TIRED OF OTHERS TELLING US WHAT WE VALUE, WHAT WE THINK, BELIEVE, AND STAND FOR
WE DO NOT CONTROL WHAT WE VALUE, AND We’re tired of waiting for OTHERs to tell us WHAT WE ALREADY know and WHAT WE ARE SUBSEQUENTLY worth.
WE'RE TIRED OF THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC THAT CONTROLS A MAJORITY OF THE PRIVATE WEALTH ALSO CONTROLLING WHAT COMMUNITIES RECEIVE CRITICAL FUNDING AND AWARENESS.
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL, AND FOR MANY, IT PERSISTS 24 HOURS A DAY BEYOND THE GALA OR 5K OR TAX SEASON OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY. OUR STRUGGLES REQUIRE SOLUTIONS THAT FIGHT BACK WITH A PUNCH EQUAL IN MAGNITUDE TO THE MISSIONS WE STAND FOR.
THE URGENCY IS REAL, AND FOR MANY, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN NEED AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS DEMAND THAT WE QUESTION EVEN THE MOST BASIC OF OUR INSTITUTIONS.
HOW WE HANDLE THE RESPONSE WILL EXPOSE NOT ONLY HOW FAR AWAY WE are FROM DELIVERING ACTUAL LASTING IMPACT BEYOND ONCE IN-A-WHILE CAMPAIGNS, BUT ALSO HOW MUCH FURTHER OUR SOLUTIONS MUST REACH TO IMPACT THOSE IN NEED.
EVERYDAY PROBLEMS REQUIRE MORE THAN ONCE IN A WHILE SOLUTIONS
We must rethink the most basic of institutions OF VALUATION - starting with how we collectively give
OUR CURRENT PROCESSES OF GIVING REQUIRE NONPROFITS AND INNOVATORS TO OVERCOME UNREALISTIC OBSTACLES TO SEEK FUNDING AND AWARENESS. WE’VE REACHED A TIPPING POINT BEYOND JUST MARKET FAILURE. WE FACE A SYSTEMS FAILURE REGARDING HOW WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT VALUE WITHIN THE HUMAN CONDITION ACROSS SECTORS, INDUSTRIES, AND INSTITUTIONS.
TO IMPACT AND INDUCE THE CHANGE REQUIRED TO CHALLENGE THE IMPLICIT BIASES INHERENTLY ENTRENCHED IN ISSUES LIKE INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE, WE MUST REANALYZE OUR GIVING BEHAVIOR AND INFUSE NEW APPROACHES OF ANALYSIS THAT INCORPORATE BOLD AND BRAVE SHIFTS IN OUR PERSPECTIVE.
OUR GIVING BEHAVIOR DEMONSTRATES HOW POWER EXISTS IN THE ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE ‘WHAT’ TO ‘WHERE’, AND NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE YOUR OWN DESTINY ESTABLISHES INEQUALITY.
IF, WE CANNOT SELF-DETERMINE THE PRIMACY OF ISSUES THAT DESERVE AWARENESS AND FUNDING, WE CANNOT SUPPORT OUR OWN SIGNIFICANCE -- AN IMBALANCE WILL ALWAYS EXIST, AND FOR SOME COMMUNITIES, FREEWILL IS A DELUSION.
DEPENDENCE ON ANOTHER SECTOR IS NOT SUSTAINABLE AND PERPETUATES A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF SOLICITATION - A BEGGAR’S MENTALITY. THIS PATERNALISTIC PATTERN ACTIVELY FORCES COMMUNITIES TO COMPROMISE ON WHAT THEY VALUE BY ASKING FOR VALIDATION FROM OTHERS. MANY TIMES THE ISSUES THAT NEED AWARENESS GO UNADDRESSED AND OFTEN BOIL OVER WHEN THEY NO LONGER CAN BE IGNORED.
REAL POWER EXISTS IN OUR ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE AND REAL ACCESS TO GIVING IS THE REAL ISSUE OF INEQUALITY
OUR LEADERS DO NOT DEFINE 'WHO WE ARE', BUT OUR ACTIONS MUST
A PARTICULAR PRIVILEGED FEW DETERMINES THE ISSUES THAT GET ACKNOWLEDGED AND ADDRESSED, BUT THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DO NOT REFLECT THE POPULATIONS THAT NEED.
WHILE IT WOULD BE EASIER IF OUR LEADERS ENCAPSULATED OUR VALUES, THEY DON'T, AND THEY SHOULDN’T. WE DON’T NEED IT TO BE THAT WAY, IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE THAT WAY, AND IT DEFINITELY SHOULDN’T MATTER EITHER WAY.
'WHO WE ARE' SHOULD DETERMINE OUR INDIVIDUAL AGENCY, AND NOT SOME FAR OFF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT DOESN’T KNOW WHO WE ARE.
WE MUST STOP SUPPORTING SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS THAT PERPETUATE CULTURAL NARRATIVES THAT ANCHOR OUR POTENTIAL TO THE LIMITS OF THE PEOPLE IN POWER.
OUR ACTIONS DEFINE US, AND WE MUST CONTROL WHAT WE VALUE BY DEFINING THE SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE FOR US TO CHOOSE FROM, AND BY INVESTING OUR RESOURCES IN THOSE SOLUTIONS. THROUGH OUR ACTIONS, WE CAN ANNOUNCE, NOT ONLY, WHAT WE VALUE BUT, ALSO, OUR GREATER HUMANITY.
