Friday, April 25, 2008

PRINCIPLES AND VALUES

The Circle Centre Collective aims to uphold and realise the following Principles and Values. These Principles and Values are binding on all members of the CCC, but individual members remain free to associate themselves with the political, philosophical and spiritual orientations of their choice.


.1 Action: Implementing positive action for change, in accordance with our beliefs and in response to the generally observed problem of discussion and idea formation without this necessary aspect.


.2 Freeing of Human Potential: Encouragement of creativity, the sharing of resources, personal and social growth, networking, collectivism and the general freeing of human potential.


.3 Grassroots Democracy and Transparency: Equal and active participation by all in decision making and mutual responsibility for implementation in all human and environmental relations as well as transparency within all aspects of participation and implementation.


.4 Solidarity: Solidarity and co-operation with people struggling against oppression and exploitation, particularly through democratically organized representative organizations.


.5 Reverence of the Earth: Developing an attitude and behavior, which is respectful of and nurturing towards the environment in all its diversity.


.6 Rejecting Exploitation: CCC is fundamentally opposed to abusive power relations.


.7 Non-violence: promoting peaceful solutions to conflict.


.8 Rejection of Discrimination: CCC rejects all forms of discrimination.


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