Values

Artists and cultural bearers are leaders in this work.

They carry and transmit cultural values, traits, and practices between communities—and are not just tools for getting the work done. Elders, youth, artists, spiritual leaders, and business owners are keepers of our AAPI cultural practices and ways of knowing, and contribute and guide us. We see the artist in everyone. By lifting up artists and cultural bearers in our work, we create greater equity in practice, accessing resources and decision-making.

Vision

  1. We are part of an intersectional movement for justice and equity.
  2. Our communities exercise self-determination as liberation.
  3. Our communities feel that they belong.

Values

  1. Arts and culture are inherent expressions of our communities and expansively defined.
  2. Artists and cultural bearers are leaders in this work.
  3. We have a responsibility to place.
  4. We have a responsibility to each other.
  5. We celebrate the diversity of our communities and neighborhoods.

Practice

  1. We are joyful in our work.
  2. Our approach is comprehensive and connected.
  3. We build brave spaces to experiment, play, fail, learn, grow, and reflect.
  4. We are responsive to our communities.