HUMANS GENERATE SYSTEMS THAT REINFORCE THEIR BELIEFS. WHEN WE THEORIZE ON HUMAN NATURE, AND ESTABLISH INSTITUTIONS BASED ON THOSE SUBSEQUENT IDEAS, WE REINFORCE A VERY DISASTROUS POTENTIAL. SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED AND BASED ON BELIEFS ABOUT HUMAN NATURE MUST BE CHALLENGED, AND WE SHOULD PROMPTLY EXAM THESE INTERSECTIONS WHEN ASSESSING NEW SOLUTIONS.
WITH BETTER SYSTEMS, WHAT KIND OF WORLD CAN WE CREATE?
INNOVATION AND THE PRIMACY OF A CAUSE SHOULDN’T BE DEPENDENT ON MARKETING EXCELLENCE OR WHAT HEART STRING CAN BE PULLED, AND AN INNOVATOR’S CONNECTIONS, LINEAGE, OR PEDIGREE SHOULDN’T DETERMINE THE SOCIAL CAPITAL RISKS THAT WE COLLECTIVELY PURSUE.
COMMUNITIES MUST HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SELF-FUND THEIR OWN SUCCESS BY DEFINING WHICH CAUSES RECEIVE AWARENESS AND SUBSEQUENT FUNDING AS A BASIC RIGHT AND EQUALIZER OF INEQUITY.
THE PUBLIC SHOULDN’T SETTLE FOR INFERIOR PRODUCTS OR PAYING A PREMIUM A FEW TIMES A YEAR TO FACILITATE THE FUNCTIONS NEEDED TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT ISSUES, AND RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, PARENTAL OR PERSONAL INFLUENCERS SHOULD NOT BE THE LARGEST DETERMINANTS OF SOURCING CHARITY.
IT STARTS WITH NEW SYSTEMS THAT MUST REFOCUS THE MISSION BACK ONTO SERVICE AND AWAY FROM SURVIVAL
WE MUST EVALUATE THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING AND SUPPORTING OUR VALUES ACROSS SECTORS, AND INDUSTRIES.
THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS, OUR NEWFOUND APPROACH TO DETERMINING AND SUPPORTING OUR VALUES WILL TRANSFORM THE NARRATIVES THAT LIMIT OUR HUMANITY.
BEING POOR SHOULD BE VOLUNTARY AND NOT A LIFE SENTENCE
OUR CRITERIA BASED SOLUTIONS MUST SEEK DESIGN THINKING CHANGE MAKERS, AND NOT JUST STORYTELLERS
IN SEARCH OF SUSTAINABLE, SCALABLE, INCLUSIVE, MISSION DRIVEN ECOSYSTEMS WITH BENEFICIARIES AT EVERY JUNCTURE, WE MUST SOURCE INNOVATION THAT TRANSCENDS INDUSTRY, SECTOR, ORIGIN, AND CURRENCY TO CHALLENGE THE MOST INTRACTABLE ISSUES, INCLUDING INEQUALITY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, THE PIONEER GAP, AND UPWARD MOBILITY.
WE PErpetuatE SOLUTIONS THAT BREAKDOWN SOCIAL STIGMAS AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUAL’S SENSE OF DIGNITY AND SELF-EFFICACY WHILE FURNISHING EXPONENTIAL CHANGE BEYOND INCREMENTAL AFFECTATIONS.
By fostering innovation that empowers individual agency and LIBERATES communities to self-determine their own success, we, rewrite the cultural narratives that speak over those with no voice and even less opportunity.
WE DON’T NEED TO LET A PRIVILEGED FEW DEFINE OUR VALUE AND DICTATE HOW WE SUPPORT THE ISSUES THAT MATTER.
WE’RE TIRED OF BEING TOLD HOW TO GIVE, AND NOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE WISH TO LIVE IN AND WORLDS WHERE BEING POOR WILL BE VOLUNTARY, AND NOT A LIFE SENTENCE.
WE MUST SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED, AND IN THAT MESSAGE WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE THAT WE DON’T WANT INVOLUNTARY REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, BUT THE SYSTEMS OF DISTRIBUTION TO REFLECT OUR NEEDS AND ALLOW US TO DETERMINE OUR OWN WORTH…
IF NOT US, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
IF WE NEED SYSTEMS THAT TRANSCEND INDUSTRY, SECTOR, ORIGIN, CURRENCY, AND GOVERNMENT, THEN WE WILL NOT BE DISTRACTED, AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE TEAR DOWN THE INSTITUTIONS THAT PREVENT OUR SOLUTIONS FROM REFLECTING OUR VALUES.
TOGETHER, WE CAN SHATTER THE SYSTEMS THAT SHACKLE AND CONTROL HOW WE COLLECTIVELY DETERMINE WHAT WE VALUE AND HOW WE SUPPORT THOSE IDEALS.
WE MUST FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR REESTABLISHED RIGHTS BY PURSUING OUR REIMAGINED WORLD -- WITHOUT DISTRACTION AND WITHOUT ABANDON
We have defined methodologies that help guide us in determining solutions. The standards and criteria allow us to hone how we innovate better solutions. We have a few solutions that can will be implemented. We do not want to finger point or blame name, we want to implement our solutions.
We’re collaborating with the top tastemakers and others leading minds to present a better way to give. We need a headcount of those that want to control their own destiny. By joining us today, your every dollar will accrue, and this commitment will equally be weighed, measured, and returned many fold over.
Our Next Steps will define us NOT ONLY as HUMANS BUT as a species