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The Justice for my Sister Collective is a gender-inclusive, feminist, pro-immigrant rights organization that promotes healthy relationships and anti-violence through the arts. The organization works in marginalized communities and fosters safe spaces “to initiate collective healing and develop local leaders to combat gender-based violence.” There are chapters in Los Angeles, California and Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Collective was founded in 2011 by survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse as a grassroots campaign to prevent gender-based violence using the arts.
As a pro-immigrant rights organization, the Justice for my Sister Collective advocates for the institutional protection of all women, regardless of legal status of representation. They utilize the arts to advocate for gender equality and to help women and men identify violence and create healthy relationships. The Collective utilizes many types of art in order to achieve their mission including documentary, art therapy, theater of the oppressed, testimonies, and charlas.
The award-winning Justice for my Sister documentary “follows one Guatemalan woman during her three-year battle to hold her sister’s killer accountable. She encounters many obstacles: a police record that is missing, a judge who is accused of killing his own wife, and witnesses who are too afraid to testify. In the end, Rebeca emerges as a leader in her community with a message for others: justice is possible.”
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