Our Mission, Vision, & Values

Our Vision

what will come to be as we fulfill our mission

• The global Work That Reconnects community is a vibrant and evolving living system that actively engages in the opportunities provided by the Work That Reconnects Network for communication, education, mutual support, and collaboration for the ongoing development and practice of the Work That Reconnects.

• Anti-oppression values and learnings are deeply woven into the framework and practices of the Work That Reconnects, making Work That Reconnects spaces welcoming and empowering for people of all races, cultures and sexual/gender orientation, while leveraging the Work as a powerful tool in the co-liberation of all people.

• The Work That Reconnects is available to and being used by people in all parts of the world to cultivate resilience, inspire active hope and empower creative responses to the needs and challenges of their communities and the world.

• Schools, universities, businesses, government agencies, nonprofits and NGOs utilize the Work That Reconnects to transform their structures and mobilize their resources to care for life in service to the Great Turning.

• Local WTR Communities of Practice are active in many areas of the world, providing in-person community and establishing grassroots resilience that isn’t reliant on the global grid and Internet.

Our Shared Values

In grave recognition of the atrocities of widespread social injustice and environmental devastation within the Great Unraveling, the Work That Reconnects Network values the honest assessment, deep contemplation, and the expression of emotions that the Work That Reconnects Spiral facilitates and the empowered action on behalf of life that it encourages.

With all of this in our hearts, the Work That Reconnects Network team seeks to embody the following shared values* in everything we do, in service to the health and vibrancy of human communities and the living systems of planet Earth.

Our Working Agreements

We use the following agreements for all our committee meetings.

1. 1. We dedicate our work together in service to the Great Turning and the cultivation of Life Sustaining Societies. 
   2. We invite our differing gifts, perceptions, understandings, communication and working styles, and cultural backgrounds into collaboration for the greater good.
   3. We check in with each other to share our emotional climate, support each other as needed and explore ways to deepen relationships and understanding among all committee members.
   4. We center collaboration in all of our discussions and projects and take personal responsibility for the process and outcomes of our collaboration.
   5. We make sure everyone’s voice is heard and intervene if one person tends to dominate the conversation.
   6. We hold conflicts among ourselves as opportunities for learning. We follow our guidelines for engaging with conflicts, and revise these guidelines, as needed.
   7. In our commitment to learning and growing together as a team, we continually explore tools and processes to improve our collaborative work. 
   8. We celebrate our successes and honor our ongoing opportunities for learning.