OUR WORK
To End Racism
and Genocide
Black African Liberation and Community Development
(BALCD):
Commitments Against Oppression
MORE WORK
To End Racism and Genocide
Implementing RC Community Goal One:
Ending Racism by Barbara Love,
International Liberation Reference Person for
African-Heritage People
United to End Racism a project of the RC Community,
dedicated to eliminating racism in the world
Articles about Racism by various Indigenous and
Global Majority teachers and leaders of RC and
White allies
Building Native and Indigenous and
Global Majority Communities
stories of how we can center Native and Indigenous
and Global Majority people in our RC Communities
Beer Dun (Wolof) / Île de Gorée (Français), Senegal • Erin Huang-Schaffer, 2016
AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS
The Climate Crisis and Women from
the Global South video webinar
Janet Kabue & Chioma Okonkwo
Voices from Frontline Communities video montage of
clips from Sustaining All Life (SAL) &
United to End Racism (UER) forums
Every Child Matters: The Role and Effects of the
Residential/Boarding School System video webinar
by Darlene Daniels, Anishinew (Ojicree)
Garden Hill First Nation
The Liberation of South, Central, and West Asians
video webinar by Azi Khalili,
International Liberation Reference Person for
South, Central, and West Asian Heritage People,
interpreted into Arabic by Iman Awadh
Racism and the Collapsing Society video presentation by
Barbara Love and Tim Jackins
The Effects of Climate Change on Africa and Africans
audio of webinar by Janet Kabue, ARP for Nairobi, Kenya
and Apprentice ICRP for Care of the Environment
No Human Enemies SAL/UER workshop with
Azi Khalili, interpreted into Arabic
Acknowledgment of Country by Uraine Roelofs with
SAL/UER, made on the land of the Turrbal,
Yuggera and Yugambeh Peoples
NATIVE LIBERATION
Draft Liberation Policy for Indigenous People
RESOURCES FOR CLIMATE WORK
Young Climate Activists of Color
A Primer on Scottish Oppression
with SAL/UER at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland
Global Climate Strike, New York City, USA • © Stan Eichner, 2019
THOUGHTS FROM OUR
INTERNATIONAL LIBERATION REFERENCE PEOPLE
Black African Heritage People
Barbara Love
Chicano/as
Lorenzo Garcia
Chinese Heritage People
Francie Chew
Japanese and Okinawan Heritage People
Jan Yoshiwara
Korean Heritage People
Teresa Enrico
Indigenous/Native People
Marcie Rendon
Pacific Islander and Pilipino/a Heritage People
Teresa Enrico
South, Central, and West Asian Heritage People
Azi Khalili
COMMITMENTS FOR
NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS &
GLOBAL MAJORITY PEOPLE:
A commitment against oppression is a serious promise made by a person (to the counselor, to our loved ones, to reality, to ourselves, to the world, etc.) to reject the stereotypes and patterns of behavior which constitute the main content of the oppression of particular groups of people in existing societies.
Against Racism
I resent and will fiercely oppose racism's crippling limits to the progress of my beloved human race. Always keeping in mind my proud heritage of fighting oppression, and wanting to enrich my present and future, I will engage and join with others to smash racism so that we all may live in a free world.
Black People
For the complete liberation of my beautiful, wise, strong, and courageous black people, I solemnly promise I will always remember our/my own goodness and strength. I will fight against every division that tends to separate us from each other and from other people. I will settle for nothing less than complete liberation, complete equality, complete opportunity, and complete respect for everyone.
Native People
I promise never to forget that as a Native person I belong to this earth and my very special gifts are needed here, that all beings in Creation are my relatives and cherish me as I cherish them, that my people have survived and will survive all attempts to exterminate us, that we are strong and wise and loving, and we will show our children and the rest of the world how to live in love and harmony and care for the earth and all creatures without ever losing our sense of humor.
Arab People
In total respect for the beauty, goodness, generosity, and wisdom of my people, I cheerfully promise that I will cherish my culture and language, our diversity and unity, and remember how delightful and important we are to all human beings and that the world is safe for me to be my full human self.
Chicano/as
In respect for my beautiful land and the enduring and proud people that inhabit it, I promise that I shall cherish my culture and language, unite my people, and in alliance with all peoples of the world, see that all oppressions are ended.
Pilipino/as
In respect for my beautiful land and the enduring and proud people that inhabit it, I promise that I shall cherish my culture and language, unite my people, and, in alliance with all peoples of the world, see that all oppressions are ended.
For the real freedom and unity of my beloved people, I solemnly promise that I will take pride in myself and the Pilipino Nation under all conditions. I will work to wipe out the last vestiges of colonialism. I will strengthen the bonds between all Pilipino people of whatever religion, language, or background, including the Philippines’ sons and daughters overseas. FOR A UNITED, FREE PHILIPPINES WITHOUT OPPRESSION.
Japanese Americans
With all my honor, I solemnly promise that from this moment on I will never again be less than fully visible as a proud, strong, beautiful, and dignified Japanese-American. Hi!
People of Chinese Heritage
For the liberation of all Chinese people (and there are a lot of us!), I promise to always be proud of my Chinese heritage, to remember my inherent closeness to my family and to all Chinese people, to openly show my love, and to be visible and proud - (pause) - forget being dignified!
People of Mixed Heritage
Recognizing that we are the people of the future, and that every one of our cultures and our heritages is valuable and to be respected and appreciated, we proudly proclaim ourselves to be 100% universal humans, and we invite all human beings to join us in this claim.