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The Youth Worker: Collective believes values are the cornerstone to any sustainable movement and organization. In the Fall of 2007, Steering Committee member Vicky Valentine guided us in exploring our personal values. As an organization of individuals, we believe that the organizational values must be grounded in the values of individuals. Over the next few months, Steering Committee member Yas Ahmed synthesized our personal values into three core organizational values. These values will not change over time. They represent all that is Youth Worker: Collective.

Our values are:

Innovation

With a focus on youth worker voices, the Youth Worker: Collective strives to support and enhance existing opportunities for collaboration and leadership development. Rather than recreate the proverbial wheel, we seek to creatively engage and build upon the expertise and experience of the youth worker community.

Connectedness

By listening to the voices, skills and experiences of youth workers, Youth Worker: Collective aspires to build meaningful and sustainable relationships among youth workers, organizations and funders. We utilize the lessons learned from and shared by youth workers to reflect upon, celebrate and continually hone our work and our selves as a community within many communities.

Intentionality

Perhaps the most essential underpinning of our work, Youth Worker: Collective is committed to approaching any process, relationship and outcome with intentionality. How we connect with ideas, people and strategies and what we learn from these experiences are all vital to ensuring that our work is carried out with integrity and consistency.