Mission, Guiding Principles, and Goals
Our Mission
The Bay Area Social Equity Caucus holds decision makers accountable to the region’s low-income communities and communities of color by uniting organizations across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors and building power around a shared regional agenda for environmental, economic, and social justice. Urban Habitat founded the Bay Area SEC in 1998 and continues to serve as the lead organization.
Vision, Values, and Guiding Principles
If you believe these principles reflect the values of your organization and you are committed to helping build a more equitable Bay Area, please see our membership page.
The Bay Area SEC grounds its work in the following set of shared values and guiding principles:
- A clear vision that builds hope, inspiration, renewed energy, and lasting solutions is needed to guide our work.
- Diversity is strength and power. A healthy society reflects diversity of all kinds—social, cultural, economic, environmental, and political.
- All communities and residents have the right to thrive and flourish. A healthy community enables people to reach their full potential by respecting basic rights to a dignified wage, safe and affordable housing, clean air, land, and water, diverse cultural resources, quality public education, and accessible and affordable public transportation and healthcare.
- We must work together, leveraging our collective resources and power to identify and defeat the root causes of injustice. We cannot achieve economic, social, or environmental equity by transferring our local problems to other communities.
- A successful movement must function across sectors, issues, and geographical areas to incorporate all stakeholders.
- Low-income communities and communities of color must effectively participate in the decision-making processes that impact their lives. For all voices to be at the table, these processes must be clear, accessible, and engaging.
- Public institutions and elected officials must be representative of and accountable to the region’s most impacted communities. Policies must address the needs of our communities’ most vulnerable members and result in tangible positive outcomes to redress historical inequities.
Join the Bay Area Social Equity Caucus today.
Endorse the platform and commit to building a more equitable Bay Area!
Program Goals
Goal 1: Regional Power
The Bay Area SEC influences local, regional, and national debates in support of low-income communities and communities of color and ensures key decision makers across the region are representative of and responsive to those same constituencies.
Goal 2: Collective Knowledge
The Bay Area SEC unites behind a shared regional vision and political analysis to support members’ campaigns.
Goal 3: Coalition Infrastructure
The Bay Area SEC's structure, systems and resources strengthen communication and nurture long-lasting and effective alliances among organizations representing diverse sectors and issues.
Join the Bay Area Social Equity Caucus today.
Endorse the platform and commit to building a more equitable Bay Area!
