URL: https://wildfloweralliance.org/defining-principles/
Defining Principles:
- Respect
- We aim to offer respect, kindness, and compassion toward others and their belongings.
- We focus on inclusive and respectful language.
- Shows of gratitude and appreciation for one another are encouraged.
- It is important to respect differences of opinion, beliefs, culture, appearances and ways of life.
- We are committed to interrupting words and actions that are rooted in racism and other injustices when we see them happening.
- Self Determination & Personal Strength
- People get to make meaning out of their own experiences and choose their own paths through life.
- People are the experts of their own experience.
- Rule-setting is avoided as much as possible.
- Potential for Change
- Each person has tremendous potential for growth and healing.
- Everyone deserves compassion when they are struggling.
- Genuine Human Relationships
- We prioritize real and meaningful connections.
- Respecting each other’s physical, sexual and personal limits is important.
- Imperfection is an expectation.
- Our relationships are impacted by biases that we need to actively work to become aware of and unlearn.
- Mutuality
- Mutuality means a focus on the connections between us.
- There are no ‘fixers’ and people being ‘fixed’ within our community.
- Each of us has the potential to move, question, change, act, teach, lead, and share.
- We seek out opportunities to raise up marginalized voices.
- Healing Environments
- Privacy is respected.
- We strive to make spaces as accessible as possible.
- The impact of trauma on our lives is real.
- Conflicts are addressed directly whenever possible, and are valued for the learning opportunities they can often provide.
- We are committed to creating environments that acknowledge and work to undo all types of systemic oppression.
- We all have responsibility for caring for the spaces we hold within our community.