Community justice, as we define it, works to give voice to all members of the community and to improve the quality of life for all. Our goal is to mobilize the community to come together to define and address the needs of the community and provide the means for the community make the changes needed to increase control over their common lives. We believe the community has the assets needed to make those changes. We want to help identify and support those assets.
Community ownership of problems and solutions includes involvement, participation, action, and working toward specific goals and outcomes. It must address all aspects of community life (social, cultural, economic, environmental and political).
This work must be open and inclusive of all, building on existing knowledge while adding to that knowledge base. It works to gain control over our social, political and environmental aspects of life in the community. It brings the hope of the possibility of change and a structure to move forward through organization that is people powered.