OUR MISSION

The Gathering for Justice works to transform the criminal legal system and advance civil rights to build a beloved community grounded in justice, equity, and compassion.

By developing leaders, leveraging cultural organizing, and uniting our community's collective power across generations, we aim to dismantle systemic injustice and end racial inequity for all.

OUR ISSUES

Criminal and Juvenile Justice Reform

The Gathering’s cultural organizing, rapid response, policy advocacy and convening power are grounded on catalyzing holistic and transformative changes to the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Police Accountability

Our direct actions and campaign initiatives focus on holding law enforcement agencies accountable. We build coalitions of stakeholders and use strategies rooted in Kingian Nonviolence to move the needle.

Civil and Human Rights

We do not live single-issue lives, and The Gathering brings an intersectional approach to everything we do. We build coalitions that are intergenerational, intercultural and multi-issue, building solidarity through our approach rooted in the historical Civil Rights strategies of our elders.

OUR APPROACH

Our approach is grounded in these four areas applying a racial and gender lens.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Six principles were outlined by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous essay, “a pilgrimage to nonviolence.” They serve as the foundation of the teachings of Kingian nonviolence conflict reconciliation and are often referred to as the “will” of nonviolence.

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