"The challenge is not limited to addressing the destruction and disorders caused by the war. The challenge is to construct a new person in a new society."
Ignacio Martín-Baró
ABOUT US
Our Mission
Through grant-making and education, the Martín-Baró Initiative fosters psychological well-being, social consciousness, active resistance, and progressive social change in communities affected by institutional violence, repression and social injustice.
Our Values
- We believe that the scars of such experiences are deeply seated both in the individual and in society.
- We believe in the power of the community collectively to heal these wounds, to move forward, and to create change.
- We believe in the importance of developing education and critical awareness about the oppressive policies and practices of the United States and of multinational corporations.
Our Goals
- To support innovative grassroots projects that explore the power of the community to foster healing within individuals and communities that are trying to recover from experiences of institutional violence, repression, and social injustice.
- To promote education and critical awareness about the psychosocial consequences of structural violence, repression and social injustice on individuals and communities, while educating ourselves and the wider community about the community-based responses of grantees in their pursuit of social reparation and a more just and equitable world.
- To build collaborative relationships among the Initiative, its grantees, and its contributors for mutual education and social change.
November 2021 commemoration event
Healing at the Center of Transformative Change: Community Wellbeing in Palestine and Guatemala
International Women's Day 2022
Celebrating with the Buena Semilla Project in Guatemala, a 2021 grantee