Mission
Capoeiristas For Change is a movement founded on Capoeira principles. Centering African and Indigenous people throughout the Diaspora, we work in solidarity with other marginalized groups working to end systemic racism and persecution against historically oppressed peoples through social actions, Capoeira principles, and educational and community programs.
Vision
- Worldwide unification and solidarity among Capoeiristas in the struggle for justice and Liberation.
- Co-creating a world with dignity, unity, knowledge and understanding, by leading actions, supporting organizations and events that take a stance against oppression.
- Uplift, support, and care for our communities.
- Sharing and creating meaningful content in order to educate and inspire change.
- Using the tools of Capoeira as liberatory practice, including movimento, canta, dança, philosophy, cosmology, history, and ritual.
- Recognizing and promoting the intersection between ancestral and current struggles.
Values
- Uplift, support, and care for each other and the Capoeira community.
- To condemn racism and all forms of white supremacist delusion.
- Defending all Black lives and all people experiencing injustice.
- Internationalism/Multicultural unity.
- To highlight ancestral songs and instruments in particular the berimbau during actions.
- Keep the art, practices, teachings, values of Capoeira alive and share the knowledge with the world.
- Nurture future leaders/Capoeiristas.
- Heal through love: we are deliberate in creating psychologically safe spaces for Capoeira and Capoeiristas to thrive and grow. Also on a foundation of mutual respect.
- Honor the African/Black origins, foundation and essence of the art of Capoeira
- Honor, respect, and be caretakers of the sacred lands and earth that we inhabit.
- Motivate and inspire liberatory expression and creativity.
- Ensure everyone in our Capoeira spaces feels safe and acknowledged.
- Treating each and every individual with respect; renouncing the use of racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, ageist, ableist, and any other discriminatory or abusive behavior or language.
- Using preferred gender pronouns and holding space for all gender identities.