MAESTR@S
MAESTR@S, A Movement for Raza Liberation through Educación, is a community-based, educational, social justice organization that was created in the Bay Area in 1999.
MAESTR@S is an educational movement founded on a politicized, anti-oppression analysis of the condition of raza and the powerful role of racism/white supremacy, patriarchy/sexism, homophobia/heterosexism and capitalism [hegemony] in shaping that condition. We attack institutional, interpersonal, and internalized oppression/colonization with a specific focus on dealing with our self-oppression, which is internalized by way of both the media and the schools.
We have developed a transformative model, Walking Social Justice, for engaging in this work and are focused on implementing that model and supporting each other in developing those implementations in effective ways. The goal of this work is for raza youth to be able to use their schooling and their lives to create Social Justice in their families, communities and schools.
This page is a resource for our members to access the key documents for the Walking Social Justice Project we are doing. These documents are for the use of core MAESTR@S members. Each of these documents is complex and represents years of collaborative work.
If you are not familiar with the project or if you have any questions, please consult me for background information. Please do not use any of the documents without written permission.
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