ReglaSOUL was formed with six objectives in mind:

• To promote sustainability, ecological awareness, and community well-being in Regla and communities across Cuba through an Afro-Caribbean-centered approach rooted in cultural knowledge, collective care, and connection to land.
• To expand access to nutritious, locally grown food and herbal resources through our community garden, farm, workshops, educational programs, and community-based agricultural initiatives, while promoting agroecological practices that protect soil, water, biodiversity, and local ecosystems.
• To develop and support agroecological farming and gardening practices in urban and rural spaces, demonstrating regenerative approaches to tropical agriculture, food production, soil fertility, water management, agroforestry, and resilient food systems.
• To preserve, document, and share Afro-Caribbean oral, cultural, and agricultural histories and knowledge, recognizing the contributions of Afro-descendant communities across the Caribbean to agricultural traditions, foodways, healing practices, relationships to land, and cultural heritage, with particular attention to Afro-Cuban histories and traditions.
• To increase access to community education, resources, and opportunities related to food sovereignty, environmental sustainability, traditional knowledge, herbal practices, agriculture, and holistic approaches to community well-being, with particular attention to historically underserved communities.
• To advance food and environmental justice and strengthen community resilience by supporting locally led initiatives, mutual aid, agricultural education, cultural preservation, and sustainable livelihoods, with a focus on communities in Cuba and connections throughout the wider Caribbean.

Our purpose is to develop community-led, sustainable solutions to the disparities experienced by Afro-Caribbean and Afro-descendant communities, with our work rooted in Cuba and extending across the Caribbean and its diaspora. 

We seek to address the disproportionate impacts of food insecurity, food apartheid, environmental inequity, ecological racism, economic exclusion, and limited access to land, agricultural resources, and educational opportunities.

Through agroecology, community gardens and farms, mutual aid, education, cultural preservation, and community-based research, we work to strengthen relationships between people, land, food, and culture. We are committed to creating pathways for communities to grow nutritious food, develop sustainable agricultural practices, access traditional and plant-based knowledge, and build greater resilience through locally rooted solutions.

A central part of our work is the preservation and revitalization of Afro-Caribbean oral, cultural, agricultural, and ecological histories. We recognize that generations of Afro-Caribbean communities have developed sophisticated relationships with land, plants, food, water, animals, and collective care. We seek to honor, document, share, and build upon this knowledge while creating space for it to remain living and relevant within contemporary communities.

Our work is rooted in food sovereignty, ecological stewardship, cultural continuity, collective wellness, and self-determination. Through our initiatives in urban neighborhoods and the rural countryside of Cuba, we aim to support communities in developing practical, culturally grounded approaches to creating healthier, more resilient, and more sustainable futures.