Anti-oppression and anti-racism lenses will be centered in all contexts;

We will acknowledge and be accountable to multiple truths, strategies, and goals;

Organizational progress and success will be assessed by quality rather than quantity;

We endeavor to normalize and ease the process of turn-over and resignation;

Democratic decision-making will be prioritized;

We endeavor to create a context that evokes and supports conflict, rather than promotes fear and avoidance;

We endeavor to demonstrate a process of intentional accountability for impact, and acknowledge intent;

We endeavor to apply a strengths-based perspective in all contexts;

Community members will be accountable to clients, each other, and the collective community;

Supervision and consultation will be highly encouraged, regardless of “experience”;

We believe relationships and individual growth will sometimes necessitate conflict and discomfort;

Community engagement, power sharing, and delegation will be valued more than individualism and achievement;

We endeavor to view mistakes as opportunities;

We endeavor to practice empathy, rather than promote assumed objectivity;

Diagnosis will be co-considered with clients to increase access and resources, rather than to identify or organize;

Codes of Ethics will be used to expand, rather than limit, our work as mental health clinicians;

Seventh Generation Thinking” will be used to slow the sense of urgency, and the desire to “fix” or “solve”;

We will listen to learn and understand, especially if we disagree;

We will make-meaning from an abundance perspective, rather than a scarcity mindset (replace “either/or”);

“Move up, move up”: we will challenge ourselves to engage in a way that does not come automatically;

We expect community members to be engaged in an active transformational process of growth and learning;

We will remember that each of us brings lived experience as the perpetrator and the victim;

We will notice and respond to intra/interpersonal blame, shame, or attack within the community;

Confidentiality will be respected and maintained within the community;

Rest is valid: take care of yourself!