What We Value

What are core values that collective members have individually? How can they exist together as shared-values to inform the work of power-building?

 

• Solutions come from many places - special attention to ancestral wisdom

• When we work together we can do more

• Our work is an accompaniment, shoulder to shoulder with the experiences of the people most directly affected by the issues. We are not top-down or coming in with other elements that don’t support.

• Interconnectedness is crucial

• Clarity

• Trust

• Uplifting voices and experiences/issues of the people most affected by the experiences/issues

• Creativity

• Honoring our different experiences

• Honoring individual identities within a collective

• Respect

• Honoring how people identify themselves - pronoun use, terminology, etc.

• Comfortable leaning into discomfort

• Safety/Security

• Respect for other people’s values - even if some moral perspectives are not aligned, we will still respect and work together toward collective power.