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Become a BRJE Member

There is power in numbers!

When you join BRJE, you’re part of a growing movement demanding racial justice in Brookline.

What signing on means:

  • No fees. No dues. Just your pledge.
  • Your name adds power to our collective voice.
  • Members help decide what BRJE organizes around.

Membership in BRJE isn’t symbolic – it’s how we win.

Some of our recent work:

  1. Schools: We’re fighting to support racial equity initiatives, address opportunity gaps, and keep police out of schools. We raised $188,000 to preserve critical DEI infrastructure in Brookline and continue to fight for a robust approach to educational equity.
  2. Immigration: We raised nearly $10,000 for local frontline organizations that protect immigrants and provide active response to ICE detentions. We have held a bystander training and hosted Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell to speak in Brookline.
  3. Housing: We’re fighting to make housing affordable and accessible. We partnered with MassINC polling to survey 508 Brookline residents on rent control, housing affordability, and policy priorities.

Membership: Frequently Asked Questions

Your guide to BRJE membership

By pledging your name, you become a BRJE member. You’ll receive an email confirming your membership and automatically be added to our members-only action team. Note: this list will NOT be shared publicly.

Nothing — no fees, no dues, just your commitment to justice.

As a community centered organization, we affirm that every person is a key partner in the movement for racial justice. We also acknowledge the systems of racism and oppression we seek to dismantle have disproportionately and negatively impacted many community members’ access to resources and opportunity, which can preclude traditional paid membership models.

If you’ve taken action with BRJE in the past, we already consider you part of our community. We just need you to complete this form to be added to our official member roster.

Membership lasts as long as your commitment to justice — no renewal needed.

We recently switched to a new platform called Action Network, which helps us send out calls to action: signing petitions, sending letters, or responding to surveys. We’ll still send our regular newsletters, but this new system helps us quickly mobilize when there’s an opportunity for action and to invite key supporters to engage in longer-term movement building.

No. Members can be anyone with a Brookline connection — for example, grandparents of Brookline students, people who work or commute through Brookline, business, faith, or nonprofit leaders, or anyone invested in the future of Brookline.

Invite others to join! If you know friends, colleagues, or neighbors with a Brookline connection, we’d love for you to share this invitation with them.

Yes – many nonprofits have membership programs to help ensure equity and build community power. Nationally, organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU rely on membership to fuel their work. Here in Brookline, our own Mothers Out Front is using this approach to advance sustainability using eco-friendly sustainable people-power.

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