Values

As advocates we believe:

  • Equity is NOT Equality.

  • Equity is the overarching umbrella where the work of anti-racism, DEI, and other practices live.

  • Black and Brown brothers and sisters have the right to not be discriminated against, devalued, discredited, or otherwise killed based on the color of their skin.

  • Organizations and businesses need re-training, re-education, and a re-focus of equitable practices that can lead to positive change.

  • Racism is still prevalent, and is a multi-layered problem, showing itself in how people talk and act, and is imbedded in the overall system of society which effects housing, economics, academics, and other areas of life.

  • Every identity has a voice, and must be heard, and those of marginalized groups need an equitable space to find and share their voice.

  • Equity begins with the identities that are finding barriers.

  • Equity doesn’t take from another identity to establish an outcome.

  • There is no zero sum in equity work; we all don’t need to suffer the same in order to be made whole. 

  • Each identity as a right to better economic means

  • Black and Brown brothers and sisters have a right to better economic stability and should be leaders and owners of their communities, including operating and owning businesses, accumulating wealth, and gaining assets to establish themselves for generations hereafter.

  • Marginalized members who find barriers to economics have a right to remove those limitations.

  • Economics is not only monetary, but includes any aspect by which wealth and sustenance is created.

·        Racism, DEI, and Anti – Racism are NOT political; our focus is based on human rights and quality of life.

·        Equity requires the support of other ethnicities and identities at all times.

  • No one group can be the commanding voice for another.

·        Marginalized communities need to unify together and help bring up those who have been affected by racism and discrimination which causes barriers to a quality of life including:

  1. Providing education and guidance

  2. Financial support

·        Black Lives Still Matter…and It Is Time that we show it.

Our Mission

It is time…to end racism, and enhance the quality of life of marginalized people.

As advocates and change agents for Black and Brown members, and other identities in all communities of Maine and New England, we fight for racial, ethnic, and social justice looking to end systemic racism, and provide an equitable space for enhanced quality of life. We do this through:

  • Equity Assessment

  • Efficiency Recommendations and Outcomes

  • Economic Justice, Empowerment, and Improvement for Marginalized Groups

  • Quality Access for Individuals Who Find Barriers to Entry

  • Desiring Human and Civil Rights

  • Reconciliation For All Races for Future Collaboration and Generational Success Removal of Individuals In Power Engaging In Racist or Discriminatory Efforts, or Limiting Access of People.

  • Leveraging Legislation, Policy Making At All Levels of Government

We exist to help Maine Communities in this climate of renewed equity work and to be a voice in places that need and want a voice of marginalized people to speak louder.