Core Values
Our Core Values
As stated by the Ohip Progressive Action Coalition.
Our core values are of those of a strong, caring responsible family. Those values are:
1. Empathy – often grounded in the Golden Rule of many faiths
2. Responsibility – both individual & social – think of the analogy of flying in a commercial airliner. The flight attendant instructs passengers in case of the loss of pressure, oxygen masks will drop down. Put your own mask on and then assist those around you.
3. Strength – to act in caring & responsible ways
4. Protection / 5. Fulfillment in Life / 6. Fairness – When you care about someone, you want them to be protected from harm, you want their dreams to come true, and you want to be treated fairly.
7. Freedom / 8. Opportunity / 9. Prosperity – Fulfillment comes from freedom. Freedom comes from opportunity. Opportunity comes from prosperity.
10. Community / 11. Service / 12. Cooperation – Children are shaped by their communities. Responsibility requires serving and helping to shape your community. That requires cooperation.
13. Trust / 14. Honesty / 15. Open Communication - Cooperation comes from trust & open communication. Trust comes from honesty.
With acknowledgement to George Lakoff, senior fellow at www.rockridgeinstitute.org.