RESJI Turns 10 Freedom Dreaming

What is RESJI?

Racial Equity & Social Justice Initiative

RESJI is an urgent, deliberative shift in the way that the City approaches race and equity. Through the development and application of a racial equity impact analysis tool, RESJI is focused on addressing institutional racism within the City’s institutional structure. Past efforts focused primarily on programs targeted at individuals, RESJI takes a more comprehensive approach to challenging the perpetuation of institutional and structural racism.

Who is RESJI?

RESJI is more than a tool. RESJI is all of us! RESJI is a way of living.

RESJI 10 Year Anniversary Freedom Dreaming Event

“Freedom dreams are born when we face harsh conditions not with despair, but with the deep knowledge that these conditions will change— that a world filled with softness and beauty and care is not only possible, but inevitable.

Freedom dreaming starts with asking questions, often the same questions, over and over, allowing ourselves to get deeper each time. Coming out of the long tradition of Freedom Schools, I focused on these three questions as an organizer: What does the dominant culture have that we want?⁣ What does the dominant culture have that we don’t want?⁣ What do we have that we want to keep?⁣ These days, it is the third question that preoccupies me.”, TOURMALINE

https://www.vogue.com/article/filmmaker-and-activist-tourmaline-on-how-to-freedom-dream