. The Maroon Society After-School Program



What is a Maroon?

As early as the 1650s, enslaved Africans escaped into the American wilderness to form their own separate communities -- a New World adaptation of an African form of resistance. These enslaved Africans set up small communities in swamps or other areas where they were not likely to be discovered. Although most focused on their survival -- building homes, raising crops and livestock, fortifying the community against attack -- others engaged in guerilla warfare against neighboring plantations and provided a base to which other fugitives could flee. The individuals in these communities were called Maroons.

Mission Statement

The Maroon Society provides an African-centered education to middle and high school students with the mentorship of college students, educators, professionals, artists, and community organizers that are well-versed in the history and culture of the people of the African Diaspora.

Vision Statement

The objective of The Maroon Society is for all of its pupils to enter into to an institution of higher learning specifically in fields that are underrepresented by students of African descent and cultivate socially responsible and well-informed community members and leaders.



Values

Independent Thinking

Social Responsibility

Cultural Awareness

Social Justice

Historical Memory

Integrity

Commitment

Honesty

Virtue

Political Awareness








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