1. Acceptance of all People – An essential ingredient for success in organizing diverse forces to achieve social change, create community, and actualize democracy is the acceptance of all people; an absolutely indispensable necessity to the well-being of this country.
2. Celebrating Community - Sharing the joyous and respectful expression of cultural diversity through the reinforcement of the values of equity and responsibility to and for one another.
3. Respect for Life and the Environment – Respect that holds as sacred the land, the people, and all other forms of life.
4. Non-Violence – Invoking non-violence as the most powerful tool for achieving social/economic justice and equality; action that requires boldness and courage versus meekness and passivity.
5. Innovation – A creative capacity to find pragmatic strategies and tactics to resolve problems and situations that often seen insurmountable to others.
6. A Preference to Help the Most Needy – A concerted effort to support programs that reach the most needy, the most dispossessed, the most forgotten people in society no matter how difficult the challenge that choice may bring.
7. Knowledge - The pursuit of self-directed learning and the development of critical thinking and constructive problem solving skills; overcoming ignorance through education.
8. Sacrifice – Sacrifice that is spiritual; that is courageous and steadfast in its willingness to endure great hardship for others.
9. Service to Others – Service that is predicated on empowering others; engendering self-help, self-determination, and self-sufficiency versus charity.
10. Determination – Determination that is characterized by an attitude that with faith, steadfast commitment, patience, and optimism, human beings can prevail against all odds.

1.  Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.

2.  Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.

3.  Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.

4.  Nonviolence holds that suffering for a cause can educate
    and transform.

5.  Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.

6.  Nonviolence holds that the universe is on the side of justice
     and that right will eventually prevail.


King's Six Steps to Social Change

1.  Information Gathering     

2.  Education

3.  Personal Commitments

4.  Negotiation

5.  Direct Action

6.  Reconciliation and Healing Process

1.  Respect
    I vow to respect others and the interconnectedness of all life.

2.  Understanding
     I vow to understand the "whys" (meaning behind behavior), for myself and others.

3.  Acceptance
     Out of respect and understanding, I vow to accept the differences of others.

4.  Appreciating Differences
     I seek to move beyond acceptance into appreciation and celebration of difference.

5.  Truth and Truthfulness
     I commit to be truthful and authentic and to confront untruth wherever I find it.

6.   Absorbing Suffering
      I take on without complaint any suffering that results from my confrontation
      with untruth. I also accept that all forms of violence cannot be totally eliminated.

7.  Ahimsa (nonviolence) with my Adversary
      I vow to help my adversary avoid all suffering, especially from our confrontation.

8.  Trusteeship and Constructive Action
      Beyond personal necessities, I see myself as God’s trustee over my possessions and talents. I             ​  promise to use them to empower others and make things fair for all.

Eight Social Blunders – M. Gandhi

• Wealth Without Work
• Pleasure Without Conscience
• Knowledge Without Character    
• Commerce Without Morality
• Science Without Humanity    
• Worship Without Sacrifice
• Politics Without Principles
• Rights Without Responsibilities