We believe humanity can create an “us” without a “them”—an “us” that affirms all life, including non-human life. Othering, oppositionality, coercion, domination, and oppression are incompatible with belonging.

We are committed to the practice of nonviolence, which we understand as not simply the absence of violence, but about taking a proactive stand against violence and injustice, and working to repair the harm.

It is not enough to oppose or resist the status quo; we must also create—toward a goal. We anchor in a vision for the liberated future we long for, and practice that vision together in the present.

Just as diverse ecosystems are more generative and resilient, so too are diverse networks and initiatives. In our activities, we curate diversity—across ability, age, ethnicity, gender, geography, race, sexuality, sector, etc.—to benefit from multiple perspectives and lived experiences.

We recognize that individual (I), interpersonal (We), and structural (World) transformation are interdependent. Change at all levels is essential: I/We interventions alone are not enough. Nor are World-only interventions. Our initiatives, even if focused at one level, have an explicit intention for how they affect transformation across levels.

We integrate multiple ways of knowing, doing, and being. Our initiatives incorporate some form of somatics or bodywork: both to ground our gatherings and to seek the wisdom of the body and other non-cognitive ways of knowing.