MEJA's VISION and COMMITMENT TO RACIAL AND EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE

All students, regardless of income, race, gender, identity, religion, birthplace, or abilities, have access to high-quality, equitable, and democratically controlled public education that addresses the educational needs of the whole student and where every student thrives to reach their full potential.

In striving for our vision, we’re committed to elevating student and parent voices, in collaboration with educators, school and college staff, and unions, on racial equity issues including but not limited to public higher education, high-stakes testing, school discipline policy/school policing, state takeover, inclusive ethnic studies curriculum, workers and civil rights, and the rights of all stakeholders. We believe that to meet our mission we must both grow the movement from the ground up while supporting an active statewide coalition. Together, we’ll advance issues of racial and education justice in our schools, while moving the public narrative and discourse to support the view that high quality public education requires collective antiracist work.