When NCJA began, Black Lives Matter was one of our activism groups that we followed and supported with our voices. Our BLM work has included marching, donating, and volunteering as individuals. We've also promoted and followed March for Black Women San Diego and Black Lives Matter San Diego. We have antiracist leaders among us, whose activism has created and supported the NCJA Antiracism Reading Group and guided us through some stages of un-learning. 

 

Still, is it enough? 

 

The purpose for holding space to discuss antiracism work and the current state of protesting and pushing for reform is to define our work in ways that can lead others to take action and support those groups and individuals who are working toward Black liberation and antiracist learning. 

 

We met together and developed a set of guides and ideas to create the NCJA Antiracism Platform. We hope to

clearly define our antiracist values as it relates to action, both individual and collective.  This will then help us define what the next step is for the NCJA as a whole when comes to the current civil rights unrest.

 

ANTI RACIST PLATFORM + FOCUS 

The NCJA supports and uplifts Black led organizations that focus on Black Liberation, Black Moms, Black Trans Folks, Black Students and dismantling of the school to prison pipeline. Our approach to any of our social justice work will always be through an antiracist lens. 

 

Organizations We Support and Follow are: 

• March for Black Womxn

• BLM San Diego

• NCAAWA

• NAACP

• National Bailout Collective

• San Diego Black Queer Housing

• National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition

• Project Aware

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We also pledge to continue our work in Antiracist Education; educating ourselves and others.

• Up-to-date Antiracism Resource Page on our website

• Holding discussion groups and forums for learning about antiracist ideas and unlearning racism

• Invite paid speakers of color to engage with our group and community 

• Attend and pay for attendance to White Privilege Conference

• Informal lending library of antiracist materials, books, etc.

• Support antiracist candidates, push other candidates and elected officials to adopt antiracist platforms and legislation, and hold elected officials accountable to their antiracist platforms.

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Other actions we hope to accomplish:

Offer a teach-in with bring paid speakers to lead on topics such as Black History 101, U.S History 101, Antiracism and You, authors and public figures of color. We hope to amplify positive images and news from the Black Community on our social media networks. Participate in the Million Letter Campaign, sending letters to Mayors and elected officials to push for antiracist policies and defunding the police.

 

We also pledge to support other organizations that are on an antiracist path, wherever they are starting by recognizing that we work alongside each other doing different parts of dismantling systems of oppression.