The following values were collectively derived and committed to. We believe that the sincerity of our process is as important as the outcomes of our collaboration. These nine values guide how we show up for one another and our communities. They help us to prioritize and build initiatives on the ground.
Our Partnership is built on a foundation of trust established and maintained through respectful, reciprocal, and enduring relationship building. Trust takes time. We are patient and dedicated to putting relationships first and showing up as our honest, complex selves.
We balance cultural, ecological, and economic well-being while supporting a diversity of perspectives, disciplines, and knowledge systems in the process.
Our work is driven by, identified by, and led by our communities. We work to shift more agency, authority, and governance into the hands of the people who live, work, and thrive in Southeast Alaska. We recognize and honor that Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Sovereignty transcends thousands of years.
(Stop, observe, examine, act)
We work with intentionality and seek continuous improvement based on reflection and adaptation. Our actions are strategic and reflect a coherent plan. We are continuously learning from each other and the environment, giving rise to innovation.
Our Partnership creates a safe environment for honest dialogue and respectful disagreement. We share and leverage our unique resources for our common mission. While collaborating, we ask ourselves, ‘Who is missing from our table?’.
We strive to model our values in action, act courageously, and show up for each other, our communities, and our mission.
We invest in ourselves and each other and prioritize building the capacity of our communities through knowledge and skill sharing, apprenticeships, and formal programs. We cultivate this exchange across geographies, disciplines, and generations.
We recognize the complexity of our mission and work. While we often respond to urgent community needs, our work addresses the roots of, and not simply the symptoms of, any challenge.
Our work aims to disrupt the systems of oppression and colonization that continue to harm our communities today. We support the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian processes of reclaiming power and healing from trauma. Our Partnership holds deep reverence for Indigenous values as we build a more just and equitable Southeast, today and for the next seven generations.
