Practice

We are responsive to our communities.

Decisions should be driven by and for community members themselves and exercise principles of self-determination and community control. Therefore, we as practitioners must be flexible and responsive to the needs, threats, opportunities, and vision of the community.

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.