Land Back

Reclamation of everything stolen from the original Peoples

LANDBACK Organizing Principles

1. Don’t burn bridges: even when there is conflict between groups or organizers remember that we are fighting for all of our peoples and we will continue to be in community even after this battle
2. Don’t defend our ways
3. Organize to win
4. Move from abundance – We come from a space of scarcity. We must work from a place of abundance
5. We bring our people with us
6. Deep relationships by attraction, not promotion
7. Divest/invest
8. We value our warriors
9. Room for grace—be able to be human
10. We cannot let our oppressors inhumanity take away from ours
11. Strategy includes guidance
12. Realness: Sometimes the truth hurts
13. Unapologetic but keep it classy