What if I join and it’s not for me? Is there a refund policy?
You’re free to cancel your membership at any time! We’re also happy to refund your first month’s membership if you find that we’re not the right fit during your first month with us.
Is ROJ only for folks of colour? Would this program be suitable for White folks who want to learn more about anti-oppressive approaches when working with BIPOC folks?
Yes! We are inviting White folks to join and will continually center marginalized voices when we are in discussion together as a community. After all, we need White co-strugglers in this work and ROJ is here to reflect on opportunities and ideas for White folks to fight for justice.
Does ROJ only focus on racism?
Nope! We believe that all oppressions are connected and that it’s impossible to talk about racial justice without also talking about systems of colonialism, fatphobia, ableism, classism, cisheterosexism, etc.
Where are the materials sourced from? Who are we learning from?
Mostly, independent community activists or therapists that have published their work to the public! We generally don’t work through academic, non-justice-related literature.
Where does the resource redistribution from my membership fee go?
Generally, we split this in thirds. A third goes to the content creator we’re learning from, another third goes to Indigeous organizers to recognize that we are learning as uninvited settlers on their lands, the final third goes to an organizing group or mutual aid request that is voted on and suggested by our members.
What if I don’t want to engage fully in the community just yet and want to start on my unlearning?
We totally get it! Your engagement is voluntary and depends on your comfort level. We have a copyleft philosophy with our sharing, you don’t need to engage to “earn” the content we’re creating. We would love to hear from you though, so hopefully you’ll feel comfortable sharing with us in the future.
When are the Fireside Chats? What if I can’t make that time?
Currently our Fireside Chats are on the 3rd Friday of every month at 10am-12pm PST. We understand everyone’s schedules are difficult to coordinate so this time might not work for everyone. As our community grows we’ll be adding more times/moderators for Fireside chats. In the meantime we have a running poll of other times that would work best for folks.
Fireside chats are not recorded because we want to make sure everyone feels comfortable and safe enough to share their deep dives on difficult topics. In order to get the best of both worlds and ensure that there’s something for everyone, our insights from the Chats are documented for you to access even if you can’t make it live.
What does the community format look like? How does that work?
We host our community on Discord. Each month we drop content right in the channel for easy access and engagement. Our Fireside Chats are hosted on Zoom; the link will be pinned to our Discord channel too! Within Discord you’re able to start private conversations and even voice/video chat with members. Feel like connecting with someone? Just hop into a voice chat!