ABOUT BATTLE CREEK COALITION FOR TRHT

We seek opportunities for deep connection and trust by

embracing vulnerability and discomfort, honest dialogue, and practices rooted in love and abundance.

We document and share real, complete stories and express individual experiences. We insist on lifting complex and historically hidden narratives that may challenge long-standing, dominant perspectives.

We pursue and promote a culture of fairness, equity, integrity, and accountability throughout our processes and partnerships.

We acknowledge and appreciate one another’s

perspectives, situations, pain, and self-determination. We intentionally incorporate opportunities and spaces for healing in our practices and processes.

We are committed to the necessary work of identifying, discussing, and dismantling racism and the hierarchy of human value based on race.

We value, honor, and experience racism, discrimination, prejudice, and marginalization because of their racial and ethnic identities.

We show consideration for one another in words and actions and maintain an environment that honors diverse traditions, heritages, languages, and experiences.

We dare to go down new roads, challenge traditional notions of what is true, disrupt patterns, and create brave spaces for truth-telling and vulnerability.

We are embarking on our own respective, iterative, and

organic journeys toward liberation that are continually evolving. We spark inspiration and motivation for others to join us on this evolutionary path toward change.

We connect with our ancestors’ stories of indigeneity, forced

migration and removal, immigration, and emigration in a regional, national, and global context. We strive to illuminate our local history in Battle Creek related to race, racism, and racial equity.