Our Values

 

  • We believe in providing deliberate, intentional organized peer support.
  • We listen well - we use listening to each other as a primary tool.
  • We discover and use each others strengths to help build a responsive and effective organization.
  • We operate from an assumption of commonness, rather than an assumption of separation.
  • We underline our shared experience and vision while respecting our differences.
  • We accept that most everyone has wellness issues, but we talk about it, and choose to open up the curtains of our lives to deepen mutual understanding and become “peers”.
  • We model a holistic approach to wellness, including healthy food and activities at our meetings.
  • We are flexible, and our meetings have a supportive, collaborative milieu.
  • We demonstrate that peers can be inspiring and valuable leaders in the community.
  • We network and partner with our local community agencies, serving on boards, coalitions and workgroups all over the state.
  • Each member organization is a change agent in their local area.
  • We honor diversity. We actively look for new members.
  • We believe that grass roots peer support groups can take care of people’s struggles in effective ways that the conventional human services system simply cannot do by itself.