Restorative Justice

• We believe that if you cause harm to someone, it is your responsibility to make amends; you can't just say, "Sorry," and walk away. We also know it's important for us as humans to make better choices in the future.

Empathy

• It's so important to think about how other people feel, because different people have different feelings. Sometimes it helps to think about walking in someone else's shoes, like the author of "Black Like Me" John Howard Griffin.

Loving Engagement

• It's so important to think about how other people feel, because different people have different feelings. Sometimes it helps to think about how you would feel if the same thing that happened to your friend happened to you.

Diversity

• It's so important to make sure that we are always trying to be fair and peaceful, and to engage with other people (treat other people) with love. We have to keep practicing this so that we can get better and better at it.

Globalism

• Globalism means that we are thinking about all the different people all over the world, and thinking about the ways to keep things fair everywhere.

Transgender Affirming

• Everybody has the right to choose their own gender by listening to their own heart and mind. Everyone gets to choose if they are a girl or a boy or both or neither or something else, and no one else gets to choose for them.

Queer Affirming

• Everybody has the right to choose who they love and the kind of family they want by listening to their own heart and mind.

Collective Value

• Everybody is important, and has the right to be safe and happy.

Intergenerational

• It's important that we have spaces where people of different ages can come together and learn from each other. Another way to say that is intergenerational.

Black Families

• There are lots of different kinds of families; what makes a family is that it's people who take care of each other. It's important to make sure that all families feel welcome.

Black Villages

• There are lots of different kinds of families; what makes a family is that it's people who take care of each other; those people might be related, or maybe they choose to be family together and to take care of each other. Sometimes, when it's lots of families together, it can be called a village.

Black Women

• There are some people who think that women are less important than men. We know that all people are important and have the right to be safe and talk about their feelings.

Unapologetically Black

• The affirmation that Black Lives Matter and that our love, and desire for justice and freedom are prerequisites for wanting that for others. These principles are the blueprint for healing and do not include nor do they support ignoring or sanitizing the ugliness and discomfort that comes with dealing with race and anti-race issues.