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Our Values

What Do We Believe at Speaking Down Barriers?
  • We believe there is power in human interdependence and connectedness.
  • We believe that through personal and societal transformation, we can heal the symptoms of White supremacy, including racism, sexism, heterosexism, internal oppression, and classism.
  • We believe that through opening ourselves to the experiences of others we are able to see a clearer picture of who we are and what we can be.
  • We believe all people, regardless of cultural background, are wounded by racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism.
  • We believe all people, regardless of cultural background, have gifts to share that offer healing to those wounds.
  • We believe that these wounds present themselves differently within different groups of people and require various forms of healing intervention, including shared space and separate space.
  • We believe that it is unhealthy and harmful to seek to “dismantle the master’s house with the master’s tools”. 
  • We believe people who are engaged in a ritual of ongoing awareness and healing can transform themselves, their connectedness with others, and systems of oppression.
  • We believe perfection, competition, manipulation, demand-making, and the belief that any one of us has the exact solution to healing difference can operate harmfully as symptoms of White supremacy.
  • We believe there are many ways to heal and dismantle all forms of oppression.
  • We believe people can transform the hooks of White supremacy, both within themselves and within institutions, into shared human elevation and shared power.
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​Speaking Down Barriers is a 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Beginnings
    • Stories from the Margins
    • Our Offerings >
      • Conflict Coaching and Mediation
      • Equity: BD&I Training
      • Community Events
      • Schedule of Events
      • Equity School
      • Trainings
      • Reading for Transformation for Kids (R4T4K)
      • #SDBSquad National Network
    • SDB Merch
    • SDB Artist Spotlight
    • FUEL THE WORK
    • Contact Us
  • Event Registration
  • Megaphones