OUR VISION

RECONCILED COMMUNITY THAT IS THRIVING TOGETHER

We live in an age of extreme polarization. Police shootings on the news. Racial trauma constantly provoked by media. Our history is so filled with segregation, hurt and mistrust that it can seem tempting to resign ourselves and not bother attempting anything different. Yet, we don’t believe that it is our calling. We believe that the “impossible divisions” can be crossed and we can learn how to live in genuine, reconciled community.

We believe that it is our calling to embrace joy & wisdom as we seek a power much greater than ourselves to see reconciliation happen in communities like ours that have been marked by deep injustice, oppression & division. In order to get there we believe that we have to listen well, understand history, steward wisely and ultimately walk humbly.

Working alongside one another to utilize the assets and strengths of our shared community for the good of our neighbors within it is counterintuitive and in many ways countercultural as it means putting people before profit and thinking deeply about what it means to do justice.

It won’t be easy or always pretty. But, we believe it’s profound. Unity is possible because the greatest power of all is love.

Caylee & Ernest
Directors, RestoreOKC