“Vision is an invisible field that binds us together, emerging from relationships and chaos and information.”

-Margaret Wheatley, Leadership and the New Science


Our Guiding Principles

  • Chaos is essential to achieving justice and equity.

    Social justice demands dismantling systems that have created deep and long-standing inequities, particularly in Black, Indigenous, and communities of color.

  • Connections drive community-based change.

    All individuals and organizations have a powerful role to play in combating inequality, but it is the critical relationships between community stakeholders--from residents and program leaders to activists and advocates--that will accelerate change and support equity.

  • Building resources shifts power to communities.

    Self-sustaining organizations, with the knowledge and capacity to raise their own funds and resources, can break down traditional power dynamics and disrupt inequitable systems and structures, leading to stronger, self-sustaining communities.

  • Sharing knowledge leads to growth.

    Offering information and power freely within the social sector is crucial to driving community change; strong networks diminish competition and allow stakeholders and communities to thrive.

Our Standards

  • We believe in shared leadership and working as one close-knit collaborative, blending our unique individual strengths to accelerate our impact.

  • We know that diversity of socioeconomic, cultural, and educational perspective brings power to our work, and we cultivate a team that reflects a wide range of life experiences.

  • We encourage continuous learning and empower each other to build and use new skills, expanding our professional capacity and the ways we can support our partners.

  • We are committed to providing meaningful and generous compensation and benefits to our entire team, ensuring that we all share collectively in our success as a firm.

  • We honor the importance of time spent caring for our families, our communities, and ourselves, and support each other to create space for that vital work.

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