Our Mission & Values

MISSION

Women on Nkrumah walk in front of monument

Our mission at Repaired Nations is to redress economic marginalization through education, funding, and infrastructure for Black-owned cooperatives. These approaches work together to help Black entrepreneurs start and grow a cooperative business.

We repair the effects of colonization and oppression by weaving interconnected communities into thriving, sustainable networks that equitably provide life’s essentials.

Recently, Repaired Nations funded six Oakland projects, including The DEEP Grocery Cooperative and Nana Yaa's Be House, and supported dozens of Black entrepreneurs with business technical assistance.

VALUES

Racial equity is embedded in the organization’s core values and permeates throughout its operations. Repaired Nations unequivocally exists to support Black people and the African Diaspora, is stewarded by an entirely Black leadership team, and prides itself on its deep roots within the East Bay community.

As an organization, we do not think about the term “racial equity”—to us, it is the lived experience of our community, a survival instinct, and the reason for our being. We recognize the collective grief that our communities have or are still experiencing even as we work to channel that feeling into collective action.

We value cooperation, simplicity, patience, and compassion, never straying from these in our pursuit of ecologically sustainable development in under-resourced communities.

Operating Values: Cooperative Ownership; Clarity; Compassion; Patience; Simplicity; Support; Integrity; Regenerative Economics; Emergent Strategy

Operating Principles

Always set up a win-win-win game
High Challenge, High Support, High Courage/Resolve
Cooperative Community Currency Circulation
Focus on purpose & respect others, let’s not get stuck on identity
Be Count-on-able
Generously communicate for clarity
Global Liberation through Pan-African Liberation

Our Team

Repaired Nations is proud to be a Black-led and Black-serving organization. The executive leadership team has decades of experience in community organizing, cooperative development, and finance.