Social and Economic Justice

Mission Statement:  The COIN Social & Economic Justice Team will elevate awareness of systemic inequalities to enable our advocacy for more just, equitable and sustainable policies for ALL humans - be they poor, working class, middle class, owning class, Black, white or brown, female, male or non-binary in order to build a truly inclusive and Indivisible Democracy.   

From this foundation, we will act in solidarity to advance equal rights and dignity for all humans. 

Strategy

1.      Educate ourselves – We can’t solve a problem we don't understand.  We are all in different places of awareness.  Deciding to own the challenges, confront the challenges and get comfortable with the uncomfortable is critical to avoid the pull to ignore, avoid, deny and minimize the challenges.  We must step-up and wrestle with these personally so we can eliminate them systemically.  Ignorance is not bliss, it is ignorance.  The truth can hurt, but it shall set us free.  Please, take some time to review our working assumptions here:  Educate ourselves.

2.      Act in solidarity – Our fates have always been inextricably tied - "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."  We will support and build alliances with organizations that are (and have been) in the trenches working to eliminate these inequities, in order to create a more just and equitable Democracy.  We will strive to center the aspirations of people of the global majority (Black, Indigenous, LatinX, Asian), women & non-binary, poor & working class, etc.

3.      Expand our circle – whose voices are missing from our lives, chapters & organization?  What do we need to do to invite them in and keep their voices in this effort?  We all must work to bridge the gap from “them” to “US”.

Join US

The Social & Economic Justice Team meets by Zoom Every 2nd and 4th Monday at 5:30pm to 6:30pm. 

All are welcome to join the conversation!  

Please sign-up here: COIN Team Sign-up 


Every session is designed with a learning topic and open discussion, followed by Strategy Teams sharing information and actions of our coalition partners.

ACTIONS

The S.E.J.  members engage in more than education & awareness, we are engaged in direct coalitions with partnering organizations across Oregon, like Rural Organizing Project, ACLU of Oregon and PCUN.  

The S.E.J. team will share out actions Indivisible members can take to stand with our Oregon coalition partners via the COIN Newsletter, please sign up using the below button:

Race Class Fusion Narrative



We are committed to supporting Indivisible members as they struggle through the paradigm change of personally owning the ‘Race Class Fusion Narrative’ developed by Dr. Ian Haney Lopez [see links below].   It is a strategy for us to naturalize our communications with family, friends, neighbors, etc. with the inclusion of race & class to bridge the divisive polarization that these inequalities have had on our society. This will help us build a truly egalitarian, multiracial Democracy and a just economy.