifies as low SES and underprivileged. This portion will hopefully shed light on the nuances of shame, anger, or fear felt by the effects of oppression and being the oppressor.
4. Next, a short YouTube clip will follow, detailing research, evidence, and data suggesting the detrimental effects of unbalanced power and privilege.
5. Break out rooms will follow, where participants will discuss either their reflection of the poem, the conversations, or the YouTube clip.  Break out rooms will be facilitated by individuals who are not typical facilitators (i.e. young people, POC, people who identify as LGBTQI+)
6. Finally, we will close with final comments, questions, and reflection.

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~ We need to create "sacred spaces" where we use the "same language" to help us find commonalities, reach common ground, and build a network of allies to benefit our causes, all of which affect each other as we are interconnected. 

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~ We need to create "sacred spaces" where we use the "same language" to help us find commonalities, reach common ground, and build a network of allies to benefit our causes, all of which affect each other as we are interconnected. 

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I.         Sacred space: 30 days

o   Cancel vs Counsel Culture

§  Cancel culture - the desire to ostracize someone for being in disagreement, a form of aggression and control that includes censorship, interference, and retribution. It allows people to dehumanize others and breaks down communication. It has caused division and is very polarizing

§  Counsel Culture allows for dialogue and understanding the thoughts and perspectives of another in a way that promotes understanding between individuals.

o   Safety

o   Create sacred space in our self which speaks again to the self-awareness

II.       Common language: 30 days

o   Define spirituality:

§  the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

§  Spirituality involves the recognition of a feeling or sense or belief that there is something greater than myself, something more to being human than sensory experience, and that the greater whole of which we are part is cosmic or divine in nature. ... An opening of the heart is an essential aspect of true spirituality.

§  Spiritual practice: what we do to promote integration at interpersonal, group, organizational or societal levels. ~ opening session address

§  Action item: Create a group to define “spirituality” within a week.

o   Define empathy

§  Ability to step into someone else’s shoes as opposed to sympathy which is pity.

o   We lose each other’s definitions because we relate it to different things.

o   Awareness of differences even within groups.  Regional differences.

III.     Cultural responsiveness: 30 days

o   Learn about other people’s context, experiences,

o   Open minded and not to be prejudice, do not make assumptions about another, be curious, not afraid to ask,

o   Awareness of self,

o   Public awareness – we need to facilitate awareness in others for the issue we are tackling.  Educational component?  Framework of operation?  Common definitions?

o   Respectful and acknowledge other people’s perspectives

o   Celebrating the diversity

o   Outside vs inside – seeking those within a context as the experts

IV.    Shared authority on behalf of humanity: 30 days

o   All of our responsibility, applying it in our own world, life, context

o   Equal value of everyone involved in order not to devalue others

V.      Common Ground: 30 days

o   Defining the terminologies, how we communicate, the words that we use,

§  Be able to find people to find the share beliefs/ goals

§  Create a network of communication

§  Allies: are we defining terminology where everyone is on the same page?

§  Is there a possibility for didactics?  An educational component?

§  Cross discipline with different educational backgrounds

o   Common direction

o   For Humanity in Context of Earth

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First, find sponsors to help facilitate the meeting. Next, find members that are willing to pay to attend conference and have age not be a factor. After, hire consultants and tech to help guide the meeting and give members some purpose and help them what to do. Finally, come up with a fight song to bring motivation up and use a poem to ask questions regarding emotion as a way to have members start reflecting and thinking about their status, privilege, fears of being an activist, and how society sees them. 

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First, find sponsors to help facilitate the meeting. Next, find members that are willing to pay to attend conference and have age not be a factor. After, hire consultants and tech to help guide the meeting and give members some purpose and help them what to do. Finally, come up with a fight song to bring motivation up and use a poem to ask questions regarding emotion as a way to have members start reflecting and thinking about their status, privilege, fears of being an activist, and how society sees them. 

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We need to create "sacred spaces" where we use the "same language" to help us find commonalities, reach common ground, and build a network of allies to benefit our causes, all of which affect each other as we are interconnected.

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Passion and compassion
We are the system
Compassion, connection, to love
Concretize activism in ways that are compassionate.

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A Process for Activism based on a Common Ground

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A Process for Activism based on a Common Ground

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Connect on Spiritual Level >>> Who are we on a spiritual level >>>> Connect via Empathy >>> Safe/Neutral Communication (with shared definitions for words) >>> Shared Authority on behalf of humanity >>> Experienced as Allies >>>> Create Safety >>> Common Ground >>> Built on Trust >>> Common Direction >>> For Humanity in Context of Earth

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My group spoke about how many times a group of people might not connect given to the fact that their is miscommunication. Everyone might have a different connotation with a given word so not asking for clarifying questions might result in people misunderstanding your idea. Overall, the conversation might not be that beneficial since no one is in the same page.

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Change along with working toward unity and empowerment in our diversity

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Change along with working toward unity and empowerment in our diversity

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Bridge between the dismantle of external systems and our internal systems
What do we stand for?
Change within ourselves

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Fight for meeting at the wall(a place that is heavily guarded) and connect with others by moving from a movement of hatred and anger to a movement of acknowledge sorrow, trauma and abandonment

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Fight for meeting at the wall(a place that is heavily guarded) and connect with others by moving from a movement of hatred and anger to a movement of acknowledge sorrow, trauma and abandonment

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Equity, Justice, and Dignity toward Collective Action and Collective Healing.

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Creating a sacred space when we communicate so that we can find commonality.

We are all interconnected

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Coming to know that whatever happens to you, happens to me.

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Coming to know that whatever happens to you, happens to me.

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Breaking down walls, addressing intersectionality, learning histories, speaking up in our day to day lives.

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We discussed how groups divide and people go into a sub-group because that's where they feel more comfortable.

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We need to respect each others differences and opinions in order to make everyone feel safe and included.

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We need to respect each others differences and opinions in order to make everyone feel safe and included.

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Safety - knowing relationships are safe.

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Safety - knowing relationships are safe.

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Finding commonality
Change starts with self
Advocating for the cause

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How our unconscious biases and life experiences block us from seeing each other in the fullness of our humanity
Comfortable with being part of a particular group
Their is power in our differences
Big Idea or Big Issue - Working Toward Unity and Empowerment in our Differences

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We tend to generalize people in groups that they seem to fit into based on what we see. So  we should learn to ask how each individual identifies and what their boundaries are in order to respect them.

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We tend to generalize people in groups that they seem to fit into based on what we see. So  we should learn to ask how each individual identifies and what their boundaries are in order to respect them.

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By sharing our stories with each other, we can connect and find solidarity.

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By sharing our stories with each other, we can connect and find solidarity.

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We need to find a way so people are not lost in transition and get to a similar goal 

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We need to find a way so people are not lost in transition and get to a similar goal 

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creating safety in controversial conversation

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We need to open ourselves and be aware in our everyday lives to being able to recognize all our personal identities(spiritual, academic, activist) and being able to accept the connections across the board with spirituality. Also, being able to find common grounds regarding education, solving problems not giving solutions, and using compassion instead of hate

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We need to open ourselves and be aware in our everyday lives to being able to recognize all our personal identities(spiritual, academic, activist) and being able to accept the connections across the board with spirituality. Also, being able to find common grounds regarding education, solving problems not giving solutions, and using compassion instead of hate