OUR VISION AND VALUES

VISION

The North Star 

Transforming systems to support the collective liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in San Francisco.

The Pathway

OUR APPROACH

  • Prioritize our communities of color so they are safe, nourished, housed, joyful, and economically secure so that they may unlock all of their potential.

  • Reconcile historic wounds to repair government sanctioned racial harm.

  • Daylight racial disparities and monitor progress towards collective liberation.

  • Advocate for successful policies that provide tangible and immediate gains for historically oppressed people.

  • We nurture and help make communities whole.

  • Demand and hold San Francisco institutions accountable to dismantle racism.

  • Ensure that the City becomes a place that feels like home for everyone, from the newly arrived to legacy Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) families in San Francisco.

  • Ensure the City respects and trusts community agency, wisdom, and expertise.

  • Convene and coalition-build to support the movement for racial equity.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The Looking Glass

  • We act with integrity and center humanity.

  • We shift power paradigms whenever necessary.

  • We dig for root causes and look upstream for solutions.

  • We ground-truth from people closest to the problem and pain.

  • We lead with solid, thoughtful, quality data, and analysis.

  • We are nimble, adaptive, and proactive.

  • We drive individual and institutional self-examination for continuous improvement.