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A Member's Experience by Therese Beaudreault |
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Friday, 18 May 2012 18:48 |
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 I first heard about ONE DC from a friend I met at an Occupy DC People of Color working group meeting. When I attended ONE DC's orientation, I felt as if I had come home. ONE DC shares many of my personal values and beliefs, including abelief in the collective sharing of power and resources and a confidence in the power of grassroots organizing against injustices facing communities of color and economically disenfranchised people. I am continually drawn to ONE DC not only because of the work that ONE DC does but because of the way that ONE DC goes about doing the work, with a deliberate and intentional consciousness.
Many of the hierarchies that exist in mainstream society, and even in other organizations that claim to want social change, don't exist within ONE DC. For example, as a member of ONE DC, one's contributions are not worth less than those of another member who has more educational credentials. A person of color is not valued any less than a white person at ONE DC. If you have a passion for and commitment to building racial and economic equity in DC through collective action, then ONE DC will really encourage and support you in whichever role you decide fits your particular interests and strengths. I am very grateful that ONE DC is now a part of my life!
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