Since our inception in 1989, REJN has maintained a space for rural and urban grassroots groups in the South to build relationships for mutual benefit, to collectively develop big picture analysis and vision the just society --principles, structures, and practices -- we are striving for, to train leadership, and to build stronger local organizations.  Our focus has been to support local economic justice organizing and working class leadership, particularly that of women and youth.  REJN also is a vehicle for strategic action and advocacy. Our members share best organizing practices and exchange and create strategies for advocacy and organizing together.  For the last decade,  REJN has promoted a global justice movement, by adding international partners to the mix and a program of international networking.   This dimension has been central to our global/local analysis and has made REJN  unique in the region.  We have summarized our approach as fundamentals " transformational organizing. "   We seek to create healthy individuals, families, organizations and communities as we strive to build a just society.