Spirit in Action seeks to build a force that is multi-issue, broad-based and diverse, a force that begins from a place of spirit and positive vision. We need to work together and practice understanding of our different ways of working together. We must shift from what we have learned to think is best to what we dream is possible.
Our Core Strategies:
Connect with Spirit
Acknowledging spirit is a conscious recognition of our wholeness, interdependence, and interconnection to all life on earth. Integrating this understanding of spirit into social justice work brings forward what inspires and sustains us.
Heal from Divisions
Build a Diverse Movement Being in diverse community is essential to making broad-based change in the U.S. To enjoy the privilege and responsibility of being in diverse community, people are called to recognize that we share both a common humanity and particular social identities, which accord power in unbalanced ways. Bridging this power divide is at the heart of healing divisions.
Envision a Positive Future Collectively
Vision is a foundation for action. The work of collective visioning has an intrinsic connection to action for change—a continuum that includes personal change work, relationship and community building, and strategic political action to enact systemic change. As we work to change ourselves, create our concrete images of a positive future, and vision collectively, we are taking steps toward change enacted on a broad scale.
Act for Deep and Lasting Change
Action for change includes organizing and strategic political action, as well as supporting the psychological, physical, and spiritual health of activists and our movement as a whole. Spaces are needed for doing the less dramatic forms of activism, such as self-care, trust and relationship building, and the examination of strategy and development of new social change tools.
