About

Our Mandates for a Healthy,
Thriving Village

Our village of grantees and fellows identified seven mandates that will guide the work of our hands:

– To bring healing medicine to children of color by cultivating spaces of trust and connection
– To teach our children how to protect themselves against dehumanizing narratives and actions
– To heal communities by building power and demanding changes to systems that harm our children
– To frame definitions of healing with a community’s assets and aspirations rather than its challenges
– To model possibility and transformation that moves society toward true healing for people of color
– To push ourselves past outdated mindsets so that youth are fully embraced as their authentic selves
– To redefine our relationship with rest and model this self-care for the next generation