Acting on our values Value-based community organizing Ta`Kaiya Blaney, Sliammon First Nation, British Columbia Oct. 7, 2013, Proclaim! with Ta`Kaiya Blaney

Shared Values What do you like? What makes you happy?

Examples of KIDS’ Shared Values Best friends Mom and Dad My home My cat/dog or animals Ocean/mountains/water Surfboard Peace Candy

Types of shared wealth Social Wealth Relationships of trust between one or more persons; things for which there is a demand but no price The biosphere – all life and the habitat to sustain and perpetuate thriving, diverse ecosystems Economic Wealth Total of all assets that generate income or barter or have the potential to generate future income or barter Political Wealth The recognition, in principle and law, of the inherent dignity and equality of all life Environmental Wealth

Wealth is… A tangible or intangible, living or non-living entity that enhances the physical, mental, emotional or spiritual states, or the feelings of, the beholder or possessor PabloPhotography.com

Examples of adults’ shared values Social Wealth 1. Quality family time 2. Leisure time 3. Safe neighborhoods 4. Good health 5. Education 1. Healthy food 2. Clean air and water 3. Healthy ocean and forests 4. Life-supporting climate 5. Biodiversity Economic Wealth 1.Living wages 2.Affordable homes 3.Retirement security 4.Affordable health care 5.Affordable healthy food Political Wealth 1.Freedom of religion 2.Freedom of speech 3.Born free and equal 4.Life, liberty and security of person Environmental Wealth

That all men are created equal, That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –– That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…” “We hold these truths to be self-evident,

1A Right to freedom of religion, speech, the press; right of people to assembly peacefully 2ARight to keep & bear arms 4ARight to be secure in homes & persons against unreasonable search & seizure 5AFreedom from testifying against oneself; being deprived of property or life without due process of law; being deprived of private property for public use without just compensation 6ARight to a speedy & public trial in criminal cases 7ARight to a trial by jury in common law Bill of Rights – 1791

Four freedoms = types of wealth Freedom of Speech Freedom from Want Freedom of Religion Freedom from Fear

Second Bill of Rights – 1944 Right to: living wages medical care a decent home adequate food a good education “A small group had concentrated into their own hands an almost complete control over other people’s property, other people’s money, other people’s labor – other people’s lives. For too many of us life was no longer free; liberty no longer real; men could no longer follow the pursuit of happiness.”

Types of wealth = human rights

Universal human rights = freedom 3.Right to life, liberty and security of person 17.Right to own property 19.Right to freedom of opinion and expression 19.Right to freedom of peaceful assembly 25.Right to standard of living adequate for health and wellbeing 25.Right to education 25.Right to participate in the cultural life of the community

Environmental Wealth Social Wealth GDP Environmental Wealth Social Wealth GDP Suicide Economy Gross Domestic Product: Wealth = Money Low Gender equality Long life expectancy Trust among neighbors Educational achievement High Mental illness Teen pregnancy Violent crime Incarceration Obesity Externalities

Loss of quality of life Arkansas – tar sands spill, 2013 Texas – tar sands pipeline land seizure, 2013 Many states – poisoned water from fracking

Loss of social & environmental wealth Gasland

The economy reflects whose values?

Economy reflects a sovereignty crisis People Human values count Wealthy Elite (as corporate persons) Money counts Economic Wealth WEALTH & WELLBEING 14 th Amendment

Measures of societal wellbeing: GNH Psychological wellbeing Physical health Work-life balance Education Cultural vitality Community vitality Environmental quality Material wellbeing Domestic governance Over 350 communities in U.S. have developed wellbeing or sustainability measures

Economic Wealth Environmental Wealth Social Wealth When society reflects human values & rights Quality of Life Political Wealth Living Economy HIGH Gender equality Long life expectancy Trust among neighbors Educational achievement LOW Mental illness Teen pregnancy Violent crime Incarceration Obesity Strengthen democratic control over ecological commons & financial markets

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