Organizing Principles

• Intersectional representation of those most affected;
• What we pay attention to grows;
• Mutual benefit with every exchange; 
• Meet systemic challenge with gracious, systemic response.

Assessment Evaluation Principles
Equity Evaluators base their evaluations of the Equity Factors Assessment on the following four main organizing principles as sung in the chorus of over 30 advocacy organizations across multiple communities. 

REPRESENTATION
Led by those most affected,
​embracing intersectionality

ECONOMY
Person over profit,
fiscal role in justice

CULTURE / PRACTICE
Beliefs, values, and practice are conscious decisions

SYSTEMS
Organizational self in relation to other systems

Work Ethic
In line with equitable practices, all staff and contractors of The Equity Consortium are dedicated to:

1. Cooperation and teamwork;
2. Authority and responsibility;
3. Fair and clear division of labor;
4. Adequate staffing and time allowance; 
5. Honoring a healthy work/life relationship; and 
6. Make room for creative conflict.

Adapted from Charles Clinton Spaulding’s Fundamentals of Operation.

Who We Read
Octavia Butler
​bell hooks
Patricia Hill Collins
adrianne maree brown
Malcolm Gladwell
Fritjof Capra
Ekhart Tolle
Buckminster Fuller
Azura Tyabji
Zora Neale Hurston