We Will:

• develop those who can transform communities.

• provide enlightened, educated, ethical, empowered, and motivated people who will lead in many ways from varied backgrounds.

• engender groups within the community to work together to meet future challenges and be involved in positive change.

• encourage people to collaborate and work together to build solutions, strengthen communities, and move toward a shared vision of an inclusive community.

With respect to the idea of leadership, we also believe:

• that it is more important to focus on the processes of leading in community - common purpose, common values, and harnessing personal energies to bring a vision of community into being

• anyone in a group or community can be leading in many ways; increase the opportunities for many individuals in our communities to contribute to building and strengthening community (they do not need to occupy positions or titles)

• that the leading process is very much about personal learning, self discovery, and personal mastery (developing the individual potential to contribute to understanding community challenges, collaborating with others, and developing long-term solutions to difficult community issues)

• that community leadership holds many more learning, collaboration, shared vision and processes to achieve the "Common Good" for our communities