Mission
KATAL CENTER FOR EQUITY, HEALTH AND JUSTICE, INC. WORKS TO BUILD THE LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZING CAPACITY OF PEOPLE TO ADVANCE HEALTH, EQUITY, AND JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE. KATAL ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE THE RESOURCES AND POWER TO EXERCISE SELF-DETERMINATION AND PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. KATAL TAKES ITS DIRECTION FROM THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HARMS WE WORK TO TRANSFORM, FOCUSING ON THREE BIG GOALS: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE; ENDING MASS CRIMINALIZATION, MASS INCARCERATION, AND THE WAR ON DRUGS; AND ADVANCING SOLUTIONS TO PROMOTE AND SECURE EQUITY, HEALTH, AND JUSTICE.