Racism and mistrust of outsiders  +  STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY

Virulent anti-labor climate  +  DEEP RELIGIOUS TRADITION

Business-controlled governments  +  DYNAMIC GRASSROOTS SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Repression and hate violence  +  GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY

Poor People  +  RICH NATURAL RESOURCES

Sweatshop conditions & exploited environments  +   SUNBELT INDUSTRIES 

This organizing context shapes our vision, priorities,  strategies, and methods of work.

The Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network [REJN] is a member-driven, movement-building network   of the working poor.  Based in Durham, NC, REJN is made up of culturally and racially diverse organizations from across the South and eight nations in the Americas.   We are low wage workers, women and youth --those who have borne the brunt of deeper economic dislocation and social crisis ushered in by Globalization.