"The freedman has not yet found in freedom his promise land." 

"[the Negro must] live peacefully with his white neighbors...the negro [must] deport himself modestly...depending upon the slow but sure influences that proceed from the possessions of property, intelligence, and high character for the full recognition of his political rights."

We are committed to making our spaces family-friendly and enable parents to fully participate with their children. We are committed to dismantling the patriarchal practice that requires mothers to work “double shifts” that require them to mother in private even as they participate in justice work. 

We are guided by the fact all Black lives, regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression, economic status, ability, disability, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, immigration status or location 

We are committed to acknowledging, respecting and celebrating difference(s) and commonalities. 

We are committed to collectively, lovingly and courageously working vigorously for freedom and justice for Black people and, by extension all people. As we forge our path, we intentionally build and nurture a beloved community that is bonded together through a beautiful struggle that is restorative, not depleting. 

• Grand jury decided not to indict Wilson after finding that witness reports did not match up with evidence 

• Grand jury could not confirm the “Hands up, don’t shoot” narrative the way it was told after the shooting. By then, however, the phrase had taken on a message of its own. 

• The phrase took off more than a year ago, becoming a rallying cry for protesters and others trying to draw attention to the death of Brown and other African Americans at the hands of police officers.