Our Mission
At heart, we believe that all human beings want the same things for themselves and those they love: safety, happiness, prosperity.
We're dedicated to creating more than a financial inheritance for our own children. Rather, we want to craft a lasting and meaningful legacy for the descendants of all people, everywhere: safety, happiness and prosperity for every human being.
We're very attuned to the health of the entire earth, as well. It is, after all, a very small place in a very big universe.
“We do not inherit the earth
from our ancestors.
We are borrowing it
from our children.”
What We Care About
Human rights, including:
- Treating every person with respect and dignity
- Eradicating slavery in all its forms
- Guaranteeing equal pay for equal work at jobs which are safe and dignified
- Establishing a fair and equitable justice system
- Protecting the freedoms of religion, speech, thought, movement, assembly, association, and privacy
- Ensuring that every adult has the right to marry, to own property, and to vote
- Ending corruption in government
- Safeguarding fair legislative representation, especially for marginalized individuals and communities
- Separating church and state
- Providing social services, medical care, and reproductive choice
- Offering free high-quality K-12 education and merit-based access to higher education
Environmental protection, including:
- Addressing climate change
- Eliminating the pollution of air, water, and soil - and working to protect their ongoing health
- Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources
- Reducing our use of resources
- Providing for the safe disposal of various waste products
- Eliminating pesticides and dependence on chemically-dependent crops
- Encouraging the production of locally produced, chemical-free food products
- Conserving all natural forests and providing reforestation of degraded areas
- Restoring and protecting coastal ecosystems
- Protecting biodiversity
- Creating sustainable "green" cities
- Certifying sustainable fishery management